May 10
BABH commented on David Sedaris on The Daily Show.
@8: No, Sedaris is actually a pretty keen observer and a masterful ironist. The problem here is probably that you haven't been to the Midwest lately. 60 year-olds do, in fact, wear sweatpants and T-shirts to the theater. It's as if every day is laundry day for, like, two thirds of the population.
May 6
BABH commented on Kinky People Are Kinky.
"Most of us agree now that gay people are born that way."
No we don't. We agree that sexuality is a personality trait that is pretty well fixed at an early age. It is not chosen, nor is it likely to change. But we don't really know or care whether gay people are born "that way" or develop "that way."
No we don't. We agree that sexuality is a personality trait that is pretty well fixed at an early age. It is not chosen, nor is it likely to change. But we don't really know or care whether gay people are born "that way" or develop "that way."
Apr 8
BABH commented on Bill Keller Hands Mark Regnerus and Tony Perkins Their Asses in Today's NYT.
"In point of fact the plaintiff in Brown v Board won by convincing the court that separate but equal was a bad thing."
Well, sure, the first thing you have to do in a lawsuit like this is show that you have suffered harm. That's very easy in the DOMA case: the widow of a lesbian marriage is getting half her stuff confiscated by a government that thinks it has the right to impose estate taxes on what is, in fact, marital property. It was a little harder to prove in Brown v. Board.
But the *second* thing you have to do is ask the government if they have a good reason for discriminating against you. That's the meat of the DOMA debate (though it was very easily dealt with in Brown).
Well, sure, the first thing you have to do in a lawsuit like this is show that you have suffered harm. That's very easy in the DOMA case: the widow of a lesbian marriage is getting half her stuff confiscated by a government that thinks it has the right to impose estate taxes on what is, in fact, marital property. It was a little harder to prove in Brown v. Board.
But the *second* thing you have to do is ask the government if they have a good reason for discriminating against you. That's the meat of the DOMA debate (though it was very easily dealt with in Brown).
Apr 8
BABH commented on SL Letter of the Day: Lick It Up.
I enjoy the taste of my own come (which I first tasted on the principle that I wouldn't ask anyone else to do anything I wasn't willing to do myself). Not in any kind of fetishistic way - I get no sexual pleasure from eating it - but it is often convenient and tidy to lap it up rather than trying to mop it up.
Apr 2
BABH commented on Unconditional Love Is a Two-Way Street.
"You'll pray for me? How kind! I'll be sure to dance naked in a corn field for you."
Mar 9
BABH commented on My Information's Running Loose!.
"something about this email seems fishy to me."
It's spelled "phishy."
It's spelled "phishy."
Mar 8
BABH commented on Openly Gay Marines In Love.
Hmm ... Maybe we can make September 20th "Fuck Like a [Butt] Pirate Day."
Mar 8
BABH commented on Openly Gay Marines In Love.
@ troll: US Army Ranger, decorated combat vet, and butt pirate here. Why do you hate America?
@21: Perfect!
@21: Perfect!
Mar 6
BABH commented on SL Letter of the Day: The Big Finish.
How do you use restraints, even "mild" restraints, without talking it out first?
Feb 22
BABH commented on If We Allow Republicans To Marry Then, My God, What's Next? Are We Going To Let Greens Marry?.
Won't somebody, please, think of the children? What consenting adults do in the privacy of the voting booth is their business, but to selfishly impose the Republican lifestyle on innocent children is beyond the pale.
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