Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Who cares?
The other day I saw something that I thought was rather out of place for a somewhat stuffy town like Ottawa. Walking along the sidewalk, two men who looked like they were in their 30s held hands together as they observed their surroundings and talked. I thought to myself, "Good for them." While most gays are generally discreet in this city (how many times do you see men holding hands in Ottawa after all?), here they were for all to see and they didn't give a crap about what anyone thought of them.
This senior citizen seemed a little frazzled by their open display of affection. While driving his vehicle, you could see him looking in his rearview mirror with a slight snarl on his face, obviously not sure what to make of the couple. He wasn't paying much attention to the speed bumps on the road, and would have to brake suddenly so that he wouldn't damage his car.
Just today, I read an article about how a group of residents who live on the Greek island of Lesbos tried to have the word "lesbian" banned from being a reference to gay women, citing that it insulted their identity. It was thrown out of court; not that a small court in Greece could control the rest of the world's use of a word.
My point about this: People worry too much about things that don't affect them. They make a big deal about things that do not make the world a better or more worse place to live. So there's gay people in this world?
So what?
This senior citizen seemed a little frazzled by their open display of affection. While driving his vehicle, you could see him looking in his rearview mirror with a slight snarl on his face, obviously not sure what to make of the couple. He wasn't paying much attention to the speed bumps on the road, and would have to brake suddenly so that he wouldn't damage his car.
Just today, I read an article about how a group of residents who live on the Greek island of Lesbos tried to have the word "lesbian" banned from being a reference to gay women, citing that it insulted their identity. It was thrown out of court; not that a small court in Greece could control the rest of the world's use of a word.
My point about this: People worry too much about things that don't affect them. They make a big deal about things that do not make the world a better or more worse place to live. So there's gay people in this world?
So what?
# posted by SBP : 7:00 PM
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