From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V3 #165 Reply-To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * mad-mission-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Patty's tour dates, go to: * http://www.spectra.net/~ducksoup/pattyg/patttyg.htm * OR * go to http://www.amrecords.com * then click "tour" and fill in the blanks :) * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V3 #xxx or the like gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. mad-mission-digest Tuesday, June 1 1999 Volume 03 : Number 165 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [Fwd: MM: Was Tony Gay?] [L & C Israelson ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 08:58:11 -0700 From: L & C Israelson Subject: Re: [Fwd: MM: Was Tony Gay?] In my southern California high school (and probably everywhere for that matter), it was common for boys to use crude references to homosexuals and homosexual acts as insults. Use of these words rarely coincided with expressing an opinion about the sexual orientation of the target. These insults could even be used affectionately, such as saying "you big fag" to a buddy who made a lucky shot in a pickup basketball game. I guess the "i" in high school stands for immaturity. As to Tony, however, there was never a doubt in my mind that he was gay, especially after the line, "They wrote it in the local rag/Death comes to a local fag." Larry I in LA ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V3 #165 *********************************