Mal: Well, look at this! Appears we got here just in the nick of time. What does that make us? Zoe: Big damn heroes, sir.

'Safe'


Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


erikaj - Aug 12, 2005 5:44:26 am PDT #7645 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!

A male friend once got "If there's anything you need to talk about..." because he carried The Bell Jar in school. He's not gay. Just well-read and metrosexual, which does mark him as a pinko in these parts.


Gudanov - Aug 12, 2005 5:47:41 am PDT #7646 of 10002
Coding and Sleeping

My favorite FotF article is "Preventing Homosexuality".

[link]

Especially point 6.

6. Psychologist Robert Stoller said, “Masculinity is an achievement.” In other words, “growing up straight isn’t something that happens. It requires good parenting. It requires societal support. And it takes time.”

I snigger over the implication that all boys would grow up gay if not for parental and societal support. Also, the article doesn't seem very concerned about gay girls despite the title.


tommyrot - Aug 12, 2005 5:47:58 am PDT #7647 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oh, and I totally forgot that Wednesday was National Underwear Day


tommyrot - Aug 12, 2005 5:48:59 am PDT #7648 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

I snigger over the implication that all boys would grow up gay if not for parental and societal support.

Yes, and if your child is gay it's all your fault.


tommyrot - Aug 12, 2005 5:56:34 am PDT #7649 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

A bunch of really cool bikes: [link]

They look like they were designed by Dr. Seuss.


Fred Pete - Aug 12, 2005 5:58:01 am PDT #7650 of 10002
Ann, that's a ferret.

Yes, apparently FotF believes that being straight is a choice....

From one of Tommy's links:

but it looks like the real comedy gold in Dobson's newsletter involves his proposed cure for the gender-confused young son:

[T]he boy's father has to do his part.... He can even take his son with him into the shower, where the boy cannot help but notice that Dad has a penis, just like his, only bigger.

That's right. Want your kid to grow up straight? Put him in an environment where he "cannot help but notice" other penises. Works every time.

To me, this sounds dangerously close to promoting pedophilia.


Steph L. - Aug 12, 2005 6:01:30 am PDT #7651 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism

This is the part I particularly like:

Recognize that most homosexuals “were not explicitly [so] when they were children. More often, they displayed a ‘nonmasculinity’ that set them painfully apart from other boys: unathletic — somewhat passive, unaggressive and uninterested in rough-and-tumble play. A number of them had traits that could be considered gifts: bright, precocious, social and relational, and artistically talented.”

Folks, if your son isn't as dumb as a box of hair -- you got a "funny" one. If he's not antisocial -- he's probably wearing a dress.

I need to e-mail my newlywed bro and tell him he's gay. (Though, knowing him, he'd e-mail back and say "Well, DUH!")


Jesse - Aug 12, 2005 6:03:53 am PDT #7652 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

All the great artists and thinkers were wussy and gay, weren't they?


tommyrot - Aug 12, 2005 6:06:19 am PDT #7653 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

All the great artists and thinkers were wussy and gay, weren't they?

They didn't see enough penises when they were children.


Jesse - Aug 12, 2005 6:08:17 am PDT #7654 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

They didn't see enough penises when they were children.

Yeah, that's clearly Michelanglo's problem. Or Picasso.