Christopher, it's good to hear from you again.

>It pains me to find posts here that damn a man for his sexual preference.

Please show me a specific post that fits this description.

> "I'm completely and thoroughly revolted," somebody wrote; "Ugh. Sick."

When Liza wrote this she was expressing her outrage over finding Stephen
Arlin of NFL having an ad on the Aryun Dating page.

>And our usually level-headed moderator has likened Stephen Arlin to a Nazi.

This is what I wrote:

>>"As unsettling as their frequent use of gestapo-like tactics of
>>intimidation, ridicule and threat of physical harm (especially when
>>feeling cornered in a discussion) is their flirting with nazi ideology.
>>An example of this is their embracing of the discredited science of
>>eugenics to rid the world of "cooked retards" and bring about the
>>take-over of the world by a raw, fruitarian master race. ;-)"

If you think I am off the mark with any of the above please state why. This
is what I wrote 1 1/2 ago in a response to NFL on the raw-food list:

>>But eating cooked foods is NOT the only reason for all the problems we
>>are having in our world today, and to think so is not only stupid but
>>very dangerous as it opens the door to bigotry; and bigotry is bigotry no
>>matter if the target is people who eat cooked foods, gays, gypsies, Jews
>>etc. Page 94 in your book: "It is cooked-food addiction that breeds all
>>the dysgenic wars and massacres in the world. It is cooked-food addiction
>>that brings into existence monsters like Stalin, Churchill, and
>>Roosevelt, who, filled with the fury of greed and ambition, dare to
>>destroy whole nations by carpet-bombing beautiful cities filled with
>>innocent wo/men and children." I could not help but notice that Hitler
>>was left out. Is there a reason for this?

I rest my case with an NFL quote that I picked out of the raw-food
archives: "Nature is constantly selecting and culling out those individuals
that are unfit for reproduction."

This is naturally true but taken in the context of NFL's overall political
message and public demeanor, it makes chills run down my spine.

>As a gay man, I'm acutely aware of the hate so many people harbor toward
>preferences different from their own.

That is only natural.

> Arlin may be a nincompoop and a scoundrel, but let us not crucify him for
>romantic incorrectness.

What specifically are you referring to when you say "romantic incorrectness"?

>Shame on you, my friends.  You stink of the very intolerance you are
>ostensibly criticizing.  The Nazis, lest we forget, rounded up homosexuals
>as well as Jews.  When you pillory a man for his choice of mates, who now
>is flirting with Nazism?

If this was what was happening, I could not agree more.

>You who throw stones, where will you end?  Today you impugn an ethnic
>preference; what will it be tomorrow?

Amen!

>what if I turn down a lover who's too fat or too young ... who eats raw
>flesh, or gags on it ... whose religion I don't share?

However, if I prefer a slim, vegetarian lover that is nobody's business but
my own.

>Lay off with your puritanical taboos.  If you anathematize a private
>sexual choice, may you live in the hell you are creating.

I appreciate your sensitivity and even if we do not see eye to eye in this
case, I hope this will not prevent you from speaking up in the future on
this or other issues.

Best, Peter
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