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From: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: Jason on Bars
Message-ID: <737@ptsfa.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 22:34:34 EDT
Article-I.D.: ptsfa.737
Posted: Wed Jul 17 22:34:34 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 21-Jul-85 00:52:31 EDT
References: <3127@decwrl.UUCP>
Reply-To: rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo)
Organization: Pacific Bell, San Francisco
Lines: 43
Summary: Label jars, not people.

In article <3127@decwrl.UUCP> levasseur@morgan.DEC writes:
>                   Jason on Bars and Bar Behavior
>                   ******************************
>....  Since recently moving to Boston I'm freq-
>ienting bars more often and am noticing a lot that I never did while 
>living beyond the burbs. It can be fun to go bar hopping with a friend
>or two and observe the various games that get played;
>.... What follows is some sharing of goings on behind the
>doors where "they only come out at night"
>
>The Secret Agent
>----------------
>This is the guy who ....
>
>The Tall Dark Stranger
>----------------------
>Somewhat related to the above, the stranger will ....
>
What followed in the above article were descriptions of several stereotyped
behaviors the author found in gay bars.

The article distressed me. If it was intended to be humorous, it missed
the mark with me. I found it merely to be nasty criticism of the behavior of
people only seen at a distance. The criticism seems to me to be pointless - it
does not shed any light on the behaviors described - it merely criticizes
without any attempt at understanding. I realized some may view my reaction as
humorless, but it really hurts me when I see a gay man putting down others
in this fashion.

 LABEL JARS, NOT PEOPLE.

I don't know, maybe I'm just in a humorless mood today.
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