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From: frye@vaxwaller.UUCP (Steve Frye)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: Turning the other cheek
Message-ID: <365@vaxwaller.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Dec-85 13:26:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 11 13:26:41 1985
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> In article <116@ubc-cs.UUCP> manis@ubc-cs.UUCP (Vince Manis) writes:
> >A few days, a group of five Toronto teenagers was convicted of the murder
> >(by beating) of a 40-year old gay man. The five had, in the course of a 
> >boozy evening, decided that they would go and ''beat up a fag'' (their
> >words). So they got in their car, headed out to a cruising area, and
> >shortly after midnight accosted a victim and beat him to death.
> 
> It sounds to me as if you think 'homophobia' is some separate 'entity'
> that CAUSES otherwise normal people to do terrible things.  But it
> wasn't homophobia that killed that man in Toronto.  It was five drunk
> teenagers who did it.  Five PEOPLE.  Five PEOPLE who should be held
> accountable for their actions.
> 

The sad part is that none of the five would probably have done this on his own.
But put them together, add a little alcohol, and we have a group of cold
blooded murderers.

Yes, I feel sorry them.  I am sorry that each of them accepted murdering
somebody as 'having fun'.  I doubt that a hatred of gays was the cause,
hatred of gays was simply the excuse.  Definitely they should be held
accountable.  Accountable for first degree murder.  Anything else is
unacceptable.


	Steve Frye
	Varian Instruments 2700 Mitchell Dr.  Walnut Creek, Ca. 94598
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	Steve Frye
	Varian Instruments 2700 Mitchell Dr.  Walnut Creek, Ca. 94598
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