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Quote from Chibidoro-sama
Because that is the propaganda I grew up with, "Gay people are sick, and against God, they should be killed and will go to hell", you were not born in such environment so you have different views and opinions, I have been taught my whole life that gay people are sick, so I think that they are sick, so everybody around me thinks that they are sick, and so will the kids of everyone around me, and in my country it will never change, and that is why nobody gives a damn if someone abuses a gay guy, good enough for you, I just stated my opinion, no need to get all high and mighty on me because of it
Do you live in a Socialist country?
oh man do i have quoting to do...
no he lives in an ex socialist country...(i'm from the same country btw)
as chibi kun said catholic church has a lot of influence (promotion of killing gay people part is an overstatement though)...and people are conservative and raised that way, besides there's a lot of macho male thing here, and a lot of
what better way to show you're manliness then insult gay people thinking (i prefer showing my manliness by having a beard and drinking large amount of beer)...
but there's always a number of idiots that have nothing better to do then spread hate (but that kinda people exist everywhere)...you just have to ignore them...so when there's a gay parade there's more police officers doing the security than people in the parade...
word gay (actually more like faggot) is an every day word used as an insult...most of the time it's got nothing to do with gay...more like 'you're such a jerk'.
also people are not all idiots (well maybe where chibi kun lives they are
)...
we're friendly, open, hospitable...for crying out loud we live of tourism...but we might overpay you.
Quote from Crenshinibon
I'd be willing to bet money that within 2 or 3 decades the same propaganda won't be circulated. Cultures and values can change a lot in relatively short periods of time
i don't know, maybe..there's gay people even in my small town and other people know they're gay and they're pretty much left to live their own lives...i haven't heard any insults directed directly at them...(except the guy that tried to open a gay bar...that got smashed opening night by skin-heads)...
so it depends on the young people...people i've met that fit into young educated/intelligent people group are mostly in agreement that gay is a kind of a disease (they wont befriend gay people but they're gonna leave them alone cos (as somebody mentioned already) they don't affect them)...and there's those that think of gay as nothing more or less then a lifestyle or a preference.
young people from rural part..there's the
no gay people where we live, those are in big towns and in the west thinking...but if there were there might be some violence, but i don't think we're the only country where that happens.
Quote from reid1
I grew up in a Catholic family, almost all my friends are Catholic, I went to Catholic schools, but growing up I started to have my own ideas and I became an atheist around 14-15 of age. You also should develop your own ideas about what it's right and what it's wrong, it's too simple and coward to just blame your environment or society if you don't have the courage to have your own ideas.
agreed...i'm the same case...though i still go to church occasionally, but mostly just to make my old man happy.
just wanted to make some things clear... btw you wouldn't wanna be discriminated for your neko love, would you chibidoro-sama
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