The Singapore government is supporting the National Library Board in the plan to destroy a children’s book detailing the real-life story of two male penguins raising a baby chick in New York’s zoo. It appears that the government views “And Tango Makes Three” to be nothing more than penguin perversion.
Now banned are “And Tango Makes Three” as well as “The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption” (discussing a lesbian couple) and “Who’s In My Family: All About Our Families.” Minister of Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim enthusiastically supports the book ban, stating “The prevailing norms, which the overwhelming majority of Singaporeans accept, support teaching children about conventional families, but not about alternative, non-traditional families, which is what the books in question are about.”
It appears that the Ministry has joined a long line governments in banning books to fight an idea. It has been proven to be a fruitless endeavor but government continue to hold back ideas that they find threatening or different. Regrettably, it is another U.S. ally that is moving against free speech in the name of public decency.
Source: New York Daily News
Nick Spinelli
Negative, curmudgeon people are quite IRONIC!!!!! When you let me know something that pisses you off, Pete, YOU WILL GET MORE OF IT!!
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you should look up the word irony, nick, that’s not what it means.
now as to your question, “what pisses me off”.
mostly it’s people who cut me off in traffic and then go under the posted speed limit.
palmetto bugs, although it hard to say if they piss me off or just creep me out.
people who wear to much cologne
and finally i guess people who mistake quantity for quality in a conversation.
does that help?
The extent of propaganda knows no bounds.
ditto Squeeky Fromm.
…lawyers have the most to gain from GLBTX marriages.
I read something somewhere that most gays do not contemplate monogamous marriages and opt instead for ‘San Francisco” marriages. I guess they wilt at all that “forsaking all others til death do us part” stuff. Just one of the things that makes the whole gay marriage squabble such a hoot. Personally, I can ‘t wait for the Gay Divorce Court tv show.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Different people define things “differently.”
This is old news (2010), but worth repeating:
Research at San Francisco State University offers “a rare glimpse inside gay relationships and reveals that monogamy is not a central feature for many. Some gay men and lesbians argue that, as a result, they have stronger, longer-lasting and more honest relationships. And while that may sound counterintuitive, some experts say boundary-challenging gay relationships represent an evolution in marriage — one that might point the way for the survival of the institution.”
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/us/29sfmetro.html?_r=0
John compartmentalizes over-much with “Since homosexuality is terminal for a species, it can’t be artificially supported.”
In reality this simply is not true. The occurrence of homosexuality among humans is so small compared to the overall population, John’s assertion falls apart immediately. There are not near sufficient numbers to stifle breeding, not by a decimal point. It is further hampered by no mention of adoption, which is derided as “less than ideal.” That’s often called “real life.”
Whatever John feels about adoption, it does carry children into the next generation just as effectively as biological birth. Since adoptive parents actually seem to want children, the success rate is benefitted even further.
“Think of the children!” is simply not a valid excuse to continue the rank exclusion of gay people from society. It just isn’t.
Max, gay people are the new “Jews” in our burgeoning Theocracy. Disturbing to see this sort of bigotry in seemingly intelligent people.
Samantha invents reality with “You must be terribly frustrated, as one who is dissatisfied with his significant other who is not independent, not a thinker, not codependent, and so you show up here to hound and victimize.”
As usual, wrong on all counts. The difference is I do not consider you “aberrant” simply because we happen to disagree on some points.
Ohhhh Samantha, LOL!
The scowl was, “Of course I do, bozo!”
LOL! I just asked my wife if she knew Fromm. I got a scowl! She has a masters in social psychology and has books by him! I have learned 2 things today, one from mespo and one from you.
Samantha, Superb comment. I have never read Fromm but now will, any suggestions? I minored in philosophy and was attracted to Nietzsche. He uses the herd metaphor, the comfort of the herd and the destructiveness of individuality in the herd. Trading individuality for security, even if it is false security. You are conversing w/ an uber introvert. I belong to no clubs or associations. I even avoid professional associations. I am quite comfortable in my own skin and by myself. Being a PI, I had to be able to engage. I’m quite comfortable w/ it. Extroverts gain energy by engaging, introverts expend energy engaging and recharge in solitude. I was very good @ testifying and speaking in public, thanks to an incredible speech teacher in college. I have sensed you too are an introvert. Blogs attract introverts. My favorite exercise is walking solo. I walk 5-10 miles a day. I like walks w/ my wife, children, friends, etc. But I prefer solo.
Nick, if she has “Escape from Freedom” on the bookshelf, read that.
Neutrality.
Marriage exists to bond and protect the family – a man, a woman and the children they produce.
Since homosexuality is terminal for a species, it can’t be artificially supported.
Neutrality is the appropriate position on the issue, legally and morally.
No promotion, no criticism.
Nick, I think if your life is not fulfilling, that is, your lifestyle doesn’t generate the requisite hormones that produce genuine happiness, the subliminal mediates behavior to compensate for the void in your life. So you join a gang, a cause, a church, the military, a police department, prefer group travel to solo travel, anything really, so long as there is something to attach to, like barnacles on a hull, because otherwise you are simply not going anywhere or filling the deep void in your soul. If more people read Erich Fromm, more people would see how their tribes use them, see how they must bend over to belong, see how their leaders are psychopaths who will murder if it means satisfying material needs. I consider myself lucky to have read Fromm when I was a teenager, giving him credit for having retained the free spirit we’re all endowed with at birth, and that most people unwittingly pi$$ away already by the time they become adults. From this perspective, one sees most of life as one, huge, obscene circus, the spectators as much in bondage as the performg animals.
Jim, Again, just a sad remnant of the dark days here. I can put it in perspective, having every epithet known to man thrown @ me during that horrible period. This is still BS on this thread, but it’s just a stall full, not a barn full of it. Many gay folks have a problem w/ the Gay Mafia, knowing if you vilify anyone who is not lockstep w/ the entire agenda, you hurt gay people, not help them. ZEALOTRY!
@max1
My lesbian sisters have not “promiscued” themselves into a 20% incidence rate of HIV. Anyway, here is you a video on the dangers inherent in the lifestyle:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/raOa51TKFX8?autoplay=1
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Max-1,
I’m really sure how Nazi’s got involved in this. I guess it is just a tangent of what Nick was pointing out. Play the Nazi card.
Squeeky
@max1
Well, I can ‘t speak for others, but for me it ‘s all the poopie.
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… Then you’ve been doing it wrong, gurl.
Squeeky,
You HATE of gay men is telling…
… Where’s your hate toward your sister lesbians?
Nick,
Stop encouraging bigotry.