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Message 577356 - Posted: 28 May 2007, 13:57:18 UTC

Australia's equal opportunity laws prevent discrimination based on race, religion or sexuality.


Sounds like they're breaking their own law to me. But it doesn't really surprise me, more power to them.

With this bar now able to ban heterosexuals, it will probably open the way for other bars/restaurants to ban gays. It's going to be a vicious circle.


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Message 577357 - Posted: 28 May 2007, 14:00:54 UTC - in response to Message 577356.  

Australia's equal opportunity laws prevent discrimination based on race, religion or sexuality.


Sounds like they're breaking their own law to me. But it doesn't really surprise me, more power to them.

With this bar now able to ban heterosexuals, it will probably open the way for other bars/restaurants to ban gays. It's going to be a vicious circle.


That is what I predict also. That same law is going to come back and bite them in the ass later.





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Message 577362 - Posted: 28 May 2007, 14:04:27 UTC - in response to Message 577356.  

Australia's equal opportunity laws prevent discrimination based on race, religion or sexuality.


Sounds like they're breaking their own law to me. But it doesn't really surprise me, more power to them.

With this bar now able to ban heterosexuals, it will probably open the way for other bars/restaurants to ban gays. It's going to be a vicious circle.


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Message 577365 - Posted: 28 May 2007, 14:06:44 UTC

Or maybe it's noone's business but the guy that owns the bar? This is called 'freedom of association'. It's something that should be a fundamental right. If they want to ban straight men from their bar then that's fine with me. I won't go to such a place just as I wouldn't patronize a place that was unwelcoming to black people or women or white folks....or christians ......or little white black christian midgets.

However, I'd like to visit and see what their test is for what it is to be a straight man..... might be fun and worth the visit.
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Message 577376 - Posted: 28 May 2007, 14:26:46 UTC

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Message 577402 - Posted: 28 May 2007, 15:08:58 UTC


It is no different to what is faced in community and education. There are times when women, young, disabled or black people want to mix, share commonality and even discuss issues that are relevant to them in an environment they feel safe in without interference.

We have mostly accepted this notion now. Though it is still seen by some as a type of segragation even if voluntary (usually by those excluded.)

If this pub is primarily run by gay people for gay people I really don't care.

Plenty of other places to go for a drink... that is unless my local supermarket ban's crazy people :)

I suspect the only problem we will see over this is from those who 'already' dislike gay people.

The only pubs that will become 'hetro only' will probably be those that were already unofficially gay unfriendly but they would still have to prove gays were a nuisance or dehumanised others.

Personally I can't see why the landlord didn't just ban unauthorised group events such as hen or stag nights.

Ah well I suppose it is also good publicity for the only gay pub in town! (Sorry.. me the cynic.)




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Message 577474 - Posted: 28 May 2007, 21:06:30 UTC
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Holy Hog Poots can this be real? 9-feet-4 and 1,051 pounds?

In this photo released by Melynne Stone, Jamison Stone, 11, poses with a wild pig he killed near Delta, Ala., May 3, 2007. Stone's father says the hog weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9-feet-4 from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. If claims of the animal's size are true, it would be larger than ``Hogzilla,'' the huge hog killed in Georgia in 2004. (AP Photo/Melynne Stone)



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Message 577510 - Posted: 28 May 2007, 21:50:56 UTC - in response to Message 577474.  

Holy Hog Poots can this be real? 9-feet-4 and 1,051 pounds?

In this photo released by Melynne Stone, Jamison Stone, 11, poses with a wild pig he killed near Delta, Ala., May 3, 2007. Stone's father says the hog weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9-feet-4 from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. If claims of the animal's size are true, it would be larger than ``Hogzilla,'' the huge hog killed in Georgia in 2004. (AP Photo/Melynne Stone)




Here's the website. More info there.

http://www.monsterpig.com/

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Message 577596 - Posted: 29 May 2007, 1:09:01 UTC
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I saw a documentary on Hogzilla a couple months ago and it was pretty much agreed that it (Hogzilla) was almost impossible to prove but wasn't impossible for it to happen. Domesticated pigs can revert to a feral nature very quickly if released into the wild. They grow tusks and much more coarse hair, gain weight and muscleetc.etc. Combine that with selective breeding and hormone and chemical injections that are done to gain size and weight in Food Chain Pigs .......

*Edit* You'll notice it the New Monster pics, no one is actually touching the Hog and always to the side or in the background. And the boy seems to be hovering above the hog not leaning directly on it. Just an observation.
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Message 577653 - Posted: 29 May 2007, 2:47:46 UTC - in response to Message 577596.  

I saw a documentary on Hogzilla a couple months ago and it was pretty much agreed that it (Hogzilla) was almost impossible to prove but wasn't impossible for it to happen. Domesticated pigs can revert to a feral nature very quickly if released into the wild. They grow tusks and much more coarse hair, gain weight and muscleetc.etc. Combine that with selective breeding and hormone and chemical injections that are done to gain size and weight in Food Chain Pigs .......

*Edit* You'll notice it the New Monster pics, no one is actually touching the Hog and always to the side or in the background. And the boy seems to be hovering above the hog not leaning directly on it. Just an observation.


Did you see the pic of the pig hanging up at the website ?

Anyway that's a lot of back bacon.

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Message 577660 - Posted: 29 May 2007, 3:01:25 UTC - in response to Message 577653.  

I saw a documentary on Hogzilla a couple months ago and it was pretty much agreed that it (Hogzilla) was almost impossible to prove but wasn't impossible for it to happen. Domesticated pigs can revert to a feral nature very quickly if released into the wild. They grow tusks and much more coarse hair, gain weight and muscleetc.etc. Combine that with selective breeding and hormone and chemical injections that are done to gain size and weight in Food Chain Pigs .......

*Edit* You'll notice it the New Monster pics, no one is actually touching the Hog and always to the side or in the background. And the boy seems to be hovering above the hog not leaning directly on it. Just an observation.


Did you see the pic of the pig hanging up at the website ?

Anyway that's a lot of back bacon.

The one of the boy and his dad standing "beside" the hog? To me it looks like they are in the background with the hog in the foreground. Even the one with the front end loader is kinda oddly composed. I would be very interested if this gets some proper investigation.
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Message 577697 - Posted: 29 May 2007, 4:25:43 UTC

The pic where the Back hoe is picking up the Hog Puts the real size in perspective.


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Message 577745 - Posted: 29 May 2007, 7:45:03 UTC - in response to Message 577356.  

Australia's equal opportunity laws prevent discrimination based on race, religion or sexuality.


Sounds like they're breaking their own law to me. But it doesn't really surprise me, more power to them.

With this bar now able to ban heterosexuals, it will probably open the way for other bars/restaurants to ban gays. It's going to be a vicious circle.

I'm not even sure why a straight guy would want to go into a gay bar.
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Message 577805 - Posted: 29 May 2007, 10:21:29 UTC - in response to Message 577745.  



I'm not even sure why a straight guy would want to go into a gay bar.



I'll be damned if I have to walk 3 mile down the road if I just want a drink from a 'real man' pub.

Gay bar or not I am sure they serve something wet.


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Message 577833 - Posted: 29 May 2007, 11:50:08 UTC

Perhap's because gay guys normaly have better parties???

On the other hand we have a law against discimination here to. Which I took oportunity out of a couple of months ago when a person started a club for lesbians that banned all straight men, gay men, and straight women. So I went there, was denied entrance and called for an armed police escort to go in. It was the first time I have had two cops attentatively looking at me while I emtied a beer:-) Day after it was closed down.

So, since I have been drinking a beer in a lesbian only bar I guess I have become one! *LoL* At least I certainly prefer women:-)
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Message 578181 - Posted: 29 May 2007, 22:11:21 UTC - in response to Message 577805.  



I'm not even sure why a straight guy would want to go into a gay bar.



I'll be damned if I have to walk 3 mile down the road if I just want a drink from a 'real man' pub.

Gay bar or not I am sure they serve something wet.

Let's let that be our little secret, shall we?
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Message 578213 - Posted: 29 May 2007, 23:04:48 UTC

Don't much care what bar I go into...I have friends of differing preferences. They know I'm happily married.

As long as the bar is friendly I'm all up for it


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Message 578218 - Posted: 29 May 2007, 23:15:26 UTC

They say that one person in ten is gay. I notice that over ten different guys have posted here.

Now let me do the math scribble, scribble :))

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Message 578389 - Posted: 30 May 2007, 7:50:35 UTC - in response to Message 578218.  

They say that one person in ten is gay. I notice that over ten different guys have posted here.

Now let me do the math scribble, scribble :))



Yeah... And the other 9 out of 10 of us are just pigs.... :-P

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And yes. The pics are real. It's not Hogzilla. It's a new one that is over 1k pounds. 'Hogzilla ' was reportedly only 800 lbs.

This story is legitimate.
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