much respect...
alas this thread is going nowhere. we are so caught up in the so-called "sin" of homosexuals that no one has even thought about the sin of murdering innocent people in the name of eliminating gay people. or what about those people who as i said in my very first post who kill doctors who perform abortions in the sake of preserving life. or what about the men and women who murdered black people like james byrd. or what about the hateful words that cause pain and wound young minds. what about that?
we get so caught up in trying to cast sin onto homosexuals. that we have not once thought about the hatred that we spew
towards one another and other groups.
the topic of this thread was not just about homosexuality and the question whether it was a sin or not. the topic of this thread was about hatred and oppression. how one group...ours...African-Americans...who were enslaved in the most brutal slavery system up to that time that was known to man...and who thusly has suffered and continues to suffer the remnants of that enslavement through our mental, physical, and spiritual shackles...could in with sanity spew hatred onto another group when we know personally that hatred is the reason why our ancestors were lynched, raped, tortured, denied access to education etc.
why would we...who claim to have suffered through the most oppressive system in the world...and many of our ancestors were killed in the most devastating holocaust (transportation through the diaspora) have the audacity to hate another group. and since we do this...does this make us any better...than people like Dr. William Pierce, writer of The Turner Diaries (a book that describes a race war where all the blacks are murdered by the so-called "superior" whites/aryans and it is the book Timothy McVeigh used as the basis for his Oklahoma City bombing) and Nathan Hale, leader of the World Church of the Creator will str8 up tell you that black people need to go back to Africa at the very least but in their minds the best solution...is the ultimate solution...i.e. extermination.
now tell me how in our right minds could we on one hand embrace and act out (through words or deeds) their beliefs about other groups and yet still hate them for what they say about us? a double standard...i think so.
in any case...for those that responded i appreciated it. i appreciated that everyone gave their opinions...whether i agreed with you or not...its always nice to deviate from fun topics to talk about more intellectual ones from time to time.
i just suggest that no one else post on this one...basically because we are only going in circles...we don't want to focus on the big picture.
thank you again.
peace,
lastpoet
[This message has been edited by lastpoetnsite (edited April 11, 2001).]
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