And another thing....

When I was at uni we had mixed sex toilets. No problems - just private cubicles, no urinals, therefore less smelly than men's toilets usually are. And yes, I have used men's toilets when nothing else was available.

Seems to me that Anti is creating his own problems - as Pericles has pointed out.

Severin writes
'Their own sex lives must as exciting as watching paint dry; maybe homophobia IS just an expression of envy.'

Its pretty hard to envy something so unhealthy and perverted.

An interesting take on the issue in today's 'National Times':

<< Akermanis merely highlights what we've long suspected

DMETRI KAKMI
May 25, 2010

Homoerotic locker-room antics rely on a strange principle of denial.

Another day, another heterosexual man making pronouncements about things he knows little about. This month, it's sportsman Jason Akermanis telling gay football players it would be best to stay in the closet. The game is not ready for them, says he. Not surprisingly, he was pounced upon by the injured and indignant. ''Homophobe,'' they screamed. ''Ignorant knucklehead,'' they howled.

Well, I'm going to stick out my neck and say that Akermanis has not been given a fair go. There is something interesting afoot here and it's worth investigating. So, what are the crimes of Jason Akermanis? >>

http://tiny.cc/ec5yv

and the response from the lefties and militants is quite predictable. Stop free speech or we will become violent.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/jason-akermanis-furious-after-car-and-house-targeted-by-egg-throwers/story-e6frf9jf-1225870940571

Why am I surprised?

I don't understand why this topic is such a hot potato - the point is if some players feel discomfort at being nude in front of a gay player why cannot they be better accomodated. Mocking someone's need for privacy is as bad as mocking someone for being gay.

We are better off if gay players can freely come out of the closet without having to pretend they are straight. If we accept this as a good thing, there might need to be some changes in bathroom design.

To quote Steve Austin 'we have the technology we can rebuild them.'

runner

I hadn't realised the perpetrators had been caught. Could you link to where the arrests were made and how you know they were lefties? I hate to disappoint and intrude on your worldview, but there are gay men and women in the Right Wing as well. Sexual orientation is not linked to political leanings.

Talk about casting judgements and aspersions...sheesh.

Would you be writing those words against violence if the egging been targeted at some poor homosexual minding their own business. I can't say for sure but I doubt it.

Severin,
<<Their own sex lives must as exciting as watching paint dry; maybe homophobia IS just an expression of envy.>>
Envy of what?
- feeling a compulsion to trawl public lavatories for anonymous sex?
- dealing with faecal contamination of sex organs?
- dealing with anal injuries and cancers?
- rates of HIV infection 40+ times that of normal men?
- high rates of gonorrhoea, syphilis, the hepatitis', MRSA, etc
Normal men don't need that kind of "excitement".