tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post8112540260154123260..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: The Flames of HomophobiaAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-12652168537482625132012-04-16T15:32:10.613-07:002012-04-16T15:32:10.613-07:00Ah, the bargain basement Socrates. :-)
Look, swe...Ah, the bargain basement Socrates. :-)<br /><br />Look, sweetie this is a blog with a purpose. It’s polemical and political. The very heart of any political critique is the personal, the ad hominem people refer to ad nauseum. I take no prisoners. I will mix facts with the most trenchant criticism, laced with a large dose of sardonic humour. My ideas and expressions, moreover, are my own. I don’t trot out the ideas of others in a tired second hand fashion, a knowledge absorbed but not earned. Look, let me be frank; I don’t like you and your kind. In case of any misunderstanding I mean I don’t like unimaginative and boring little prigs. Oops, ad hominem. :-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-80531145001033537672012-04-15T18:35:20.124-07:002012-04-15T18:35:20.124-07:00You start with an ad hominem (attacking the person...You start with an ad hominem (attacking the person rather than the argument), which doesn't bode well for the rest of the post. <br /><br />You then assert that "marriage, since the earliest times, was conceived of as a union between man and women for the procreation of children." You do not support this statement with evidence. It is mere assertion and conjecture. In fact, In fact, the definition of marriage as being between a man and a woman is more modern than many think. At least two of the Roman Emperors were in gay unions, and, according to the historian, John Boswell, the orthodox church's practice of "adelphopoiesis," was an early form of gay union. Additionally, the institution of marriage has always been flexible: For example, the Catholic church has had to accept that re-marriages and divorces are a common occurrence these days. Hence, the idea, propagated by the church, that they are defending the institution of marriage against “radical change,” is blinkered in light of this history.<br /><br />You then talk about damaging the "social fabric" and about "trendy, gesture politics" which is a nice metaphor, but it's not really an argument with any purchase, so I'm not sure how to respond. <br /><br />Your next paragraph is straight from the Daily Mail, and there is no reference to any source whatsoever for another assertion that the proposals will "purge... all official documents referring to husband and wife."<br /><br />You then talk bout the cost of a consultation. A consultation which would have been completely un-necessary if it weren't for a bigoted minority who are against this change.<br /><br />Then you argue against "knuckle-heads like Featherstone who have no greater cause than to interfere in the lives of others, forcing people to accept one fashionable ‘progressive’ cause or another." This claim is the most absurd and fanciful, since it is no interference in your life - whatsoever - to allow me and my husband to marry, if I wish it. The claim is garbage.<br /><br />Then you're back to ad hominem again, followed by an unsubstantiated argumentum ad populum... If this is the "conservative case against gay marriage," I can rest easy!<br /><br />Read a full counter-argument here: http://www.jamesarmstrong.org.uk/2012/03/11/a-conservative-case-for-gay-marriage/jamesarmstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02724958267075100980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-80025880464975873112012-04-15T16:02:03.979-07:002012-04-15T16:02:03.979-07:00Michael, sorry I missed this comment. Yes, absolu...Michael, sorry I missed this comment. Yes, absolutely correct, especially the last part. :-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-67744536142743568782012-03-23T10:44:40.778-07:002012-03-23T10:44:40.778-07:00I have never believed the estimates of the numbers...I have never believed the estimates of the numbers of homosexuals. I think there are:<br /><br />1. Lots of men who don't like women.<br />2. Lots of men who can't make a relationship with a women work.<br />3. Lots of quite unattractive women.<br />4. Lots of women who don't like men.<br /><br />Living with a woman takes lots of hard work and tolerance. Almost as much as it takes a women to live with a man.Michael J McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15420031175369432868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-8028194161657421142012-03-22T17:21:31.573-07:002012-03-22T17:21:31.573-07:00Deino, sadly true.Deino, sadly true.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-4154909314023437072012-03-22T17:21:02.582-07:002012-03-22T17:21:02.582-07:00Absolutely! :-))Absolutely! :-))Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-89030215019712790342012-03-22T17:19:59.392-07:002012-03-22T17:19:59.392-07:00Thanks, Dominic. It's nice to see you, as alw...Thanks, Dominic. It's nice to see you, as always. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-22452010344819703682012-03-22T17:19:07.511-07:002012-03-22T17:19:07.511-07:00Oh, dear Calvin, how right, how perspicacious you ...Oh, dear Calvin, how right, how perspicacious you are.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-10965770679628755082012-03-22T17:16:15.110-07:002012-03-22T17:16:15.110-07:00Thanks again, Bob, for moving this question to the...Thanks again, Bob, for moving this question to the front of my mind by your recent, and excellent, article. Did you ever see <i>The Manchurian Candidate</i>, I mean the original, not the remake with Glenn Close? I begin to feel that there is some truth here.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-46328508190662281142012-03-22T17:12:30.812-07:002012-03-22T17:12:30.812-07:00Militant stupidity!Militant stupidity!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-44632928945255085022012-03-22T17:12:05.394-07:002012-03-22T17:12:05.394-07:00It's just so typical, Nobby. They have become...It's just so typical, Nobby. They have become the arbiters of PC, that awful disease.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-76048644612005546452012-03-22T17:10:39.509-07:002012-03-22T17:10:39.509-07:00With Tom Cruise. :-)With Tom Cruise. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-55525406871920780452012-03-22T10:25:16.790-07:002012-03-22T10:25:16.790-07:00Another well-written and thoughtful post, thanks. ...Another well-written and thoughtful post, thanks. Definitely political correctness is going out of hand everywhere.Deinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150562072736479808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-44659920584624557342012-03-22T06:53:51.491-07:002012-03-22T06:53:51.491-07:00I am beginning to wonder whether there is in the d...I am beginning to wonder whether there is in the drive to institutionalize "gay marriage" a political agenda by militant homosexuals: to subvert and marginalize the moral thinking of heterosexuals.<br /><br />Ordinarily, a person's sexuality is of no interest or concern to me, but the modern usage of the word "gay" sticks in my throat, and if someone were to try to accuse me of "homophobia", I'd be tempted to retort: "Me? I'm not <i>afraid</i> of a bunch of queers!" Except that they probably wouldn't spot the joke.Dennis Hodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409579380626581592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-23779329110851942062012-03-22T02:42:49.891-07:002012-03-22T02:42:49.891-07:00"Gay ‘marriage’ is a joke, a parody of the re..."Gay ‘marriage’ is a joke, a parody of the real thing, just as the black sabbath is a parody of the Christian mass."<br /><br />Masterful words, Ana. And, more importantly still, true, ones.Dominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145734042272196687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-4512325902953061422012-03-21T21:40:42.255-07:002012-03-21T21:40:42.255-07:00This is the fox-hunt-ban issue of this parliament....This is the fox-hunt-ban issue of this parliament. Its sole purpose is to enrage the most vocal and irrational and fill the media with nonsense to distract from other, far more serious issues, such as the climate conspiracy, immigration, europe, and, above all, money.<br /><br />Like other distractions: animal rights, abortion, etc., it has the great advantage that the polarities will never accept a decision as final; they will continue to argue their extreme until doomsday, so the issue can be revived again and again, forever. Yet, so few people actually care one way or another, it doesn't really affect popular voting at all, while making it appear to the unsophisticated that issues of great moment are being discussed exhaustively in the popular fora. Behind this noisy diversion, the nation is being stolen by blackguards.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-84985893644778345472012-03-21T21:35:52.317-07:002012-03-21T21:35:52.317-07:00The fraud Kinsey announced that 10% of the male po...The fraud Kinsey announced that 10% of the male population is gay; the 2000 U.S. Census Bureau found that homosexual couples constitute less than 1% of American households. The Family Research Report says "around 2-3% of men, and 2% of women, are homosexual or bisexual." The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force estimates three to eight percent of both sexes. Whatever the true number, it is miniscule. But from the influence the gay lobby wields, I have to believe that most of 'em are either in the government or they have salacious pictures of themselves with those who are.<br /><br />Linked to my post on Featherbrains (http://crockettlives.wordpress.com/2012/03/19/party-of-the-1st-part-do-you-take-this-person/)Bob Mackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13452703873713992208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-66290901132347190982012-03-21T21:09:08.558-07:002012-03-21T21:09:08.558-07:00nb Militant Liberalism?nb Militant Liberalism?Nobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088033081316289008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-79252020420691865852012-03-21T21:06:16.986-07:002012-03-21T21:06:16.986-07:00Excellent summary on the latest sad yet inevitable...Excellent summary on the latest sad yet inevitable wrong headed development of David Cameron's government, Ana. You are right to talk about an 'illiberal tone' regarding this debate. Lynne Featherstone will brook no farther argument against her point of view. It would appear that a Liberal today is a very different animal to the Liberal of my Grandparents' era.Nobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088033081316289008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-11181575718368759632012-03-21T17:53:46.349-07:002012-03-21T17:53:46.349-07:00Put them all back in the closet where they belong!...Put them all back in the closet where they belong!anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.com