Re: Homosexuality: male & female

Stephen Barnard (steve@megafauna.com)
Sun, 15 Sep 1996 09:53:26 -0800

Yousuf Khan wrote:
>
> On Sat, 14 Sep 1996 18:25:30 -0800, Stephen Barnard <steve@megafauna.com>
> wrote:
>
> >The very lovely and talented Lars Eigner said:
>
> >>One of the wierdest stories I've heard about justifying bisexuality is
> >>based on this positional argument. If a man enters another man, then the
>
> [snip]
>
> >>These are all ways to avoid being labled homosexual or bisexual. They are
> >>excuses in other words.
>
> No-no, Stephen, it wasn't Lars who said that, it was I. Lars was quoting
> me.
>
> >And then, in respose to Yousuf Khan, who wrote:
> >>
> >> >Yes, but doesn't it just go to show how far off people are in their
> >> >definitions of what is homosexual and what is heterosexual behaviour?
> >>
>
> Yes, now you identified the quoter right.
>
> >the ever more lovely and talented Lars wrote:
>
> >> This impression comes from looking at these cultures through our
> >> own biases. To them, that the partners have genitals of the same
>
> [snip]
>
> >I would say that calling something "weird" and making "excuses" shows a
> >fair degree of bias. Perhaps the very lovely and talented Lars believes
> >that everyone else's opinions are due to "bias" but that his own
> >opinions are cold, hard fact.
>
> > Steve Barnard
>
> Again, it was I who said "wierd" and "excuses". Lars was the one saying,
> that's just our biases. This misunderstanding wouldn't have happened if you
> identified the initial quote right.
>
> Yousuf Khan

Ooops! My mistake. Sorry, Lars. Never mind!

Steve Barnard