Derren Brown: Archive
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From: sue5804
Date: Mon Mar 3, 2003 1:06pm
Subject: Re: No emoticon for what I am feeling...
For what it's worth, designforlife, I empathise with your feelings on
this issue 100%.
(The funny thing is, it only came up after Joe said he was male, and
Luise somehow took that to mean that DB is gay!! It was my puzzlement
over that, that made me post for the first time!! LOL)
--- In a previous message designforlife wrote:
> --- In a previous message Mike Vizard wrote:
> > Well Said June,
> > Orientation really does have nothing to do with anything Derren
has
> done.
> > Even if he was(And i think that has nothing to do with anyone of
> us) what
> > business is it of anyone's to even suggest it, especially on such
a
> forum.
>
> If you're suggesting that suggesting someone is gay is a bad thing,
> then, logically, I would have to suggest that you don't like gay
> people. Now, I know that's probably not true, so I WON'T suggest
> that, instead I will politely suggest that you remain calm and stop
> trying to censor people's conversations.
>
> > This is the kind of thing the worlds best in gutter press(British
> > newspapers)love to read and then spread everywhere serving only
to
> damage
> > many a performers career
>
> Damage it how? By making homophobes not watch their shows? Boo-hoo.
> What a ridiculous suggestion. Britain truly is a country of
repressed
> curtain-twitchers, if this comment is any representation of fact.
>
> Besides, eagle-eyed readers may have noted that most of the posts
> were dedicated to demonstrating how Derren is not actually gay - so
> you can all breathe a sigh of relief that his career has not
> been "damaged".
>
> > So lets give it a rest and not continue down this line of
> conversation.
> > It's relevance to anything or anyone is beyond me.
>
> It's not relevant, true, it's none of my business, true, it's a
> personal matter, ALL TRUE, but that's not the point. It's not
illegal
> or immoral to discuss it and you will have to live with that,
> unfortunately. This is the internet, not the letters page of the
> Daily Mail and even if it were, I doubt they would be so censorious.
>
> I don't remember anyone getting up in arms when there was
discussion
> of Derren's supposed new girlfriend, either. One kind of
speculation
> acceptable and another not? I can only assume that it's the subject
> matter that offends. Put your reply in the context of the much
> earlier discussion of Sue the Psychologist (the supposed
girlfriend)
> and you'll see how po-faced and hysterical it sounds.
>
> Apologies for ranting but I feel strongly about this issue, did you
> guess?
| Replies | Author | Yahoo! ID | Date | Size |
| 3025: Re: No emoticon for what I am feeling... | dan_peterson2 | dan_peterson2 | Mon 03/03/2003 | 4 KB |
| 3027: Re: No emoticon for what I am feeling... | trentretro | trentretro | Mon 03/03/2003 | 5 KB |
| 3028: Re: No emoticon for what I am feeling... | luise_f | luise_f | Mon 03/03/2003 | 5 KB |
| 3031: Re: No emoticon for what I am feeling... | luscious_lita_uk_4u | luscious_lita_uk_4u | Mon 03/03/2003 | 5 KB |
| 3042: Re: No emoticon for what I am feeling... | hypersang | hypersang | Mon 03/03/2003 | 2 KB |
| 3082: Re: No emoticon for what I am feeling... | designforlife | designforlife | Wed 05/03/2003 | 3 KB |
| 3086: Re: No emoticon for what I am feeling... | sue5804 | sue5804 | Wed 05/03/2003 | 3 KB |
