I need intelligent discussion quick!

[Neoma]

I just got out of a forum that only talks about ...Well, I don't think I can say those things here, a prime example: gay sex and retards.

[bixente]

1. Reminds me of this thought I've been considering

Homophobes who accuse gay people of being sick and disturbed. They who entertain perverse thoughts of gay men butt fucking each other because of course that's all they do.

[Neoma]

2. Still.

Something else besides gay sex?

[bixente]

7. Sorry lol

Well, I'm keen on literature and world cinema. I suppose I like receiving a glimpse into societies from all over the world: today Hugo's "Les Miserables" was shipped, looking forward to it. Aside from that I have my eyes on "Coin Locker Babies," two babies are abandoned in a coin locker and I guess it charts how their life pans out. It's by the Japanese writer Ryu Murakami.

As for film, there's the Romanian production "4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days." It's set during the time when Ceausescu was in power. A woman wants an abortion and looks to her best friend for help. A very tense work I'm told.

Also, "The Jammed" - it's set in my home city of Melbourne and yet it's all new to me. Young Asian girls are given false promises of a better life but they end up as sex slaves. This starts with a girl sitting in a police station facing deportion. Our formerly installed government pay no consideration to their situation and kick them out. Based on real life court transcripts.

Finally, "the diving bell and the butterfly," based on a true story in which a magazine editor suffers a stroke and is paralyzed completely but for his left eye. An inspiring story for me in that he shows that so much is still possible despite such a compromised position.

[Neoma]

8. I've never seen Les Miserables.

I just have the T-shirt.

[AteAlien]

3. gay sex and retards

ooofffff.

How does one begin to describe the thoughts I have for those enjoying a forum such as that.

Intelligent discussion:

Never reply to something that posts something like that, and do your best to avoid reading such ridiculously small minded garbage.

Do not ever go back!

[Neoma]

5. Thank you for the advice.

I didn't mean to, but the moderators go along with it. I was trying to explain why I wanted to post away from the unintelligible babble, but they wouldn't have me talking about books and politics. Apparently I'm on this "High horse."

[Ptah]

4. ladybug swarm.

[Neoma]

6. Neat.

[Ptah]

9. That was at about 7000 ft above sea level

[Neoma]

14. Amazing!

[chknltl]

19. Stick this in the next applicable DU photo-contest.

Those colors, texture, composition technique.... Looks like a potential winner to me!
(spelling edit)

[Fox Mulder]

10. What's the last book you've read?

I last read The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

Now I'm a secular humanist.

[Neoma]

11. I can mention the last 165 books I've read...

But the last one? M*A*S*H by Richard Hooker

[Fox Mulder]

12. I can probably remember the last 30 or so books I've read...

but the last 165? Wow. That's impressive. Do you have a photographic memory?

[Neoma]

13. Nope.

Just an on-going list. Otherwise I couldn't keep track of what I've read or haven't read. Over 400 books in one house, eep!

[Fox Mulder]

15. That makes sense.

My book collection consists of fifty or so books. :(

I'm building it up...slowly...

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. Real name: Dr. H. Richard Hornberger

He based the character of Hawkeye Pierce on himself while a surgeon with the 8055th MASH during the Korean War.

[Neoma]

17. Oh good.

I was worried that his real name was Hooker.

[yellowdogintexas]

24. now you have to read M*A*S*H Goes to Maine. It is equally good

the other books in the series are rather derivative and silly but the first two were really good.

[Neoma]

25. WAIT WHAT!?!@?!

It's a series? Holy crap.

[yellowdogintexas]

26. yes. and dammit there are about 6 I haven't read yet. Oh Crap.

http://www.mash4077.co.uk/novels.html

but my favorites were MASH goes to Maine and Mash Mania

the others were fun and a great way to retain acquaintance w/ the characters but just not as good as the other three.

[Neoma]

29. Wow.

And I thought the whole series was based on only a 180 paged book.

[yellowdogintexas]

30. well the TV series(& Altman's movie) are strictly based on the initial book M*A*S*H. The additional

novels followed later. For a while a new one came out about every 2 years or so. They were mostly just silly after MASH Goes to Maine; quite possible ghostwritten since Dr Hooker has died. But they are great characters and they have lots of fun with the lives after Korea.

I read maybe 6 of the followup ones and then lost track of them, so it would appear several more have been written. So I could just read the whole damn thing over again . I have read the first 2 books at least three times each. The rest I only read one time.

[Neoma]

31. Ok, that makes sense.

Ghost writers suck.

[yellowdogintexas]

32. we sprt of hijacked this thread a little bit didn't we?

anyway it wouldn't hurt you to read the other books, they ARE silly fun. Good airplane reading

[Lil Missy]

18. As a gay woman, I am a lot more disturbed about calling disadvantaged people "retards".

Homophobic people, fuck 'em. I can deal with that. They may disagree with my being gay, but they still treat me with respect.

Disrespect to mentally disabled or IQ challenged children or adults is something I cannot tolerate. Most of my experience and volunteer time has been with children, but the same applies to challenged adults.

They do menial jobs like mopping floors, wiping tables, setting up silverware, bagging groceries, putting shoes on the rack for Target or WalMart, stapling the mail outs from the BBB or other business's, dusting pews for churches, etc., etc. etc.

These kids and adults give 100% to everything they do. Which is more than can be said for most non-challenged adults.

So, if it takes a little longer to get you groceries bagged, or get your burger, just be a little patient, and have a bit of tolerance for someome that is busting their butt, is a little slow about it, but perhaps is not as fortunate as you are.

[hobbit709]

20. But freepers are way beyond "mentally challenged"

and I wouldn't trust one to do anything right-not even a simple task.

[JVS]

21. Do you mean that they talk about retarded people having gay sex or are they separate topics??

[Neoma]

22. Seperate topics.

But I wouldn't put it past them to make it the same topic.

[otherlander]

23. Ok, um...

What do you think about Ray Bradbury? Genius or just annoying?

[Deja Q]

27. So you come here to the Lounge?!

:yourock:

[Neoma]

28. I don't see the lounge calling someone a

nigger dick. So yeah.