Anonymous

I'd just say "they are gay, some men fall in love with women and some men fall in love with men"

ie dont make any sort of big fuss over it, and then it wont stick in her mind

MikeR

I will catergorically say i have ZERO problem with homosexual people as some people seem to be inciting on ths thread, i was merely asking a question obviously it is there buisness if they want it out in the open or not,


so on that note

AlexF

to Jock

Stealth Bomber

Yep it's not right teaching children that this is "normal" behaviour. Kids these days are messed up enough as it is.

gurnE

What's normal then?

Or more to the point, who are you to dictate what's normal to other people?

Stealth Bomber

Who's dictating? Does Emmerdale have the right to dictate??

Anonymous

nope, they are just showing various aspects of what happens in real life i guess?

gurnE

It's a soap opera. Emmerdale is simply representing modern society.

You are the one saying homosexuality is not 'normal'

Stealth Bomber

Nope IMO, they are showing a version of "real life" that isn't the real world. It's a soap opera. Soap operas are comparable with religion: both are designed to control the proles, to program them with a particular version of "real life".

Stealth Bomber

Normal on Emmerdale is not Normal in real life.

gurnE

Really? I beg to differ.

Ok, all that shit doesn't happen to a small village of people but you can guarantee everything on the show has happened to someone somewhere.

Stealth Bomber

Ok, well for what it's worth I have NEVER seen two men kissing and I have led a relatively normal life. Hence I wouldn't know what to say to a 5 year old kid who saw it and was confused by it.

Mike Rainbird

iTrader: (3)

What kind of hetrosexual men watch Emmerdale anyway (Martin, I always had my suspicians ) ?

It's a soap for women or men with good fashion sense (just like ALL soaps ) . Obviously I don't fally into either category, so it's fairly safe to guess my sexuality - my idea of what constitutes as fashion rules me out .

Stavros

Well was there people watching them on the show? Or was it in a house with jus them two?

If its the latter then its normal then aint it.

I cant remember off the top of my head, by im sure i mustve seen two homs kissing at some point in my life, big deal.
Its not like they was getting their smash on with each others asses was it.

Jus cause they see blokes doing that wont make em wanna unless they had gay feelings, you cant turn gay people straight by making them watch loads of women getting fucked can you

Stavros

Neither gay or straight? Indeed you dont

Anonymous

I think that homosexuality is a good thing and should be encouraged

Gay men = more birds for the rest of us

Lesbian schoolgirls = spectator sport

Christian and Beccy

iTrader: (14)

You mean those tight Jogging bottoms aren't some kind of Sexuality symbol??

Anonymous

Mike Rainbird

iTrader: (3)

I'm neither woman, nor gay, which IMO you have to be one or t'other to enjoy soaps .

Stavros

AFPMSL bang on

Im gonna use that in my sig or summat i think

Christian and Beccy

iTrader: (14)

....and on the original subject, I agree that in this day and age, we can't hide from certain things that we were brought up to believe aren't quite normal. But I have to say that at 5 years old, I'm not sure that knowing about Gay men is relevant. At that age, they certainly AREN'T talking about it in the Playground.

I would have to try and divert attention I think.

At 8 or 10 years old, its a slightly different story.

Mike Rainbird

iTrader: (3)

That was just for your benefit Christian . No-one else has seen those .

AlexF

your such a pedo

Anonymous

* Disclaimer *

I meant schoolgirls aged 16 of course!

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

yes you coont, but im not a fag

Stealth Bomber

I wanna check out Chip's p0rn collection

Anonymous

The one made famous by Dan in my feature? COONT!

Im actually not into porn at all TBH, just doesnt really do a lot for me.

Stavros

Or at least look the part and have a convincing fake ID

DanRSturbo

*****HOMO Alert*****

Just tell your kid the truth, some men fancy other men, and women enjoy women

Each to their own, society today allows for all sorts of things to happen.

Seriously, kid's of the 80's were brought up with proper television. Since that tinky winky started noshing off the other teletubbies it's all gone

Fudgey

iTrader: (4)

si wrote that quote actually

Stavros

Well from remembering the kind of porn you used to post up in the mens room back in the day id not blame him for it not doing a lot for him!

Over 40s sex change horse heads, dayyymnnn

Anonymous

...i got quite aroused by it personally.

Graceland

It's also something i have wondered aswell - especially with some of the things he says on msn

Graceland

Lets summise here and set a situation.

You come round to my workshop with a problem with your car, i'm busy working away at fixing the problem by way of new parts. - for the sake of arguement, a failed turbocharger. You are happlily sitting there watching and asking questions while your kid (i don't know if you have children, but for the sake of arguement, you have a 5 year old son/daughter) is asking you what is wrong with your car.

Then come say, i dunno, 3ish, my boyfriend turns up to bring me some paperwork for one reason or another and a box of invoices for me to look at and sign an expenses form.

Then upon dropping them off in the office, he comes into the workshop, gives me a kiss and says "i'll get a pizza in tonight, what you want?" or words to that effect?



would that situatuion disgust you at all to the extent that you wanted me to stop work on your car? or would you just accept that its a fact of modern life that 2 lads can be happily in love with each other and live a perfectly NORMAL life? What would you tell your kid if he asked what was going on if he or she saw anything they were confused about in that situation?

Paddy

I think I might do a Robbie Williams and not answer the question, keep you all guessing

BlueSmoke

Wouldn't bother me in the slightest. But then I am used to being around gay folks with a colleague at work being gay and a female friend I used to bone regular having gay mates (male ones unfortunately for my fellow pervs out there ) who we often went out clubbing in town with.

went to Mission in Leeds on a thursday quite often and they have unisex toilets. In the middle is a handwash fountain and on top of that is a big bowl filled with packets of condoms and lubricant, allf ree of course

Took a handful of condoms and even a pack of lube but the bitch wouldn't let me use it on her

I loved it in there though cause it was a quid a drink and a good laugh. I did get nervous one time when she left me alone in there tho and this bespectacled 49yr old bloke sat down next to me and attempted to chat me up

DanRSturbo

I'd accept that it was a fact of life, and kindly ask you not to kiss me once I've paid my bill

Or sit in the seat and let spunk dribble out of your arse

AlexF

pmsl @ dan...

your mind is full of filth.... filth I say!




Gracy, in your senario I'd say fook all

Alex

Graceland

But Alex, you didn't say fuckall when you stopped in for a brew and met Adam aswell

tonyk

Personally I dont have a problem with gay people or not, used to work with 5 people who where gay, 3 blokes and two girls. Why saying its ok for gay people to kiss in public is ok, many believe its not due to the many beliefs people have. In 50-100 years time gay people will be accepted by society and kissing in public would be normal, however todays society is far from comfortable with it. People can lie to themselves and say they feel comfortable but quite a few arent.

The 5 people I worked with that where gay, 2 of the 3 blokes where really dead on fellas, got on normal didnt make a big deal outta being gay, didnt want special status or anything, the third one was an attention seeker, wore a lot of makeup and put on the voice associated with a gay person, really flaunted it in your face and to be honest even if he wasnt gay he was still a wanker! I tend to treat people as they treat me so dont have a problem with people being gay, just dont agree with forcing it on people.

I for one am not comfortable with gay people kissing in public and find it disgusting in my opinion, however I am only one person in society and many may be comfortable with it. Is this way we have seperate bars/clubs for gay people to attend? If my nephew asks me about it I would tell him the truth and boths sides to the story and let him make his own mind up about it.