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Labbie Send message Joined: 19 Jun 06 Posts: 4083 Credit: 5,930,102 RAC: 0 |
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. Calm Chaos Forum...Join Calm Chaos Now |
Michael Send message Joined: 21 Aug 99 Posts: 4608 Credit: 7,427,891 RAC: 18 |
Australia's equal opportunity laws prevent discrimination based on race, religion or sexuality. That is what I predict also. That same law is going to come back and bite them in the ass later. |
Dominique Send message Joined: 3 Mar 05 Posts: 1628 Credit: 74,745 RAC: 0 |
Australia's equal opportunity laws prevent discrimination based on race, religion or sexuality. Pandora's Box ? |
Scary Capitalist Send message Joined: 21 May 01 Posts: 7404 Credit: 97,085 RAC: 0 |
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. Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data! I did NOT authorize this belly writing! |
Al Send message Joined: 4 Oct 99 Posts: 5832 Credit: 401,935 RAC: 0 |
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cRunchy Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3 |
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.) |
Captain Avatar Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0 |
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) |
Dominique Send message Joined: 3 Mar 05 Posts: 1628 Credit: 74,745 RAC: 0 |
Holy Hog Poots can this be real? 9-feet-4 and 1,051 pounds? Here's the website. More info there. http://www.monsterpig.com/ |
Pawly Send message Joined: 13 Jan 07 Posts: 2694 Credit: 1,049,945 RAC: 0 |
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. DONATE TO SETI |
Dominique Send message Joined: 3 Mar 05 Posts: 1628 Credit: 74,745 RAC: 0 |
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 ....... Did you see the pic of the pig hanging up at the website ? Anyway that's a lot of back bacon. |
Pawly Send message Joined: 13 Jan 07 Posts: 2694 Credit: 1,049,945 RAC: 0 |
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 ....... 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. DONATE TO SETI |
Captain Avatar Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 15133 Credit: 529,088 RAC: 0 |
The pic where the Back hoe is picking up the Hog Puts the real size in perspective. |
Dune_Finkleberry Send message Joined: 25 Feb 06 Posts: 6454 Credit: 198,656 RAC: 0 |
Australia's equal opportunity laws prevent discrimination based on race, religion or sexuality. I'm not even sure why a straight guy would want to go into a gay bar. Account frozen... |
cRunchy Send message Joined: 3 Apr 99 Posts: 3555 Credit: 1,920,030 RAC: 3 |
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. |
Demiurg Send message Joined: 2 Jul 02 Posts: 883 Credit: 28,286 RAC: 0 |
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:-) It is SEXY to DONATE! Skype = demiurg2 |
Dune_Finkleberry Send message Joined: 25 Feb 06 Posts: 6454 Credit: 198,656 RAC: 0 |
Let's let that be our little secret, shall we? Account frozen... |
Blurf Send message Joined: 2 Sep 06 Posts: 8962 Credit: 12,678,685 RAC: 0 |
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 |
Allie in Vancouver Send message Joined: 16 Mar 07 Posts: 3949 Credit: 1,604,668 RAC: 0 |
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 :)) Pure mathematics is, in its way, the poetry of logical ideas. Albert Einstein |
Scary Capitalist Send message Joined: 21 May 01 Posts: 7404 Credit: 97,085 RAC: 0 |
They say that one person in ten is gay. I notice that over ten different guys have posted here. Yeah... And the other 9 out of 10 of us are just pigs.... :-P =========================== 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. Founder of BOINC team Objectivists. Oh the humanity! Rational people crunching data! I did NOT authorize this belly writing! |
Dominique Send message Joined: 3 Mar 05 Posts: 1628 Credit: 74,745 RAC: 0 |
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