Silver_dragon87
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Mar 21, 2005
I apologize in advance for any typos or ramblings; my work suffers late at night, but I need to get this out while it's fresh. And I know it's a long post, but try to stay with me, eh?
I was reading another thread and noticed a post by LovelyLady and was reminded of a historical fact, and thought to mention it.
LL mentioned the Greeks, and it's very true that there was no hatred for homosexuals back then--which means we've all devolved by the way. At any rate, I thought I'd mention the Spartans. If any of you have studied history, you'll know that the Spartans kicked some serious ass. They were the war-machine of the ancient world, and they were tough as ****ing nails. And most of them were, at least in some way, gay. They spent most of their lives away crammed into a building with a bunch of other guys. Gee, I wonder what went on there. In fact, they were encouraged to form relationships with each other because they would fight much harder to protect the man beside him if they loved him.
And nobody said boo about it--AND, like I said, they kicked major ass. You wouldn't make fun of a Spartan today because he'd probably kill you. In fact, if you met him and didn't know he was sleeping with men, you'r probably go doe-eyed for a man of such discipline and skill.
Which brings me to my personal favourite as far as historical figures are concerned--Alexander the Great. Hopefully I don't have to review his history; everyone knows Alex. If ever there was someone to admire, it was Alexander. So to make his long story short, he was one of the coolest and GREATEST (hence the name) people who ever lived. And he was gay. Gasp, surprise--the unimaginable horror! You can argue and protest all you want, but you can't change history. And don't even mention that shameful display of a movie; anyone who knows jack **** about Alexander the Great knows that you can't cast COLIN FARRELL as one of the grestest men in history. End of story. Don't get me started on THAT piece of crap. (The movie, though I've no love for Colin either.)
But history aside, there are so many reasons for me, at least, to admire gay people, so let's go.
In my experience, to put it in a few words, gay people are the nicest people. Not nice in an insulting way, but genuinely. If you can find yourself a gay friend, you're in business. And I'll probably post a whole rant dedicated to this point--don't ever think you can expect me to listen to you say that my BEST FRIENDS are going to some horrible place, or that they deserve to die or some other ****, without fighting back.
Moving on.
In what's going to be a big long blurb, their collective patience. As a people, you might say. When other groups get pissed off, they seem to take it as an excuse for senseless violence. I've never heard, and I apologize if that only shows my ignorance, of a homosexual taking part in the sort of senseless violence taking place every day in mobs "on the streets". When a group of people gets pissed at the government or society in general, they go berserk. I've yet to see it from the homosexual community.
As a side note, I refer you briefly to the whole Rodney King incident, though I don't mean to point any fingers at African-Americans either. It remains, however ugly an incident, and example of what I'm talking about. The people who took part in the riots heard something about "one of their own" that they didn't like, and they went nuts. Were they right to be pissed? Of course, but that doesn't make up for what they did.
That doesn't mean it never happens with gay people, but the fact that news of it has never once, in all these years, reached my ears means that it's a rarity. Not only are they not going on a rampage (and just because they're gay doesn't mean they don't get angry, so this is a pre-emptive 'shut up' to your 'gay people couldn't do that; they're too gay' remarks) but most seem to be watching our Catholic-values world with a sort of sad humour, waiting for us to become enlightened. At least, that's the sense I get from it. I've not seen any riots on the streets or other lashings-out. All I see is a group of people trying to get on with their lives.
And while we're on the subject, GOD FORBID two people should want to love each other and commit to each other and have a family and a ****ing life. Who the hell are you to stand in their way? What business is it of anyone's? What happened to the days when what happened in a bedroom was private?