Brokeback Mountain

[sunshine08]

I am a very blount person and also realize that sometimes I say things that can be interpretated differently than I meant them to, hence the need for me to apologize. I don't set out to offend. But I apologize only if I think I was wrong and I want to.
I utilize my own thought process and am entitled to my own opinion.
However, I think past(?) members here have purposely intended to belittle others with their narrow minded opinions. You can express yourself without having to be so assinine about it.

[bkfiler]

sunshine, why are you apologizing? well now we know that sunshine and pinktiger are one in the same lol.

robi's own comment, bashing gay people, and his subsequent comment. bashing religious people, are not apppropriate. its has nothing to do with being able to speak ones mind. freedom doesnt mean you can insult other members of a family you belong to.

remember where we are. we are here for bk problems. do you really want to see comments attacking your own lifestyle here. wouldnt you rather see no attacking at all.

ask yourself this.

do you consider that an attack on gays, and then a section of religious people, or just standard comments you see posted in most threads at this site?

he was asked to remove 3 words, 'deprived and depraved Cowtransgenderfolk', to help make sure it would not be offensive. do you really think that he cares about not offending others here or cares more about trying to 'express' himself without regard to the people here?

do you really think that you yourself would post those type of words in a thread here knowing, or even after being enlightened a bit, that you could be offending people?

dont you think he is acting in such a way that he is more concerned with what he thinks is his freedom of speech rather then the family that is here for a specific purpose?

the moronic and out of context comments made by 'lighting' seemed to offend you. do you only react when you are offended or do you react to help others memebers of your family that may be offended.

remeber that he was asked to leave the opinion but just take 3 words out that were really over the line. we are all big people here and understand the world and how it works and how people are, but we are a family too and need to respect that structure first.

[Genenco]

Ahem...I for one don't believe he was "Bashing" gays or religious people.

He very will could have used some of the major slurs that are even used today..But he didn't...

I have voted republican and God knows how many have compared me to Nazi goose stepping storm trooper...

I just ignore them and go on with my life..To make a mountian out of a "molehill" is not why I was put on earth..

[bkfiler]

dont be so fast to mis the point.

[Pinktiger]

The whole point of my comments in the first place were to let you all know that gay bashing is inappropriate, in my humble opinion, on this board. And that is what this whole thread was about -- gay bashing. From the cute little comments about being alone in the dark at the movies to the later, more strident coments regarding gays, this whole thread has singled out a certain portion of the population and bashed them. Political correctness was also bashed. There's nothing really wrong with political correctness. It is polite behavior in public. If you wish to bash gays in private, so be it. But in public you should not be allowed to do it. And, no I am not Sunshine.
Every time somebody disagrees with people here, the name calling begins. I didn't call people names and I won't now. But I still say, police yourselves and in the words of King Lear, "Mend thy speech a little, Cordelia."

[bkfiler]

pinktiger, are you saying that you feel my initial post was harsh?

[Genenco]

I didn't miss anything BK.

"A person changed against their will, is of the same opinion still"

I curb my own opinions as I am not interested in raising a fuss, but I'd surely NOT back off of one if such was made...

Plus, I haven't seen the movie anyway.....

[bkfiler]

genenco, you really did miss the point my friend.

[Genenco]

The whole point of my comments in the first place were to let you all know that gay bashing is inappropriate, in my humble opinion, on this board. And that is what this whole thread was about -- gay bashing. From the cute little comments about being alone in the dark at the movies to the later, more strident coments regarding gays, this whole thread has singled out a certain portion of the population and bashed them. Political correctness was also bashed. There's nothing really wrong with political correctness. It is polite behavior in public. If you wish to bash gays in private, so be it. But in public you should not be allowed to do it. And, no I am not Sunshine.
Every time somebody disagrees with people here, the name calling begins. I didn't call people names and I won't now. But I still say, police yourselves and in the words of King Lear, "Mend thy speech a little, Cordelia."

Well, be that as it may. What the use of this board is, is for bankruptcy. However, a single section was set aside for "Personal Occurances"

Now, there wasn't any "Real" rules for it, only generally accepted behavior..But when a persons own personal comments can start a firestorm because another disagreement with them, then I feel that the thread should be shut off..However, this still would remain a "Sore spot" for some.

In this case, I vote for deletion of this thread...And everyone back to their respective corners...

I shall not continue this, for I see it is going downhill...Fast...

[tinroofrusted]

Nobody on this board would be so bold as to use the N word when talking about Black people, or to make other remarks about working women, or stereotyping people of other religions, etc., but for some reason it is still open season on gay people. I find this behavior to be personally insulting and I think you owe the whole board an apology. There are probably plenty of gay people on this board, and they don't have to be insulted by you cretins. Annie Proulx, who wrote the short story the film is based on, is an excellent writer who has won prizes for her work. And the film is considered a watershed event because it actually depicts gays in a regular life, not in stereotypical roles. I'm sure you are all way too unsophisticated to get any of this, and why I bother I do not know, but it really pains me to see such ignorance. And you all called Lightening scurrilous! Shame, Shame, Shame!

I didn't realize showing two men engaged in harming themselves, and their own families was considered good entertainment, and something to be proud of.

What is so wonderful about showing two men engaged in sodomy while being married, cheating on their wives, disappointing and harming their children in the process? Not to mention, apparently it DOES show normal gay behavior, as in many of the reviews that I have seen the main character engages in many one night stands over the course of the twenty some years of the movie.

What a wonderful example of true Americanism...........

This isn't a love story.

I say shame on those who are trying to normalize something that quite frankly, will never, and should never be "normalized."

[bkfiler]

genenco, you really are all or nothing. lots of drama.

the 'rules' that you speak about are 'we are friends here' and there is no reason we should want to possibly offend someone.

imo, reasonably all he had to do was take 3 words out and then its not attacking. i was a friend looking out for him and others to keep it nice.

since you somehow think there is no rules to abide by or at least no unstated rules then i would like to start a thread about older people, escpecially women, that are not productive in society anylonger and are of no use. these old women are taking up valueable resources and should be put to sleep instead of taking up space. we have to move on and focus on the young kids to make sure we have a better place in our lives. our mothers have lived out their 'usefullness' as a women and should be gotten rid of.

let me guess, you think thats ok here? appropriate? its logical. yes it is logical. think its gonna offend someone? you really think i should be allowed to say it just because i can type it? you think i should be more concerned with expressing my thoughts then what you will feel about it when its obviously gonna grab attention and over the line?

[bkfiler]

tinroofrusted, honestly, whats that got to do with the point. why add to the problem right now.

[tinroofrusted]

The whole point of my comments in the first place were to let you all know that gay bashing is inappropriate, in my humble opinion, on this board. And that is what this whole thread was about -- gay bashing. From the cute little comments about being alone in the dark at the movies to the later, more strident coments regarding gays, this whole thread has singled out a certain portion of the population and bashed them. Political correctness was also bashed. There's nothing really wrong with political correctness. It is polite behavior in public. If you wish to bash gays in private, so be it. But in public you should not be allowed to do it. And, no I am not Sunshine.
Every time somebody disagrees with people here, the name calling begins. I didn't call people names and I won't now. But I still say, police yourselves and in the words of King Lear, "Mend thy speech a little, Cordelia."

Political correctness is the death of America and the right to free speech. In public, and with the rights guaranteed to us under the First Ammendment to the Constitution, I should be able to stand in the middle of the steet, and scream anything that I feel like, without fear of retribution, arrest, or lawsuit. I may get my behind kicked, but it would be by another person not a member of the Thought Police telling me whatI should and shouldn't say.

I am very sorry that you feel this way PinkTiger. Unfortunately, it is because of this, that we are losing our right to free speech and free think.

[tinroofrusted]

tinroofrusted, honestly, whats that got to do with the point. why add to the problem right now.

I don't see a problem, to be quite honest with you.


Robivi was making a comment on a movie. A very controversial movie that is being discussed all over other message boards and across the country.

The problem that I see here is that others are trying to invade his right to freedom of expression and his right to free speech. We are entitled to our opinions and thoughts, as is guaranteed in the first ammendment. I didn't realize that someone having an honest opinion about something was a means for them to get attacked.

I will say something though. Advocates of gay rights are some of the most brutal and harsh in their attacks against those who speak out against their liefstyle and choices. They don't want attacks on them, but they are the first to throw stones if someone so much as looks at them the wrong way........

[bkfiler]

lol, well if you guys from the far left and far right are going to converge and hijack my topic then im outta here roflmao.

amazing how the extremists on both sides gather to battle lol. all fighting for respect which niether truely give to one another.

*shaking head*