| Free Speech Where do We Draw the Line? |
[May. 13th, 2008|09:39 am] |
A few interesting and controversial headlines have popped up in the news and the gay blogosphere that raise some important questions. At what point is gay activism intruding upon free speech and freedom of expression rights? Freedom of speech and expression must be protected even for anti-gay forces, because if we don't have these basic freedoms it becomes a slippery slope and eventually we will not have the right to express our opinions.
I write this in light of some stories recently, such as a student who wore a t-shirt to school saying "Be Happy - Not Gay!" at a diversity event, who got in trouble. The courts have since ruled she is entitled to wear the shirt.
What about Crystal Dixon's case with the University of Toledo V.P. of Human Resources who outside the university wrote an opinion column denouncing homosexuality, claiming it is a choice. She has been fired under grounds that she mentioned she was a worker at the school and is now suing the school.
Finally there was the case at Smith College, where the College Republicans brought in Ryan Sorba who created a book called "The Born Gay Hoax" who spoke about bogus research regarding LGBT people. Students interrupted his anti-gay speech by screaming "We're Here, We're Queer, get used to it" the student protesters overwhelmed the room forcing Mr. Sorba to leave the campus and cancel his speech.
Youtube clip of the Smith protest:
What do you think about GLBT activism and where do we draw the line to ensure free speech rights, or is it okay to intrude upon the free speech of others when they seek to intrude on our civil liberties and spread falsehoods about our community?
http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/05/open-forum-free-speech-where-do-we-draw.html |
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[May. 13th, 2008|08:04 pm] |
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It seems to be getting harder & harder for me to wake up early in the morning. Today was a pretty busy morning & i managed to persuade 5 indians to take earl grey tea with milk & sugar without any quarrels of indian tea yay!!! But there were a few troublesome customers. Like this jap lady who clearly ordered a tall latte but when we handed it to her she went crazy because she wanted an americano & she just stood there at our pickup counter complaining in jap. As per usual, when a customer isn't happy with his/her drinks, we change the drink for them FOC. But after we gave her a tall americano, she was still standing there unhappy & complaining wtf? So to like get rid of her fast, i give her the tall latte we made for her originally & told her she can have it for free. Hohoho, that solved everything.
& there were these two korean ladies who were super rude. Demanded that they pay in US dollars like they kept shoving the money at Mas. Then i asked them if they wanted to try our promotional drink the dulce de leche. They just put their hand up, said " NO" & starting pointing repeatedly at the white chocolate mocha frappuccino. We then asked them if they want coffee based or the cream based & they said "NO COFFEE NO COFFEE!!!" So.... fine, we got what they wanted, made the drinks but when we handed them their drinks they were HORRIFIED! ( i swear by the look on their faces ) They started pointing vigorously at the board that shows the dulce de leche & started shouting that they wanted that not the drinks they had -.- RIIIIGHT. So i just told them that the white chocolate mocha frappuccino is WHITE because its cream based & she was yelling about how much she didn't want coffee but instead of listening to me properly she just kept pointing & saying " CARE-AH-MEOW NO NOT THIS I WANT CARE-AH-MEOW" Ay, then when i was about to offer to change their drinks unwillingly they walked off so whatever
Dropped by cold storage on the way home to get tofu(: The cashier told me that he applied for starbucks initially but couldn't complete the training classes because they were in the morning & he had school & there was no way he could take 260 hours of mornings off from school just for training. I was like " HUH?! 260 HOURS OF CLASSES?" & he was like " Yeah? thats what they told me): " I told him that there were actually only 4 classroom classes with specific times & 60 hours of training in total with the classes but for training at store you can choose your schedule. He was pretty pissed. I would be too! Who would want to undergo 260 fricking hours of training?!! Anyway i went home & made cold tofu(:
Just got off the phone with baby, he wants cold tofu tmr so i have to drop by cold storage again): I'm going to try to use salmon sashimi as a substitute for tofu & see how it tastes :D
xoxoxo |
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[May. 13th, 2008|09:13 pm] |
 I've met God across his long walnut desk with his diplomas hanging on the wall behind him, and God asks me, "Why?" Why did I cause so much pain? Didn't I realize that each of us is a sacred, unique snowflake of special unique specialness? Can't I see how we're all manifestations of love? I look at God behind his desk, taking notes on a pad, but God's got this all wrong. We are not special. We are not crap or trash, either. We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens. And God says, "No, that's not right." Yeah. Well. Whatever. You can't teach God anything. |
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[May. 13th, 2008|05:51 am] |
Our fingers are missing
They litter the ground
Grass will never grow near this town again
The frames on the walls
Are crooked and empty
These shoulders bend low towards the dirt
I made a deal
To get us out of this place
But I am falling apart
With each step I take
And as the pieces fall
I count them all. |
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[May. 13th, 2008|04:00 pm] |
Hi! I am in the library, haha, I bought the USB to my phone's camera, and I was thinking it would be so cool if I could take a picture and upload it immediately onto my blog, so thats why I did, cos thats me up there. Like, duh. Haha. :[ Waiting for the King of Smiles to come down from his Technical Analysis class so we can chill, and hang out! Yay! I hope he will cook me some chicken wings later because I am terribly hungry. Maybe, if I am lucky , I would psycho him into baking with me! Then I would have nice stuff to share with friends tomorrow.
Class today was really boring [and short]. Umm, I am doing my Business Developement project right now, it seems to me that I am working on it 24/7 lately. But well, I got 10 hours of sleep yesterday/today and I am soo pleased with myself. Alright, will get back to my project now, everyone, have a nice week ahead!
ps: I trimmed my fringe!
Love,
JX |
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| totally not hair related but a great book on love and relationships |
[May. 13th, 2008|12:11 am] |
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[May. 12th, 2008|10:15 pm] |
you were always weird but i never had to hold you by the edges like i do now,
whatever went away i’ll get it over now. i’ll get money, i’ll get funny again
walk away now and you’re gonna start a war |
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[May. 13th, 2008|09:33 am] |
was doing my gems assignment and found this cute video :)
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[May. 12th, 2008|09:23 pm] |
Before the world dies at my door
I'll break the sky, for you and I are going nowhere.
Kiss goodbye, a dozen times before we get there.
Why do I need anyone else, when I can break the sky myself?
Fear will hold you back,
If you believe in that.
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[May. 12th, 2008|05:29 pm] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | Safetysuit - Anywhere But Here | ] |
You are beautiful inside
So lovely and I can't see why I'd do anything without you
And when I'm not with you, I know that its true
That I'd rather be anywhere but here without you. |
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[May. 12th, 2008|04:39 pm] |
then he tried to kiss me
and i said "don't bother!
you know that we don't really love one another!" |
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[May. 12th, 2008|03:47 pm] |
I can see for miles and miles and miles. OH!
My broken heart makes me smile.
In my mind in my brain I go back I go completely insane
It ain't personal. It ain't me. |
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| TORN ): plus workload. |
[May. 13th, 2008|02:50 am] |
so im in the midst of completing ;
1. BD stuff delegated by group mates.
2. cover letter
3. resume
4. trying to think what i can do to help for FF
im stressed up.
too complacent and now, see lah ):
actually just wanted to post this song up.
thanks to that boy, im starting to like adore Marie Digby too! (JX! I READ YOU LJ TOO)
& & &
she sang this like super hot-ly. LOOK!
OMGGGGGG RIGHT?
& & &
she's just tooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo beautiful for words lah.
im sooooooooooo mesmerised.
i just proved my point. right dude? WOO!
i'm bi-sexual. HA HA HA.
*drools.
:D
okay enoughhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. SIGH!
back to work!
anw,
thanks uh taufiq for the treat! and for taking time to listen!
&
thanks to syafiq for lunch!
(:
MONDAYS are great :DDDD
lovekaytee
p/s: i think i've literally just torn myself apart. oh god ): |
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| MAKE IT STOP! |
[May. 12th, 2008|12:29 pm] |
Should have gone to free credit report dot com (yeehaw!)
I could have seen this coming at me like an atom bomb
They monitor your credit and send you email alerts
So you don't end up selling fish to tourists in tshirts. |
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[May. 12th, 2008|11:52 pm] |
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I am thinking about telling Mum that I'm 99% sure I have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. |
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[May. 12th, 2008|11:37 pm] |
| [ | Tags | | | decisions | ] |
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| | Home | ] |
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| | listless | ] |
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| | David Cook - Always be my baby | ] |
i went to school.
had alex and pohkiang and viju
then i came home.
then i went online.
then i went down for dinner
then i went online to talk to shawnziee.
then he went to bed.
then i went to wash my hair.
then i did marketing.
now i'm deciding whether to do POA.
while talking to jervin about kickboxing.
yay or nay?
i'll sleep on it.
<3kreesy
xoxo |
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[May. 12th, 2008|12:30 am] |
There's a moment you know
You're fucked
Not an inch more room
To self-destruct
No more moves, oh yeah
The dead-end zone
Man, you just can't call your soul your own |
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| Newbie |
[May. 11th, 2008|09:57 pm] |
HI! My name is Ivy and obviously I'm new.
I was browsing around and I saw this community. I'm currently not crushed, but am crushing. I've been liking this guy that works at the place that I volunteers. I've liked him for a little more than a year. I've told him that I liked him before even though I knew that he didn't like me. I thought that will help me move on. I got a boyfriend for about four months right after. But obviously, I'm back at square one.
We didn't talk for a while. But now we are talking again. He treats me as a dorky friend and I continue to secretly like him. He doesn't know that though. I see him once a week and replay what the tiniest even that day in my mind for the six days following (so unhealthy). Whenever I think about a potential boyfriend, he's the only one that popped up.
Everything he does attracts my attention. He's considered average physically and intellectually, but I find him to be amazing. I am so love struck.
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[May. 11th, 2008|09:43 pm] |
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| | i love you- sarah mclachlan | ] |
i have a smile stretched from ear to ear
to see you walking down the road
we meet at the lights, i stare for a while
the world around just disappears
just you and me on this island of hope
a breath between us could be miles
let me surround you, my sea to your shore
let me be the calm you seek
oh and every time i'm close to you
there's too much i can't say
and you just walk away
and i forgot to tell you i love you
and the night's too long
and cold here without you
i grieve in my condition
for i cannot find the words to say i need you so |
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| ignoring the intended meaning of the lyrics |
[May. 11th, 2008|09:12 pm] |
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