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To: Dataman
Homosexuality wasn't taboo for the Greeks.
3 posted on 12/17/2003 12:10:54 PM PST by bdeaner
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To: bdeaner
Homosexuality wasn't taboo for the Greeks.

Given the weight of your argument, I'm not sure which side to come down on. Maybe if you'd lend me a drachm, I could flip for a winner ...

14 posted on 12/17/2003 12:42:56 PM PST by LTCJ (Peloponnesian or Corinthian, either will do.)
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To: bdeaner
"Homosexuality wasn't taboo for the Greeks."

That's true. . nor Romans in the Roman Empire. Look what happened to those societies.

18 posted on 12/17/2003 1:19:00 PM PST by MEGoody
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To: bdeaner
Homosexuality wasn't taboo for the Greeks.

It was. Even the Greek words for homosexual are pejorative. The legends of Sparta are just that: legends. And who was primarily responsible for spreading them? Hint: a 20th century atheist.

20 posted on 12/17/2003 1:26:34 PM PST by Dataman
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