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Originally Posted by Bideshi
Where he's in real danger is on the field where a hit to intentionaly injure is considered part of the game. He'll be a target.
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I do not think he will be in such danger or such a target. You are assuming the bigotry of the general population is equally represented on the field. I do not expect it is.
Further even if your assertion were true. So what? This is entirely his choice to make. Not ours to make for him.
Further again, even if what you said were true that intentional injury was part of the game, then this point is entirely irrelevant to homosexuality. The point IS relevant to the game and the ethics of the sport and its rules. If what you say is true in other words then the issue is with the sport, not the sexuality or bigotry of the players.
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Originally Posted by no1brownsfan
not everyone is going to be supportive of homosexuality.
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Nor are they required to be in many situations. For the most part they are just required to butt out and mind their own business. If a sporting personality after a big win wants to engage in a PDA with a same sex partner.... especially when all the sports people on their team are doing the same with their partners..... then people at home are required to do nothing.... nothing at all.... but simply butt out.... build a bridge.... and get over it.
Some people simply can not do it though. This "If I do not want to engage in it..... no one else should....." mentality is too pervasive in our species.
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Originally Posted by Michigantown
WTF was this topic really worth this many pages.
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It is a sad state of affairs that it REQUIRES any pages at all. But until such time as homosexuality is something we realize and accept as normal and harmless, ever page.... nay every post.... on a discussion like this is warranted.
The fact is that homophobes and bigots exist. The fact however also is that slowly, incrementally, homosexuality is becoming more and more accepted and less and less demeaned. And this is a good thing. Every conversation anywhere on the subject helps this. Discourse above all is the best human tool of change.
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Originally Posted by SourD
Pretty soon only homos will be watching the NFL.
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Pointless throw away empty remark. Unrealistic too. Given the fact homosexuality is by far a minority, if your statistical nonsense prediction were true there would not even BE an NFL to watch.
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Originally Posted by T-310
It was and is gross.
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To you.
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Originally Posted by camaro69
Not every person no matter what their party affiliation wants to see 2 men kissing.
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Then do not look. I do not "want" to see obese people on my television either. When I do I either get over it, or switch channel. Because I realize the one with the issue is ME not the television or the people on it.
The issue on threads like this is that people who are homophobe and/or grossed out by a PDA between same sex partners.... do not reconize the issue lies with them themselves. They want to project THEIR issue on to the television, the players, the network, the sport, the law, society and much more.
Everyone else has the issue. They never check the mirror.
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Originally Posted by Bideshi
It is immoral to commit homosexual acts.
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Says you. But I doubt you are going to even attempt to substantiate or support that outright assertion at all. Actually I expect you simply think "immoral" means "Doing anything I personally do not want to do".
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