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- From: livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey)
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- Subject: Re: Showering in the Military (Re: Gays in the Military..what nobody is talking about: )
- Date: 25 Dec 1992 00:24:58 GMT
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- In article <1hdjfpINNcps@hp-col.col.hp.com>, smithw@col.hp.com (Walter Smith) writes:
- |> livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:
- |> > You are asking me to comment on your loose paraphrase of a unquoted
- |> > report from un-named sources.
- |> > I'll wait until I hear authoritative figures on reported incidents.
- |>
- |> Oh, I made the (incorrect) assumption that you would have heard the
- |> reports in the newspapers or on USENET; I've seen them in both places
- |> several times. my mistake. A gay rights group in Denver claims that
- |> incidents against gays have gone up 400%+ since the pass of #2.
- |> That figure is being used to show that Colorado really is a 'hate state'
- |> and that #2's passage has lead directly to increased violence and
- |> discrimination against gays. But these numbers don't have any
- |> police records to back them up; do you think they should be used,
- |> or is the group using them being irresponsible in your eyes?
-
- I thought I already said this, but just in case, I'll say it again. I
- will wait for authoritative figures.
-
- What this group, which is still nameless, claims, may turn out to be
- correct or it may not. We'll see when the crime stats appear.
-
- |>
- |> > In the meantime, I note that Navy officials reported last Monday 14th
- |> > that a Chicago Heights 22-year old sailor may have been killed by
- |> > shipmates because he was gay.
- |>
- |> Ugly, very ugly. No argument on that one..
-
- Ugly. And also official, and apparently a fatal anti-Gay hate crime.
-
- jon.
-