Boycott of gay march may cost firefighters jobs

John Carter · 30-08-2006, 11:26 AM

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Treat them JUST as you would straights. No more. No less.

Exactly.

And since the firemen ain't expected to leaflet straight pride events, they shouldn't be expected to leaflet gay pride events.

Let them leaflet the malls, where everyone (gay, straight, white, black, yellow, brown, short, tall, fat, skinny) gets equal coverage.

And should we assume your computer was out of order almost every week for the past 20 or so years (somewhere or another around the world) when there were policemen and firemen and paramedics and military representatives who passed out leaflets or marched or had displays or some formal representation at parades, festivals, marches, parties, meetings, concerts or other events without a homosexual theme?

Double standard, John.

No, sorry. If you can guarantee that there weren't any gays at any of those events you mention, then you'd have a point.

Equality is everyone treated the same... ...not everyone treated the same then the gays being given a little extra.

Percentage · 30-08-2006, 12:06 PM

Perhaps weve got hold of the wrong end of the fire hose here....

Perhaps the firefighters are not so anti-gay as it would appear...

Perhaps the fire fighting service are making a stance at being mimicked & ridiculed in such cruel caricature fashion by those hard-core militant types that promote the glorification of same sex "love",or those that belittle such a honoury & dangerous line of work,by turning the role of public servant to one of titilating (predominantly) the female sex at those hen party wild nights or some cases "An evening with the Chipendale's"!

Yes! It could well be that amongst those gallant emergency warriors that necesitates the emergence of the "Alpha-Male",a softer side is urging itself to come out....

...yes feelings have been hurt,afterall why should anyone come out to play with those that have bullied & hurt any group of society's feelings? :wink:

Mikeuk · 30-08-2006, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by blondy

my belief that we should be INCLUSIVE of our fellow man where possible.

Except when he happens to be a muslim, eh? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Endless far-right Republican garbage in favour of blowing people's legs off in the Middle East, and then suddenly Blondy turns out to be a homo-hugger.

I thought rampant homophobia was key to Bush and his gang of born-again mobsters.

Blondy could be booted out of the party if he's not careful. :twisted:

colin smith · 30-08-2006, 03:58 PM

Hi everybody,
As gays have a penchant for men in uniform, I think the firemen have every right to refuse to give out leaflets. After all, we don't want them getting AIDS, or becoming effeminatised , and refusing to go up a ladder without their handbags.

C_steam · 30-08-2006, 06:47 PM

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we don't want them getting AIDS, or becoming effeminatised , and refusing to go up a ladder without their handbags.

Being gay is a sexual preference - and a matter of choice. Colin, you can't catch it, for goodness sake.

Just let them get on with their own lives - their personal lifestyle choice - and don't allow the government or propaganda houses to continually harp on about it as 'normal'.

Mikeuk · 30-08-2006, 07:21 PM

One of the best things the Tories brought in was that section 28 thing.

We could do with that back now.

blondy · 30-08-2006, 11:52 PM

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Originally Posted by John Carter

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Originally Posted by blondy

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Originally Posted by John Carter

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Originally Posted by blondy

Treat them JUST as you would straights. No more. No less.

Exactly.

And since the firemen ain't expected to leaflet straight pride events, they shouldn't be expected to leaflet gay pride events.

Let them leaflet the malls, where everyone (gay, straight, white, black, yellow, brown, short, tall, fat, skinny) gets equal coverage.

And should we assume your computer was out of order almost every week for the past 20 or so years (somewhere or another around the world) when there were policemen and firemen and paramedics and military representatives who passed out leaflets or marched or had displays or some formal representation at parades, festivals, marches, parties, meetings, concerts or other events without a homosexual theme?

Double standard, John.

No, sorry. If you can guarantee that there weren't any gays at any of those events you mention, then you'd have a point.

Equality is everyone treated the same... ...not everyone treated the same then the gays being given a little extra.

And to even the score you'd give the gays a little LESS??

You know that the fire departments do things like this at ALL KINDS of events. For the fire brigades to treat the gays the same as they do anyone else they should paper the gay events just as they paper the straight events.

If the firemen continue to paper straight events but not the gay events they would be treating the gays with less consideration than other citizens.

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Equality is everyone treated the same... ...not everyone treated the same then the gays being given a little LESS.

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blondy · 31-08-2006, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikeuk

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Originally Posted by blondy

my belief that we should be INCLUSIVE of our fellow man where possible.

Except when he happens to be a muslim, eh? :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Endless far-right Republican garbage in favour of blowing people's legs off in the Middle East, and then suddenly Blondy turns out to be a homo-hugger.

I thought rampant homophobia was key to Bush and his gang of born-again mobsters.

Blondy could be booted out of the party if he's not careful. :twisted:

One of the most distasteful characteristics I find in liberals is their mean spiritedness and their readiness to grab onto ANYTHING to use as a club with which to bash their opponent.

And I'm afraid your post, unfortunately for you, stands as a greater indictment of you than of me.

And as far as the subject of Muslims being a possible threat I think it's time we start re-defining our terms and using a different rationale for what is or isn't socially acceptable and politically correct.

There are things, forces, groups and people that WILL kill us, if given the chance.

You can't get around the fact that some of these lethal threats come intentionally disguised. And so until there is a better detection system in place it is prudent that we think of possible jihadists not in terms of good or bad Muslims, but as "threats or non-threats."

http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/c...ad_jarrah.html

Until someone tells me how I know that this smiling, nice looking pleasant seeming person ISN'T going to commit an act of jihad because of his religious beliefs, I'm prompted by the sheer numbers of attacks by people with the same religious belief to view anyone who might be of that belief in terms of their being a threat or a non-threat.

Self preservation is the FIRST priority.

mkpdavies · 31-08-2006, 12:17 AM

Mike Smith a liberal.

blondy · 31-08-2006, 12:19 AM

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we don't want them getting AIDS, or becoming effeminatised , and refusing to go up a ladder without their handbags.

Being gay is a sexual preference - and a matter of choice. Colin, you can't catch it, for goodness sake.

Just let them get on with their own lives - their personal lifestyle choice - and don't allow the government or propaganda houses to continually harp on about it as 'normal'.

I think your bit of sarcasm in response to colin smith's bit of sarcasm might go over the heads of many, but not mine!

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30-08-2006, 12:06 PM	#22 (permalink)
Percentage Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: N.Ireland Posts: 1,729	Perhaps weve got hold of the wrong end of the fire hose here.... Perhaps the firefighters are not so anti-gay as it would appear... Perhaps the fire fighting service are making a stance at being mimicked & ridiculed in such cruel caricature fashion by those hard-core militant types that promote the glorification of same sex "love",or those that belittle such a honoury & dangerous line of work,by turning the role of public servant to one of titilating (predominantly) the female sex at those hen party wild nights or some cases "An evening with the Chipendale's"! Yes! It could well be that amongst those gallant emergency warriors that necesitates the emergence of the "Alpha-Male",a softer side is urging itself to come out.... ...yes feelings have been hurt,afterall why should anyone come out to play with those that have bullied & hurt any group of society's feelings? :wink:

30-08-2006, 03:58 PM	#24 (permalink)
colin smith Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 181	Hi everybody, As gays have a penchant for men in uniform, I think the firemen have every right to refuse to give out leaflets. After all, we don't want them getting AIDS, or becoming effeminatised , and refusing to go up a ladder without their handbags.

30-08-2006, 07:21 PM	#26 (permalink)
Mikeuk Banned Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Fareham Posts: 5,758 Party: Conservatives	One of the best things the Tories brought in was that section 28 thing. We could do with that back now.