Posted by Don Pearce on 04/12/07 17:28

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:20:51 -0600, Edwin Hurwitz <edwin@indra.com>
wrote:

>In article <vmai13dt152r6mkki0sto484s2q65t1d2i@4ax.com>, Alang <>
>wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 11:22:01 GMT, "Fat Sam"
>> <samandjanetknox@tessco.net> wrote:
>>
>> >holland.chris@yahoo.com wrote:
>> >> It is less gay
>> >
>> >?????
>> >How can a website have sexual preferences?
>>
>> I think the word 'gay' is starting to recover its original meaning
>>
>> >That's a bit like saying "My fridge has a great sense of humour"
>> >
>> Possibly the way you tell them
>
>I think the word gay was originally positive. Now it's used as a
>pejorative pretty much in every case, except in referring to sexual
>preferences, where it can be positive or negative depending on the
>amount of prejudice of the speaker.
>
I think you mean the direction of prejudice rather than the amount of
prejudice.

d


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