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- From: anthropo@carina.unm.edu (Dominick V. Zurlo)
- Subject: Re: Sad News - Green Bar Bill is dead
- Message-ID: <npnqawq@lynx.unm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 92 18:57:19 GMT
- Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- References: <2387@catfish.ocpt.ccur.com> <1eg2qaINNf26@gap.caltech.edu> <1992Nov19.144449.18547@news.nd.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov19.144449.18547@news.nd.edu> ckennedy@doc.helios.nd.edu (chris kennedy) writes:
- >In article <1eg2qaINNf26@gap.caltech.edu> keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:
- >>hilding@catfish.ocpt.ccur.com (Hilding Holroyd) writes:
- >>>In article <1dvprlINN4cd@gap.caltech.edu>, keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:
- >>>> Does anyone else find it ironic that GBB, perhaps the most well-known
- >>>> and respected member of the Scouting organization since LBP, was gay?
- >>>> keith
- >>>Let's have some PROOF, here and not just flames. I have seen accusations
- >>>that Baden-Powell was gay. Now I see one that "Green Bar Bill" was gay.
- >>>_I don't buy it!!_ No one has the right to make such accusations.
- >>Well, I had previously heard such rumors about both and had no knowledge
- >>of the illness. How did he contract AIDS?
- >>keith
- >Who the hell said anything about Green Bar Bill dying of aids, I thought that
- >he died because he was old. As far as rumors as to him being gay, it seems
- >that anyone who is not married by the time they are 30 is accused of being
- >gay, especially by the self proclaimed outers, and even more so if they are
- >involved with youth, as in scouting.
- >chirs
-
- Hmm, this is all very interesting. I had never heard of GBB contracting
- the HIV virus. He did die, (As I verified via NY Times) of a heart attack.
- As for him being gay, I've heard those rumors for years, but never seen
- any reason either for or against them.
-
- As for accusing people of being gay... Well, don't you people see the
- problem with that statement? If you don't, I'm not going to bother,
- if you do, good. I have heard many statements about people being gay,
- but one is only gay if they so define themselves. it is interesting
- that by calling someone gay you are accusing them, whether this is true or
- false, I too would like to see some evidence. As for LBP, well, I recall
- seeing an article years ago by a British journalist, but I thought it was
- highly unsubstantiated, so my answer there is the same.
-
- It seems to me that a good many people don't know what they are talking
- about. Self-proclaimed outers and people "accuse" of being gay. Just
- what praytell would ya'll's reaction be if the "accusations" were true?
- And if false? does it matter? Not to me. I personally enjoyed GBB's
- comics, stories, articles, etc... all my life. I hope to continue enjoying
- them and passing them down to my nieces,nephews, and my own children when
- I have them. I could care less if he's gay/str8 or an alien(ET - version)
- To me he was a great man, and I am sorry for us in his passing to a
- better life.
-
- Saranam,
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- Dominick V. Zurlo
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