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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 15:19:45 -0400 (EDT)
To: Tracey Wagner <tab@pa*.co*>
From: Andrew Jenks <vaps5aj@pr*.ga*.ed*>
Subject: Re: DEATHS WILL BE FAULT OF POLITICIANS!
Cc: techdiver@terra.net, dlv@ga*.ne*

Just for the record, it bothers me.  One of the best and most conciencous
buddies I've ever dove with was openly gay.  I've got both gay and straight
diving friends, and their orientation seems to have nothing to do with their
diving ability.

--Andrew

At 12:36 PM 4/25/96 -0400, tab wrote:
>Was there a study I missed that found some correlation between sexual
>orientation and diving ability?  If not, then why do slurs of this nature
>seem to appear so often on this list?  They don't help the argument any,
>and they do annoy the rational, reasonable folks who might still be following
>the thread.  Yell all you want about how it's just a joke, or whatever, but
>this sort of blatant bigotry is offensive and doesn't belong here. Stick
>some other category, like "women" or "<the-N-word>" or "<insert
race/religion
>here>", in the sentence above and think about whether you'd post THAT to a
>public list... even in jest.
"When I use a word, it means exactly what I intend it to mean and nothing else!"
								-Tweedledee

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