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POPSKids "get it!" Bravo teenagers. It seems, unlike so many of your parents, YOU are beginning to understand that homophobia is ugly. You give us hope that your generation will make the big changes necessary for society's acceptance of diversity in life.
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POPSThe Puritans Are Controlling the Main stream media It is hard to believe that in these so called "days of enlightenment," two of our major television and news networks refuse to air ads for condoms. The days of young men guiltily approaching the pharmacy counter and whispering to the pharmacist that they want a box of condoms has been over for at least three decades. Yet Fox and CBS still imply there is something dirty about purchasing and using a product that not only prevents unwanted pregnancies, but has been proven over and over again to protect couples from acquiring sexually transmitted diseases. I don't know if these two networks are just kissing the asses of the Bush administration who believes sex is a four letter word, or if they are just so behind the times that they do not see the ridiculousness of their position. But someone should really make it their business to drop by the home offices of these two public servants, and explain the facts of life to them.
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POPSSome Canadian Schools Wanna Sell Soap Does your child wanna go to MacDonald's Fun Meal High? Or perhaps Walmart's Smart Price Middle School? What kind of thinking is taking place in Ottawa these days? Public educational institutions should not be turned into gigantic commercial billboards for the sake of raising funds. Come on folks in Ottawa-Carleton, come up with something more sensible and realistic. Creativity is one thing, but this kind of thinking is just plain crass.
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POPSThe missing word at the beginning is "I" Mark Morford is one of my favourite columnists. Unfortunately, is style of writing makes it almost impossible to effectively clip his work, so I urge you to read his entire column. Suffice it to say, I believe he has hit the proverbial nail on the head with his commentary on public education in the United States, today.
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POPSGay Kids in the Bronx Need Lots of Help Although this report describes the problems gay kids have in the Bronx, as well as elsewhere, I still see this as hopeful. Let's face it, just a few years ago, a story like this would never have made the news. Just as seeing presidential candidates having a forum-style debate on a gay cable TV channel would have been laughed at. Progress is happening right before our eyes. As a gay man, I am very proud of the advancements we have made in so few years over all.
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POPSJews Educating Arabs This is a very interesting situation. I can see both sides of the matter, and I would be very interested in hearing what y'all think about this.
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POPSThis High School Prom Has Two Prince's At last! The High School royal couple is not necessarily of opposite gender. I have nothing against the King and Queen of the prom concept, but I always felt that what if a same-sex couple entered? Why couldn't they be in the running as well, and be elected as the couple that exemplifies their school? Well, once again progressive California has come through for us. Or should I say, the progressive area of California. Is anyone surprised it didn't happen in Massachusetts first?
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POPSIs "gay" simply a word, or is it actually a weapon? There is a very thin line between good manners and political correctness. It is my personal belief that each of us already knows the difference, but for some reason has forgotten that words can hurt. Why is it necessary to degrade a group of people or a person in order to make a legitimate point? If some thing is stupid, as this article states, then why not call it for what it is,,,,,stupid. Why do we have to refer to it as gay? Since when has gay become a synonym for dumb, stupid, foolish, etc? The English language has myriad words to describe almost anything we wish to describe. I personally have no particular problem with so called "curse" words, as the words themselves are perfectly harmless. But to use any kind of word for the sole purpose of making someone else the butt of a mean-spirited joke, for example, just makes no sense to me.
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POPSWelcome to the World, Baby Palin (Oops, I Mean Johnston) I don't generally take any pleasure in the misfortune of others, but these people seem to revel in their trashiness. Somehow, Sarah wants to convince America that her family is the quintessential American family, and everyone else is just plain un-American. Thank you John McCain for putting "Country First" and losing this last presidential election and sparing the country such illustrious role models of how not to live our lives.
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POPSAn Expressive Language Struggling for a Rennaisance As someone who publishes an online magazine of Jewish culture, politics and lifestyle, I am thrilled to learn of this marvelous conference. Yiddish is a beautifully expressive, vibrant and in a very real sense, universal language. So many Yiddishisms have been incorporated into everyday English. Shlep, shmuck, mazel tov are but three of hundreds of expressions that Jews and non-Jews use in their day-to-day conversations. I am glad this group is working towards keeping Yiddish alive.
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POPSSlowly Our Educators are Becoming Educated Although the subject of this article has not yet received a personal apology, it seems as if slowly but surely our schools and administrators are becoming sensitized to the fact that there are gay students in all of our institutions of learning. These students deserve the same support and encouragement as well as acknowledgment as all the other students. I am glad that this Newark high school administrator has seen the light and it attempting to correct the situation.
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POPSVeterans Groups Want Equal Access to Schools in a West Florida County It's only fair, imho, that the opportunity be given for the "other" side to express their side of the military story to high school students. I remember so clearly the line in the film "Private Benjamin" when Goldie Hawn's character enlists in the army, and she is shocked when she sees what an army base looks like. She says "But I joined the Army with the condo's and swimming pools." Not everyone knows that the military is not all glory and adventure. To be fair, students must be shown the realistic side of military life before they make a decision to sign-up. For those students who find this way of life appealing, wonderful. But for those who would cringe at this lifestyle, they are better off knowing before they raise their right hand and take the oath.
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