Posts by scotsman

I think that SITC is the 21st Cent Jane Austen, neither of which I take particularly seriously, both of which are entertaining. The nice thing about the big screen is it revealed just how truly awful some of their acting is - Chris Noth in particular. Token nod to racial diversity and slanderous references to mexican hygiene we a bit embarrassing.

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Sex and the City Movie

by lonelysheep in

i saw it on friday night and loved it!

it was funny, sentimental and never dragged.

there were two theaters full of women.

scotsman

But at least the fight scene gave us a chance for a good look at the Vivienne Westwood dress - although I think she should have chosen the Dior. And her clothes got way cooler after the break-up. It really is vacuous trashy nonsense that's rather pleasurable.

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Appearance of 2 straight guys walking together

by asilentone in

jw
friends

i noticed the other day that i saw 2 straight guys walking together in the neighborhood, will that give you a impression that they are gay?

scotsman

Sheesh.

Men here don't seem to have the same hangups that American men do. I recall an American guy telling me it was gay to cross your legs at the knee, now it's walking down the street... at last, we're all gay!

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California Court Affirms Right To Gay Marriage

by BenV in

jw
friends

just got this email!.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/15cnd-marriage.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss.

ben (celebratin' with friends).

scotsman

Why do we debate this ad-nausea?

Because it remains an unsettled (and apparently unsettling) issue for Americans.

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California Court Affirms Right To Gay Marriage

by BenV in

jw
friends

just got this email!.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/16/us/15cnd-marriage.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss.

ben (celebratin' with friends).

scotsman

Just so we're clear here, I'm not particularly un-welcoming to gay people, they can eat over my house for all I care, I'll treat them the same as others in my travels. I just don't think they are = in the realm of marriage and what I consider normal, with respect to their private lives. Nature(for all you athiests) didn't intend it.

lol

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Have you seen "The Orphanage" (horror/suspense)?

by Nathan Natas in

at the end of 2007 a spanish film was released titled "the orphanage.

it got good reviews, and i enjoy spooky movies (though i haven't seen one yet that i've confused with reality), so i bought a copy of the dvd yesterday.

i thought it was quite good, built good tension, kept me in suspense, and didn't go hog-wild with gore.. here's the official site.

scotsman

I was rather let down by the end, but it was pretty taught throughout. Pan's Labyrinth was fantastic (by Guillermo del Toro like the Devil's Backbone).

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Any other gays?

by dwtnphotog in

hi, just wanted to see if i have any "brothers" in the great state of california or anywhere for that matter.

it would be nice to have some support and help for each other!

scotsman

Sottsman, gotta love YouTube search!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noApRqoHdL8&feature=related
BFD

Ah, nothing better to start the day than a blast of the Bass!

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Met an exJW when I was out Friday Night. His pain broke my heart.

by str8?so is spaghetti..until you heat it up in

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friends

i was out friday night with a few of the friends i have made since leaving jws behind, when lo and behold, it turns out that one of their boyfriends was an exjw too!

i was excited at first, as i had not yet met someone who was exjw and gay in the flesh until now.

however, my excitement was shortlived.

scotsman

There's an occasional poster on here, Scoobysnax, who fits a similar description and used to annoy a few with his proJW postings. I have a good friend that's gay, though not dfed but remains a believer and attends the memorial. We've had many a heated discussion but I've come to accept that I can't change his mind, and even though I percieve it as making him unhappy, it's his life. He has a very sentimental view of his life as a JW.

You can point your new friend in the direction of help, but you can't make him accept it. I doubt he'd be that open to reading CoC but I could be wrong - the inactive but believing people I know remain defensive.

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Gay Marriage - The War for Equality

by Inquisitor in

i've just read lola28's thread "for those against gay marriage".

i thought i should present a clear message on what i think the gay marriage issue is all about.

the trouble with most discussions on this issue is that it gets clouded by a plethora of side-issues, non-issues, cave-men chest-thumping and medieval puritanism.

scotsman

what I can't understand is why there are so many deviants here that reject Scripture but that want to make their opinions and practices known. What's this got to do with jw's? If you want to practice your deviancy, go into your garage or basement or wherever, or are you here to recruit since you can't normally reproduce?

This really stretches the board rules and should be censored by the mods.

Carlos, "bedrock of civilisation"? - lol, you've got to be American (and let's face it, Christian) to believe that. And as to judging people on their avatar's, you really should get out more. If you judge people on their avatars and you're comfortable debating with cartoon characters you really do have some issues. For a rare poster this topic seems to have tickled your fancy... Go and lock this thread someone, it's run it's course and becoming derogatory.