It sounds like a horrible overreaction to me. Unfortunately, it seems like a lot of the poor-oppressed-minority-groups-who-absolutely-have-to-be different-but-don't-you-dare-think-of treating-them-differently, have forgotten that "equality" doesn't mean "treating their oppressors like shit in return". That's no way to achieve equality. All it serves is to create more hatred.
For instance, in response to the previous poster, if somebody were to be disgusted by a couple, straight, gay, lesbian or otherwise making out in the cinema in front of them, then that person would have every right to tell them to knock it off. Rights to your opinion work both ways, and are not there to protect minorities, but are there to protect everyone.
I'll get off my soapbox now.
I have to agree with you here. There's a huge difference between having the right to your opinions and actions, and protection from being criticized for your opinions and actions.loremazd said:That is so completely untrue on every single level. You have no right to -harm- a person for being themselves. You do -not- have the right to do whatever you wish in public and not be critisized for it. The fat guy eating a huge meal has the right to eat it, but no protection from anyone giving him their opinion that he shouldn't. Same with the Old man wearing a speedo at the beach. Expecting for the entire world to act like what is odd or unusual is normal and expected is simply insanity.nomis101uk said:Listen, its as simple as this. Your personal distaste for seeing men kiss is irrelevent. They have a fundamental RIGHT, and so any disgust you have is entirely YOUR problem and you have no right to intervene and ask them to stop just because YOU can't deal with it. Ask yourself this question: Would you have had a problem if it were a hetrosexual couple in front of you? Would your friend have asked them to stop? Now I happen to think there is a time and a place for making out, and sometimes, regardless of sexuality its just anti-social. If however the answer is "no", and you would not have interrupted them making out if they were straight, then you are simply discriminating against homosexuality. Its as black and white as that. And no...he didn't deserve to be spat on.James Joseph Emerald said:But one thing was that it always creeped me out to see guys kiss.
Anyway, here's the thing. Recently my friend and his friend went to see Inception (I think), and the cinema was fairly empty, except for these two other guys in front of them. And halfway through the film these two other guys got bored, for whatever reason, and started making out. And my friend was distracted, and grossed out, and couldn't enjoy the film properly. So, never being one to suffer in silence, he gently (according to him) said something alone the lines of "here lads, would you give it a rest? We're trying to watch a movie". And then, one of the guys turned and spat directly into my friend's face.
Life isn't simple or black and white. You can champion the cause of gay rights in court and think homosexual displays of affection is disgusting. And in the case of PDA, you can sure as hell bet that snogging couples get told to knock it off -all- the time no matter what the gender is because it is a distraction.
For instance, in response to the previous poster, if somebody were to be disgusted by a couple, straight, gay, lesbian or otherwise making out in the cinema in front of them, then that person would have every right to tell them to knock it off. Rights to your opinion work both ways, and are not there to protect minorities, but are there to protect everyone.
I'll get off my soapbox now.