Ken,
You seem to be in at least partial agreement with the author of the
Washington Post piece you cite (and, horrors, me again ;-{)}); I meant
by "Foley types" not gays or lesbians specifically, but people of any
sexual persuasion who would use a position of power to harass their
subordinates. As has been seen, there has been (is?) enough harassment
of this type happening on both sides of the aisle.
Kendall
An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
-----Original Message-----
From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 4:01 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Incumbents records
i'd hope there is a minimum of the foley types. you'll
alway have a bad one.
there is some liberal writers worried about this list
think now.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2005/04/11/LI200504
1100587.html
just one of many. i think this guy and others are
worried that this list is going to be precieved as gay
bashing by the critics of foley.
you may have to cut and paste the linksince it went to
a second line.
i have no problem with these people being in their
jobs. it is not up to me to be making a list of people
and passing it around.
if they wish to "come out" then it is up to them not
some group to "out them" for politics.
i'd have never made a list of my friend at work that
were homosexual even though i do disapprove of that
life style. i would not have tried to hurt their job
performance or their coreer no more than i'd have
tried to hurt other friends who did something i
disapproved of. it is their decision not mine.
--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ken,
>
> I'd hope that neither party is full of those "Foley
> types." I have no
> problems with gays or lesbians being members of
> Congress, or doing
> anything else, but it looks to me like Foley was
> trying to use a
> position of power to influence those who worked for
> him to enter into a
> relationship.
>
> An 18 year old should have the intestinal fortitude
> to discourage
> unwelcomed sexual advances, whether they come from a
> member of the
> opposite sex or the same sex. The main problem I
> see is whena person in
> a position of authority makes these advances when
> they could negatively
> impact a page's later professional life.
>
> Mike,
>
> Here's a link to a catalog and a T-shirt you might
> appreciate.
>
>
http://www.magentastudios.com/?from=GoogleBase&p=27435991
>
> Since it's Magenta Studios, it's not you, is it,
> Mag?! ;-{)}
>
> Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 12:44 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [C-PALSY] Incumbents records
>
> what the democrats hope to do is encourage the
> religious right to stay at home and not vote. the
> republicans have worked to be a "big tent" party.
> now
> there is a list of "gay" republican members of
> congress being built and circulated to emphasize
> that
> the republican party id full of "those foley types".
> the very kind, gentle people who have been preaching
> tolerance, and calling us bigots, homophobes, and
> worse are now gay bashing in my opinion. the dems
> have
> never condemed their own in the past gerry studds,
> mel
> rynolds, bill clinton, and now they are going to be
> outraged and paint the whole republican party as
> corrupt becouse of one member. i guess we should
> call
> on them to reinstate funds to the boy scouts and
> reopen the parks to them in san fran since they have
> now a change of heart.
> i know what mag meant. she meant to call the whole
> republican party hypocrites and i am saying that is
> like the pot calling the kettle black. i'm no buying
> it for a minute.
>
> --- [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > Ken, I think Mag meant the Republican party is the
> > party which prides itself on "family values,"
> > whatever they are. I think we're going to
> repudiate
> > conservatism. Jesus wasn't conservative.
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