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   Message 1,653 of 3,290   
   Brian M. Scott to All   
   Re: Gifts vs. Money   
   26 Aug 08 22:39:57   
   
   From: b.scott@csuohio.edu   
      
   On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:23:23 +1000, "James A. Donald"   
    wrote in   
    in   
   rec.arts.sf.misc:   
      
   > "Brian M. Scott"   
   >>>> I hadn't really thought about it, but I think that   
   >>>> all of the gay men and most -- possibly all -- of   
   >>>> the gay women whom I know are in stable   
   >>>> relationships.   
      
   > James A. Donald:   
   >>> Which is true in the sense that there are several   
   >>> people they bang pretty regularly.   
      
   > "Brian M. Scott"   
   >> No.  It's true in the sense that they are living as   
   >> the exact equivalent of married couples.   
      
   > A married couple in an "open marriage".   
      
   No indeed, especially in the one case that I singled out.   
   And you are making yourself increasingly ridiculous, if that   
   is possible, by pretending to know more about people whom   
   you do not know than their friends do.   
      
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