Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!sgi!shinobu!odin!odin.corp.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: news.groups Subject: Re: CALL FOR DISCUSSION -- talk.politics.gay Message-ID: Date: 2 Feb 90 14:02:22 GMT References: <34015@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1990Feb1.151658.29563@tct.uucp> <2085@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> Sender: news@odin.SGI.COM Reply-To: portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Followup-To: news.groups Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 32 In-reply-to: msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu's message of 2 Feb 90 18:34:29 GMT >>>>> On 2 Feb 90 18:34:29 GMT, msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu (Mark Robert Smith) said: mark> soc.motss has always had a part of it's group mark> charter which prohibited discussions on the morality and legitimacy of mark> homosexuality. Thus, a group IS needed for these issues. It is true that the charter of motss prohibits discussions on the morality and legitimacy of homosexuality, but that by no means implies that a group is needed to discuss them. In the event such a group is formed, I would like to see "politics" or any connotations to gay/lesbian rights removed from the name. The reason why I make this request is that I feel there is a distinct difference between discussions about the gay rights movement and discussions about the morality/legitimacy of homosexuality, and I'd rather not perpetuate the confusion of the two. If the group has to be formed, I suggest a name like: talk.gay or talk.sexuality if you want to be a little more general and include bisexual-bashing in the discussion too. --M -- __ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics Computer Systems \/ portuesi@sgi.com Entry Systems Division -- Engineering "Why you? Because you're Electro-Cop, the best there is."