Difference between revisions of "Talk:Homosexual Historical Revisionism"

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::But that does not mean they had them along for sexual  purposes, as gay liberals claim.--[[User:Saxplayer|Saxplayer]] 20:32, 10 November 2008 (EST)
 
::But that does not mean they had them along for sexual  purposes, as gay liberals claim.--[[User:Saxplayer|Saxplayer]] 20:32, 10 November 2008 (EST)
 
:::I am not going to go through and look for it, but the context was certainly sexual. It was a 1940's translation...Rex Warner...and I remember the class sniggering about it in the late fifties when it was read for our curriculum.[[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 21:12, 10 November 2008 (EST)
 
:::I am not going to go through and look for it, but the context was certainly sexual. It was a 1940's translation...Rex Warner...and I remember the class sniggering about it in the late fifties when it was read for our curriculum.[[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 21:12, 10 November 2008 (EST)
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:::I've just thought...it seems ironic - or appropriate - that I have just been getting rid of the red links on [[Edward II]]. Including [[Berkeley Castle]].[[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 21:34, 10 November 2008 (EST)

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I have to argue that Alexander at the minimum engaged in long term homosexual relations. This was not uncommon in the greek culture of his day. EternalCritic 18:00, 10 November 2008 (EST)

I had occasion to reread Xenophon's The Persian Expedition recently. Some of the Greeks had their boys along with them. That isn't revisionism...it's primary source. AlanE 18:28, 10 November 2008 (EST)
But that does not mean they had them along for sexual purposes, as gay liberals claim.--Saxplayer 20:32, 10 November 2008 (EST)
I am not going to go through and look for it, but the context was certainly sexual. It was a 1940's translation...Rex Warner...and I remember the class sniggering about it in the late fifties when it was read for our curriculum.AlanE 21:12, 10 November 2008 (EST)
I've just thought...it seems ironic - or appropriate - that I have just been getting rid of the red links on Edward II. Including Berkeley Castle.AlanE 21:34, 10 November 2008 (EST)