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- From: ajd@oit.itd.umich.edu (Arthur Delano)
- Newsgroups: talk.bizarre
- Subject: irony
- Date: 22 Nov 1992 23:13:21 GMT
- Organization: finchhaus
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- The irony in the debate about homosexuals in the military
- is that in one of the greatest armies of the ancient world,
- homosexuality was encouraged to ensure that the ranks of men
- stayed closely allied.
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- It also kept them off the women of the cities they invaded.
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- Read almost any history about ancient Sparta and see for yourself.
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- AjD
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