Swindon Pride

[Reg Smeeton]

I'll buck the trend, I like Germans - find them honest, humourous people, great company.

[dell boy]

[Foggy]

Ah the highly comical racist comments

(now come the comments about having no sense of humour)

But you find homophobic comments to be acceptable? A bigot is a bigot no matter how you wrap it up

[Reg Smeeton]

But you find homophobic comments to be acceptable? A bigot is a bigot no matter how you wrap it up

 And a big gut is a big gut no matter how you wrap it up.

[yeo]

I like German Gays with Big Guts.

Swoon

[Reg Smeeton]

I like German Gays with Big Guts.

Swoon

 Must have GSOH or not?

[wheretherealredsare]

Germans bring out the wurst in people.

[wheretherealredsare]

On the original point ... I see nothing wrong with any group of people having a celebration, especially when it demonstrates that they care about each other. If children can see people peacefully co-existing and enjoying themselves where's the harm?

As long as there's no fisting or stuff in public 

[janaage]

To be fair I'd be more worried if they get Gary Glitter to headline next year's event.

[wheretherealredsare]

Too right.

Anyway, how did a perfectly innocent word like "gay" come to be taken over to mean homosexual? I've read the wikipedia article which says it all kicked off in the early 20th century, and in the late 19th century the word was associated with promiscuity. Whatever happened to being carefree and happy? Who decides these things?

[janaage]

Gays?

[Reg Smeeton]

 What's wrong with sodomites?

[dell boy]

Too right.

Anyway, how did a perfectly innocent word like "gay" come to be taken over to mean homosexual? I've read the wikipedia article which says it all kicked off in the early 20th century, and in the late 19th century the word was associated with promiscuity. Whatever happened to being carefree and happy? Who decides these things?

Monday's child is fair of face.
Tuesday's child is full of grace.
Wednesday's child is full of woe.
Thursday's child has far to go.
Friday's child is loving and giving.
Saturday's child works hard for a living,
But the child who is born on the Sabbath Day
Is bonny and blithe and good and gay.

[sonic youth]

i don't think there is anything unnatural about homosexuality - after all, how do you define what is natural?

[jayohaitchenn]

The bible said so.