Posts by Jon Glenn

I think you're missing the point....

Why El Reg decided to run such a blatantly homophobic and ignorant piece (which is clearly not 'news') I don't get. Maybe it is supposed to be satirical, if so then its just plain bad writing. If it's not satire, then the thing that irks me most is that Mr Stern, like many other self-righteous bigots, clearly has lead a very sheltered life and obviously has not encountered many (if any) real 'gay' people in his day-to-day life yet feels he is the authority on the subject.

Lumping us all into the same boat (as if we all prance about dying our pubes, sending random wank vids around the internet), whilst crying 'save our children from this' is clearly the signs of an insecure man who has a problem; I just cant work out whether it's with gays per se, or just with well-groomed men who look after themselves (I'm guessing Otto isn't much of a looker). I think what Mr Stern needs to realise is that there are freaky gays, and also (this may come as a shock to some) freaky straights as well (or would a straight woman dying her pubes and masturbating online be ok for ya Otto?)! There must be a problem with his computer, as he only seems to be getting the 'gay' stuff, the heterosexual stuff is obviously getting filtered out.

And as for the 'biased comments' post..... OK, granted, I've never quite gotten what the leather thing is all about, but I think the point is is that these guys (despite their poor taste in clothing) are more concerned about equality rather than wanting to give your poor little 16 year old Johnny one up the bum. I personally feel 16 years of age is too young for most young adults to make a sensible choice about sex, regardless of orientation. I would love to know where you have heard this 'gay is good' message (like there's some sort of national campaign going on). I am not an activist; I am just a gay man who had to deal with his sexuality (in the UK) when I was at an early age (16) and was lucky enough to have very supportive parents and friends. Some poor kids grow up believing they are freaks and that there is no other way to be than 'straight' because their social surroundings teach them that. So no, gay is not 'good', gay is just 'there' in the same way 'straight' is. The sooner some people get that the easier life will be for everyone.