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Gay Pupils Insulted By Homophobic Phrases
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the word "Gay", from the French "gai", meaning joyful or bright and showy, was increasingly appropriated in the last century to mean a particular lifestyle associated with orientation. Now it's been appropriated by others to mean something else.
Language is constantly evolving; is this something that the LGBTI community needs to "get over", or is the word "gay" now irrevocably locked to its 20th century meaning?
the word "Gay", from the French "gai", meaning joyful or bright and showy, was increasingly appropriated in the last century to mean a particular lifestyle associated with orientation. Now it's been appropriated by others to mean something else.
Language is constantly evolving; is this something that the LGBTI community needs to "get over", or is the word "gay" now irrevocably locked to its 20th century meaning?
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I think Peter Tatchell is a bit of a hero.
I think he's brave.
He rubs some people up the wrong way, but sometimes that's what it takes.
If you look at the world he lived in as a 19 year old and the world of a 19 year old now - well, it's the arguments that Mr Tatchell has put across and the fact that he's stood up to be counted that have helped the debate along.
I'm pretty sure he's said a lot of stuff I disagree with - but he's also said a lot that I DO agree with.
And the term 'militant gay' basically translates to any gay person who demands the same rights as everyone else.
It's lost it's meaning - a bit like the word 'feminist' (which now basically covers any woman who demands equal treatment to a bloke).
I think he's brave.
He rubs some people up the wrong way, but sometimes that's what it takes.
If you look at the world he lived in as a 19 year old and the world of a 19 year old now - well, it's the arguments that Mr Tatchell has put across and the fact that he's stood up to be counted that have helped the debate along.
I'm pretty sure he's said a lot of stuff I disagree with - but he's also said a lot that I DO agree with.
And the term 'militant gay' basically translates to any gay person who demands the same rights as everyone else.
It's lost it's meaning - a bit like the word 'feminist' (which now basically covers any woman who demands equal treatment to a bloke).
If the increasingly varied use of the word "gay" is so offensive and distressing, how are we going to stand with things like Monty Python.
The Australian philosophers.
Read the rules Bruce.
Rule number one. No poofters.
Rule number two. No poofters.
Rule number three. There is no ... rule number three.
Rule number four. No poofters.
etc
The Australian philosophers.
Read the rules Bruce.
Rule number one. No poofters.
Rule number two. No poofters.
Rule number three. There is no ... rule number three.
Rule number four. No poofters.
etc
that's another thing that monty python got a bit wrong -
not only is Australian table wine revered world-wide instead of being a vintage for laying down and avoiding or being guaranteed to open the sluices at both ends....
.....but on the beach, Bruce is more likely to be holding hands with Malcolm, rather than Sheila.
not only is Australian table wine revered world-wide instead of being a vintage for laying down and avoiding or being guaranteed to open the sluices at both ends....
.....but on the beach, Bruce is more likely to be holding hands with Malcolm, rather than Sheila.
What's to stand for jj? That was 40 years ago now, more than in fact, and times have changed. Comedy that relies on homosexuality as the punchline is going to be dated soon enough, if not already -- but sometimes it really is quite funny, and in many such jokes there seems to be an undertone that the humour isn't the homosexuality itself, but rather the hypocrisy of some people's attitudes towards it.
Well, not everyone can see beyond the joke. But I don't agree with censoring the past. Not that you do either necessarily? Never having seen Love Thy Neighbour I don't know what that's like. But I have seen things like A Bit of Fry and Laurie, or Fawlty Towers, or Monty Python, and in all cases there are jokes about racism and homosexuality where it's the racist or homophobe that is the butt of the joke really, so I'm assuming Love Thy Neighbour is going to be similar. Shame that some people don't realise that.
You didn't miss much, Jim.
It was a bit of a one gag series.
The white neighbour calls the black neighbour n i g n o g and s a m b o.
The black neighbour calls the white neighbour h o n k y.
The audience laughed at their bigoted attitudes. That was about it. It wasn't all that funny, really. You can only use a "banana boat" joke so many times.
Thinking about it, maybe the reason it's not on Sky Gold is that it was just a bit feeble.
It was a bit of a one gag series.
The white neighbour calls the black neighbour n i g n o g and s a m b o.
The black neighbour calls the white neighbour h o n k y.
The audience laughed at their bigoted attitudes. That was about it. It wasn't all that funny, really. You can only use a "banana boat" joke so many times.
Thinking about it, maybe the reason it's not on Sky Gold is that it was just a bit feeble.
Up to a heavy abuse of notation, it's the Standard Model of Particle Physics, and in some sense therefore describes pretty much everything we know so far apart from gravity.
I'd love to try to explain it a bit more but somehow a thread about the word "gay" and homophobia seems not necessarily the place...
I'd love to try to explain it a bit more but somehow a thread about the word "gay" and homophobia seems not necessarily the place...
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