One man's opinion

[kingandy]

I suspect the rainbow thing will ultimately spawn more spoofs than actual carriers. Actually, that's not true - I just wish it was. Some time ago, while walking through Manchester's Gay Village (it only goes out with other villages), I became a little disapproving of the way the community there (and, indeed, accross the world) has commandeered the rainbow. As though non-gay people aren't allowed to be flamboyant or wear bright colours, or something. Not that anyone needs my approval for anything, it just struck me as an odd thing to do. "I like to put my penis inside other men, and also pretty colours." I think it mostly perpetuates stereotypes.

I'm mostly babbling right now because NTL has disengaged their mail servers for maintenance, so I have nothing to do. I suppose I may as well go to bed, feh.

Hopefully tomorrow night is D&D at ghostbritain's place, unless he is sick with gout again. Do not have gout Nook! We enjoy you.

Comments

[alucardo.livejournal.com]

GOD HATES FAGS AND THIS STUPID FUCKING RAINBOW BAR THING HE KEEPS SEEING ALL OVER LIVEJOURNAL.

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[kingandy]

Exactly!

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[kingandy]

Although, also, naughty.

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[alucardo.livejournal.com]

Naughty yet honest


Im all for people getting together, gay straight or bi, go for it.

BUT STOP FUCKING TRYING TO CONVERT ME, STOP TRYING TO CONVERT OTHERS TO SUPPORT THEM

FUCKING HELL I DONT CARE IF YOU SUPPORT THE RIGHT FOR GAYS OR NOT




I DONT WANT THAT DAMNED RAINBOW BAR OVER MY LJ AGAIN

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[myki.livejournal.com]

Surely compared to the crap the clogs up most livejournals the rainbow bar is rather inoffensive. I doubt anybody here will go "Wow, colours... Suddenly I find people of my own sex attractive"

Now me... I'm colour blind... Have a real problem with the blue green end of the spectrum... It hurts me deeply each time I see it on a livejournal...

Oh woe is me for my shortcomings..

(Guy) Smiley

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[alucardo.livejournal.com]

Nah, its majorly ineffective, thats the thing though, the colours themselves, the issue itself, bores me to tears, why?

Because I really dont care either way if gays or lesbians want to get together, good for them, I wont hold anything against them, love is a rare, yet good thing when it can be found, and if you find it with someone of the same sex, I wont try and stop you.

So why the sudden campaign with this damned rainbow?

I fucking hate it, it drives me up the wall, its forcing people to pick a side, and I never do, Im the sweden of world war 2, neutral. (possible bad example I know, but you may get the gist.)

Its preaching to the converted as well as the "Heathens" if you will. it just irritates me.

forcing people to pick a side

[kingandy]

Yeah, I think my favourite was "Time Force" but I'm looking forward to "Ninja Storm". But we shouldn't have to choose!

Re: forcing people to pick a side

[alucardo.livejournal.com]

Yeah man, fucking preach it, ninja storm looks awesome, they where both cool

[kermix.livejournal.com]

If anyone actually believes that sexual orientation can be "converted", may their doorsteps be darkened by Jehovah's Witnesses every sunrise.

[alucardo.livejournal.com]

I dont want to be a jehovahs witness, it wouldnt be ethical as I never saw jehovahs accident.

[samharber.livejournal.com]

Actually D&D will be at my place, unless you really want to play in somewhere that stinks of cat piss.

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[kingandy]

Yeah, whatever. Your houses are so close together that they fail to resolve into two separate entities. IN MY MIND.

Not that I enjoy being pedantic but...

[pkgem.livejournal.com]

It's not actually a rainbow (red and yellow and pink and green, orange and purple and blue) nor even a spectrum (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet). It's just a bar of colours pretending to be something it's not. Which is completely irrelevant and I only mention it because I really have nothing better to do right now...

Personally, I'm for anybody getting married provided both parties are consenting and know what is going on. I cannot be bothered with people who have marriage ceremonies for their pets. That's just ridiculous.

Actually...

[kingandy]

The visible light spectrum does not in fact comprise of seven distinct colours, being analog rather than digital. The seven-colour rainbow was invented by crazy old men who thought that seven was a holy number.

Come on, what is the exact difference between Indigo and Violet?

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[samharber.livejournal.com]

Come on, what is the exact difference between Indigo and Violet?


About 30 nanometers

Re: Actually...

[kingandy]

Excellent. Well done.

And if that's the distance between the two colours, what are the colours that appear in the spectrum between them? Are they indigo or violet? Clearly they must be one or the other, since only those seven colours appear in the rainbow...

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[wulfboy.livejournal.com]

Indigo is sorta-like blue. Violet is sorta-like purple. Thus there is difference.

[pax-draconis.livejournal.com]

Mmm.

Were I less knackered, I'd put something quite wordy here. However, I'm knackered, so: the short version.

1) A gay village doesn't represent "gay", any more than the inside of the local Ritzy's represents "straight".
2) It's all very well complaining about rainbow bars all over LJs - I dislike them as well - but until I run an equal risk of getting my teeth smashed in for snogging someone in public as opposed to the massively more likely chance I have now, I'd rather see them than any other propaganda, ta.
3) I dislike pretty colours. Draw your own conclusions from that.
4) After seeing your resplendence in the Maelstrom mailshot I am now obsessed with you and am enjoying quite lurid fantasies whenever my work allows. Can I be your stalker now?
5) One of the above is untrue.

Yes, that is less wordy than the alternative :-P

[kingandy]

I don't disagree with the sentiment behind the rainbow bars, and can't say I'm at all offended by seeing them around the livejournals. It's much more a comment on the medium than the message. I only really mentioned it because the rainbow bars happened to remind me, so it was fresh in my mind.

Oh, and feel free to stalk me, as long as you are one of those stalkers that pursues his chosen hobby without the aid of knives or pointy implements.

[thorny-rose.livejournal.com]

Okay, third time's a charm, right?



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