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From: cher@ihuxi.UUCP (Mike Musing)
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Subject: Re: Serpent in Paradise
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Date: Fri, 24-Aug-84 19:58:45 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 24 19:58:45 1984
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> Gay men have "no control over their minority affiliation", unless you
> believe sexuality is a matter of preference rather than fundamental
> orientation of personality.  Of course, not having sex or receiving
 
Yeah, I believe that sexuality is both. 

> But Haitians can take the same measures: abstain from all sex and
> blood transfusions.  They're no more captive to their "minority
> affiliation" in this regard than are gay men.

Ha-ha! Do you purposely ignore the distinction, or are you unaware
of it? By homosexuality we mean lifestyle more often then preference
or orientation. Those are NOT same things as was indicated by many
people on this very net. No matter what a Haitian does he/she would
still be Haitian. They are born this way - enough said. You puffing
is not enough to prove same thing about gays. 
Important disclaimer from you is "gay men". Right, women don't fit
in the hypothesis so nicely.

> yet Mike still tries to trade on the idea that gays are less of an
> "authentic" minority than, say, Haitians.
> 					Cheers,
> 					Ron Rizzo

You still trying to sell the idea that they are?

Anyway, I did not even mention gays in my question, leave alone "trading". 
You can do battle with the people who are willing to dig up research 
papers on the subject till the day the aliens reveal the truth (your
suggestion, methinks). I am neither.                   
                           All the best,
                               Mike Musing