Comments on: Lesbos Islanders Mad About the Word “Lesbian” http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/ The Neat Side of the Web Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:51:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: inhighspeed http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-541426 inhighspeed Wed, 07 May 2008 22:41:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-541426 Leave badgirl alone. She's just too big, fat and ugly to get the girlfriend she really wants with sweet vagina for badgirl's red red lips. Ha ha. Yeah badgirl, I'm a queer ... so save your ugly breath ha ha. There is no heaven ha ha. I'm loopy ... Leave badgirl alone. She’s just too big, fat and ugly to get the girlfriend she really wants with sweet vagina for badgirl’s red red lips. Ha ha. Yeah badgirl, I’m a queer … so save your ugly breath ha ha. There is no heaven ha ha. I’m loopy …

]]> By: dblue236 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-538999 dblue236 Tue, 06 May 2008 03:38:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-538999 badgirl, if you actually DID read your Bible, you'd be familiar with the concept of "Judge not, lest ye be judged." People like you are the reason Christians have a bad name. badgirl, if you actually DID read your Bible, you’d be familiar with the concept of “Judge not, lest ye be judged.” People like you are the reason Christians have a bad name.

]]> By: estapler http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-536522 estapler Sun, 04 May 2008 05:31:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-536522 THIS...IS......LESBOS!!!!!!!!11! THIS…IS……LESBOS!!!!!!!!11!

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-536306 ted Sat, 03 May 2008 21:05:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-536306 I liked the "cash cow" phrase. It works on so many levels. What's with the "donnybrook"? Time to get out the bikinis and have us a good old-fashioned jello-wrestling. I liked the “cash cow” phrase. It works on so many levels.

What’s with the “donnybrook”? Time to get out the bikinis and have us a good old-fashioned jello-wrestling.

]]> By: L http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-536139 L Sat, 03 May 2008 17:03:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-536139 I wish the islanders good luck with this. Isn't it kind of like suing homosexuals so we can once again use the word "gay" to describe being happy? And I agree with Ali S. They're missing out on a great marketing opporunity! I wish the islanders good luck with this. Isn’t it kind of like suing homosexuals so we can once again use the word “gay” to describe being happy?

And I agree with Ali S. They’re missing out on a great marketing opporunity!

]]> By: fsmarch http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-536086 fsmarch Sat, 03 May 2008 15:55:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-536086 I purposely did not comment on this yesterday, because I figured it would turn into a donnybrook. Guess I was right... I purposely did not comment on this yesterday, because I figured it would turn into a donnybrook.

Guess I was right…

]]> By: badgirl http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-536059 badgirl Sat, 03 May 2008 15:03:31 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-536059 Well "becky" I'm neither ignorant nor a bible-thumper (I actually read mine) nor am I a "breeder" ( wouldn't bring kids into this fucked-up queer world). So go ahead and rant you unrepentant blind little dike you. Hope you enjoy the hell out of this world, but it's not gonna last. ciao baby. Well “becky” I’m neither ignorant nor a bible-thumper (I actually read mine) nor am I a “breeder” ( wouldn’t bring kids into this fucked-up queer world). So go ahead and rant you unrepentant blind little dike you. Hope you enjoy the hell out of this world, but it’s not gonna last. ciao baby.

]]> By: Becky http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-535735 Becky Sat, 03 May 2008 05:33:01 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-535735 bean: i'm pretty sure there's no "m" in Dinks. badgirl: seriously? How about this . . . I'll stop calling you an ingnorant, bible thumping, homophobic breeder if you stop calling me queer. (You call us all queers, that includes me) What's next? the good people of Turkey will get mad at us next Thanksgiving? Why do we need labels in the first place? sexuality is a spectrum, and none of us are in the same place on that line. Furthermore, what about the basic human rights of gay people? Shouldn't I have the right to marry if i'm forced to pay the same taxes, to pay for the schools of the children of straight people? If i pay my taxes, do not break laws, and love another person, why should our physical parts have anything to do with anything else? Who, besides my adult, consenting partner and I should have any voice in the decisions of our future? Aren't i guaranteed the persuit of happiness? I have the right to bear arms, but not the right to kiss another girl? I mean . . . come on! I propose that . . . if gays are continued to be denied the right to marry, straight folks should be limited to one marriage per lifetime. If I can't get married because the bible says so, then others should not be allowed to divorce. No woman should be allowed to cut her hair. And shellfish should be outlawed all together. All in favor? <silence> . . . that's what i thought. All i'm saying is . . . lighten up. There are so many other, more important things in this world that need discussed . . . the terminology used for gay folk seems a little trivial. Just call us all fabulous and be done with it, lol! bean: i’m pretty sure there’s no “m” in Dinks.
badgirl: seriously? How about this . . . I’ll stop calling you an ingnorant, bible thumping, homophobic breeder if you stop calling me queer. (You call us all queers, that includes me)

What’s next? the good people of Turkey will get mad at us next Thanksgiving?

Why do we need labels in the first place? sexuality is a spectrum, and none of us are in the same place on that line.

Furthermore, what about the basic human rights of gay people? Shouldn’t I have the right to marry if i’m forced to pay the same taxes, to pay for the schools of the children of straight people? If i pay my taxes, do not break laws, and love another person, why should our physical parts have anything to do with anything else? Who, besides my adult, consenting partner and I should have any voice in the decisions of our future? Aren’t i guaranteed the persuit of happiness? I have the right to bear arms, but not the right to kiss another girl? I mean . . . come on!

I propose that . . . if gays are continued to be denied the right to marry, straight folks should be limited to one marriage per lifetime. If I can’t get married because the bible says so, then others should not be allowed to divorce. No woman should be allowed to cut her hair. And shellfish should be outlawed all together. All in favor? . . . that’s what i thought.

All i’m saying is . . . lighten up. There are so many other, more important things in this world that need discussed . . . the terminology used for gay folk seems a little trivial. Just call us all fabulous and be done with it, lol!

]]> By: Cori http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-535641 Cori Sat, 03 May 2008 04:15:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-535641 I find this quite amusing. The people of Lesbos is suing because a term coined by their most famous inhabitant. I mean, c'mon, Sappho was an amazing poet... Not to mention one of the first to write about people of all different sexual orientations. As a lesbian (not the kind from Lesbos), I have got to say, I can't see how calling oneself a Lesbian (note the capitalization), could cause significant social duress. Surely the Greek know their own culture better than they know the gay culture. I find this quite amusing. The people of Lesbos is suing because a term coined by their most famous inhabitant. I mean, c’mon, Sappho was an amazing poet… Not to mention one of the first to write about people of all different sexual orientations.

As a lesbian (not the kind from Lesbos), I have got to say, I can’t see how calling oneself a Lesbian (note the capitalization), could cause significant social duress. Surely the Greek know their own culture better than they know the gay culture.

]]> By: Alannah http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-535590 Alannah Sat, 03 May 2008 03:54:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-535590 Someone seems to be a little touchy. It also seems like he's losing a great chance to turn the island into the lesbian tourist mecca of the world. Someone seems to be a little touchy. It also seems like he’s losing a great chance to turn the island into the lesbian tourist mecca of the world.

]]> By: Alannah http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-535571 Alannah Sat, 03 May 2008 03:42:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-535571 Someone needs to loosen up a little bit and look on the bright side. They could turn the island into a mecca for lesbian women, a cash cow of tourist sites, offering couples massage in high class hotels, all girls dance nights, places to give singles a chance to meet. In stead, because of a little ribbing, he thinks he's going to change a word that's been in our lexicon for hundreds of years. Idiot. Someone needs to loosen up a little bit and look on the bright side. They could turn the island into a mecca for lesbian women, a cash cow of tourist sites, offering couples massage in high class hotels, all girls dance nights, places to give singles a chance to meet. In stead, because of a little ribbing, he thinks he’s going to change a word that’s been in our lexicon for hundreds of years. Idiot.

]]> By: badgirl http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-535304 badgirl Fri, 02 May 2008 22:41:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-535304 I propose the islanders rename their geographic abode "the dikes". After all, there's bound to be a dam on that island or at the very least, a dame. Doesn't matter what queers call themselves. They're not going to be welcome in heaven either. I propose the islanders rename their geographic abode “the dikes”. After all, there’s bound to be a dam on that island or at the very least, a dame.

Doesn’t matter what queers call themselves. They’re not going to be welcome in heaven either.

]]> By: bean http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-535264 bean Fri, 02 May 2008 21:30:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-535264 Christophe - You may enjoy calling homosexuals "DINKs" but that's not the correct term. DINKs are married couples with no children, regardless of sexual orientation. Christophe -

You may enjoy calling homosexuals “DINKs” but that’s not the correct term. DINKs are married couples with no children, regardless of sexual orientation.

]]> By: Xerloq http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-535242 Xerloq Fri, 02 May 2008 21:14:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-535242 Um, Anyone remember the myth of Jason and the Argonauts? How they stopped at the Isle of Lemnos (part of Lesbos)? Some of the versions of the myth captured on ancient pottery seem to indicate that after the women killed their husbands, there was no one else to turn to buy women. That, to my understanding, is the origin of the term Lesbian. Um, Anyone remember the myth of Jason and the Argonauts? How they stopped at the Isle of Lemnos (part of Lesbos)? Some of the versions of the myth captured on ancient pottery seem to indicate that after the women killed their husbands, there was no one else to turn to buy women. That, to my understanding, is the origin of the term Lesbian.

]]> By: plainswalker75 http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-535241 plainswalker75 Fri, 02 May 2008 21:13:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-535241 This is stupid, people from the island of Lesbos would be called "Lesbosians" in the first place; my bet is that they're just sick of lesbian couples visiting Sappho's paradise! This is stupid, people from the island of Lesbos would be called “Lesbosians” in the first place; my bet is that they’re just sick of lesbian couples visiting Sappho’s paradise!

]]> By: Christophe http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-535226 Christophe Fri, 02 May 2008 20:49:35 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-535226 I agree with Ali S. Homosexuals are also called 'dinks' : Double Income No KidS. Great target marketwise. I agree with Ali S. Homosexuals are also called ‘dinks’ : Double Income No KidS. Great target marketwise.

]]> By: bean http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-535174 bean Fri, 02 May 2008 19:53:21 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-535174 In college, I knew a girl whose family was from Lesbos. She introduced herself as a Lesbian to everyone she met, because she thought it was hilarious. She was straight, by the way. In college, I knew a girl whose family was from Lesbos. She introduced herself as a Lesbian to everyone she met, because she thought it was hilarious.

She was straight, by the way.

]]> By: Ali S. http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-535159 Ali S. Fri, 02 May 2008 19:40:32 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-535159 If anything they should open up the Island to be a paradise for the Lesbian couples out there in the World. Think of the revenue you'd get from all them visiting the birth place of the "Lesbos" movement? ;) If anything they should open up the Island to be a paradise for the Lesbian couples out there in the World. Think of the revenue you’d get from all them visiting the birth place of the “Lesbos” movement? ;)

]]> By: Steohawk http://www.neatorama.com/2008/05/02/lesbos-islanders-mad-about-the-word-lesbian/#comment-535043 Steohawk Fri, 02 May 2008 17:58:03 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/?p=16037#comment-535043 The only rights that are being violated are those of gay organizations. This lawsuit would prevent them from speaking freely, which includes calling themselves whatever they want. Besides, this lawsuit implies that the people of Lesbos are ashamed to be mistakenly associated with gay females. That sounds a bit homophobic to me. The only rights that are being violated are those of gay organizations. This lawsuit would prevent them from speaking freely, which includes calling themselves whatever they want. Besides, this lawsuit implies that the people of Lesbos are ashamed to be mistakenly associated with gay females. That sounds a bit homophobic to me.

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