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Being gay in China
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Being gay in China
March 8, 2013 at 8:47 am
just another interesting article I read and thought to share:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/worl...87674.html
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RE: Being gay in China
March 8, 2013 at 9:09 am
Those damned dirty atheists and their primitive 18th century social philosophy!
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RE: Being gay in China
March 8, 2013 at 5:35 pm



Tianjin is a pretty city. The rubber band on the wrist trick is all too familiar. When I was in my early twenties, depressed and failing college (and with sexual issues on top of everything), I decided to cave in to conformity and rid myself of the "crazy thoughts" inside my head. I wore a rubber band on my wrist, and when my "crazy thoughts" thoughts came up, I would aggressively snap the rubber band against my wrist to distract myself from thinking those thoughts. (And I used other thought stopping techniques.) Surprisingly, it worked, for a time. The crazy thoughts became less frequent and less invasive and less compelling. But then a few years later they came back again, with a vengeance and panic attacks. (They always come back, no matter what I do.) I guess whether it's a predisposition to homosexual attractions or to psychosis, there's no fighting nature.


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RE: Being gay in China
March 8, 2013 at 5:41 pm
(March 8, 2013 at 8:47 am)The Germans are coming Wrote: just another interesting article I read and thought to share:

http://www.spiegel.de/international/worl...87674.html
You thinking of moving there?
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RE: Being gay in China
March 8, 2013 at 5:45 pm
(March 8, 2013 at 5:41 pm)John V Wrote: You thinking of moving there?

Please! Oh please! PLEAAAAAAAAAAAASE!!!

please guide me through that very very interesting yet not admiraable thoughtprocess which lead you to the concluding question you gave.
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RE: Being gay in China
March 8, 2013 at 5:56 pm
(March 8, 2013 at 9:09 am)Aractus Wrote: Those damned dirty atheists and their primitive 18th century social philosophy!

The primitive 18th century social philophy part, you, as a christian, have no reason not to appreciate.
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RE: Being gay in China
March 8, 2013 at 6:19 pm
(March 8, 2013 at 5:45 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote: Please! Oh please! PLEAAAAAAAAAAAASE!!!

please guide me through that very very interesting yet not admiraable thoughtprocess which lead you to the concluding question you gave.
Kinda obvious - you're gay and you're looking into treatment of gays in China.
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RE: Being gay in China
March 8, 2013 at 6:34 pm
(March 8, 2013 at 6:19 pm)John V Wrote: Kinda obvious - you're gay and you're looking into treatment of gays in China.

Please show me how that is obvious?
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RE: Being gay in China
March 8, 2013 at 6:36 pm
(March 8, 2013 at 6:34 pm)The Germans are coming Wrote: Please show me how that is obvious?
Gay person looking into treatment of gays in another country - obvious possibility is are you thinking of moving there.
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RE: Being gay in China
March 9, 2013 at 1:22 am
Clearly we're all North Koreans too, since we look into the treatment of North Koreans within North Korea. We're also thinking of moving there.

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If I were to use your vein of moron, that is.
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