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  1. 05-01-2008, 03:40 PM #1
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    Default The word "lesbian" could soon be banned.. alternatives?

    From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7376919.stm:
    Campaigners on the Greek island of Lesbos are to go to court in an attempt to stop a gay rights organisation from using the term "lesbian".

    The islanders say that if they are successful they may then start to fight the word lesbian internationally.

    The issue boils down to who has the right to call themselves Lesbians.

    Is it gay women, or the 100,000 people living on Greece's third biggest island - plus another 250,000 expatriates who originate from Lesbos?

    The man spearheading the case, publisher Dimitris Lambrou, claims that international dominance of the word in its sexual context violates the human rights of the islanders, and disgraces them around the world.

    He says it causes daily problems to the social life of Lesbos's inhabitants.


    The judge is gonna have a hard time trying to decide this one.. Can you guys think of any alternate names?

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    its not gona matter its always gona be thought of in teh sexual context period..too late



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  3. 05-01-2008, 05:13 PM #3
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    shouldn't this thread be in wallstreet? or WL? just my
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrhan44
    shouldn't this thread be in wallstreet? or WL? just my


    You're not entertained by lesbians? Fag. Lolol.

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    oh I am (check my RLD threads )

    I was just saying this sounds a lot like politics
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrhan44
    oh I am (check my RLD threads )

    I was just saying this sounds a lot like politics


    I was just making a joke. lol

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    ok I get it now entertainment section "your not entertained by lesbians" lol man sometimes I wonder how I got into college with this brain of mine
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrhan44
    ok I get it now entertainment section "your not entertained by lesbians" lol man sometimes I wonder how I got into college with this brain of mine

    LOLOLOL. Self ownage is funnier than everything....except someone getting hurt.

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    Well the reason homosexual women are called Lesbians in the first place is because of that damn island. Sappho was a Greek poet whose poems revolved around women and.. well.. women. She was basically history's first documented "out" lesbian. When other women started liking her writings and ideas, she founded a school on the island of Lesbos. Most of the women on the island were also what time would come to call lesbians... I mean, it makes sense... you don't go to a Melissa Etheridge concert to see straight girls... Hand in hand, you didn't go to Sappho's school to learn about being a good wife to your husband lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PBS
    its not gona matter its always gona be thought of in teh sexual context period..too late
    word... if a hot chick from lesbo told you she was a lesbian...


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    Quote Originally Posted by gforce23
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    Is it gay women, or the 100,000 people living on Greece's third biggest island - plus another 250,000 expatriates who originate from Lesbos?
    There are probably more gay women than people living on the island. I guess the mob mentality wins again.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Killer
    word... if a hot chick from lesbo told you she was a lesbian...


    first thing you're gonna do is... "you gotta friend?" :idb: :idb: :idb: :idb: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :boobies: :idb: :idb: :idb: :idb: :idb: :idb: :idb:

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