When was that compulsory? ?......Never mind. I'll play along on a voluntary basis.
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How can you speak for every other English speaker? I know some who still reserve a disapproving tone when they utter "homosexual" or an even more disapproving tone when using the more pejorative "homo." The terms were and are often associated with condemnation, deviancy and of course criminality until 1986 reform.
After 1885 until reform, British law classified any homosexual activity as punishable gross indecency.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimin...dment_Act_1885
So the National thread is now the Homosexual/Lesbian thread, made that way by some pushing their own agendas, devoting too much time to the off market section is like a dog chasing its tail, spinning around but going nowhere.
Yes. I'm sure most know the recent history of homosexual law reform. I am also sure adults generally know the meaning of the simple term, homosexual; I accept there will be the odd exception, but that applies to every word in the dictionary.
Some of us find euphemisms are cringe inducing. e.g I shudder when I hear someone has 'passed' or 'passed away' when we all know they have died. It's similarly offensive.
I am not sure what agenda you think people are pushing couta :confused: And you did engage on the topic more than once when you stated you do not support people who “choose the gay lifestyle”
What exactly is the gay lifestyle? :confused: And how does it differ from your lifestyle choice? :confused:
https://medium.com/an-injustice/to-p...e-a8b11b821244
Back to Politics. I would like to make some observations about the next 3 years.
The most significant challenge in the Health service confronting the new government next year will not be covid. It will be a protracted strike action from the NZ Nurses Organisation. The conditions and salary expectations will come up against a government needing to restrain all spending. It will be fraught to say the least. It will be a winter of discontent.
Long term I think there is a reasonable probability that Jacinda Ardern will step down as PM, my prediction is that around December 2022 she will announce this, replicating John Key in 2016
You are pretty optimistic that most know the recent history of law reform.
I don't like euphemisms but I ask an American for the location of "the rest room" not because I want a little nap. Stateside, asking for the toilet can get a bit of a shocked reaction and water closet and lavatory elicits a bit of puzzlement.
I regard "gay" used in relational to "homosexual" as I regard "loo", "rest room" or "bathroom" in relation to a lavatory or latrine. It is a term with accepted local currency.
I did not ask for or expect an apology.
Being gay and christian are not necessarily mutually exclusive?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_c...n_Christianity
Edit: I am spending more time on the offmarket forum currently as I am housebound with more spare time!
It depends on the context. I say “I am sorry to hear your mother passed away.”
I would not say “I’m sorry to hear your mother died” to anyone. "Died" is too blunt in many situations.
Death is a very sensitive subject and any discussion if not handled with understanding can cause distress to someone else who is still grieving a loved one.
What people call reality is usually perception, a way of understanding or interpreting something.
Cognitive biases (there are 100s) are systematic ways in which humans create subjective social reality that deviates from objective reality.
Perception deviates too far from reality when it shifts from mild illusion to delusion, e.g. conspiracy theories.