<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post5525110448826348897..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>44</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5310543029721628966</id><published>2009-11-07T07:57:27.543-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T07:57:27.543-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lets not leave out Hep A...by all means.  HIV isn&amp;...</title><summary type='text'>Lets not leave out Hep A...by all means.  HIV isn&amp;#39;t the only thing a person can catch and it isn&amp;#39;t limited to those who like to rim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It isn&amp;#39;t the MEXICAN RESTAURANT disease any more!  Damn Beaners.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What did Dorn say to that one?  Heh.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/5310543029721628966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/5310543029721628966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257598647543#c5310543029721628966' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 07, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1404533444304633997</id><published>2009-11-07T07:54:33.108-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T07:54:33.108-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Funny story and hopefully Trace takes some time to...</title><summary type='text'>Funny story and hopefully Trace takes some time to reflect on his hostility towards me..his inflammatory speech that I certainly don&amp;#39;t take personally but he should.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was testing a black soldier some time ago....he was so, so uptight.  Really hostile and worked up about being in a one horse town and sittin with a white lady discussing his semen distribution practices.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/1404533444304633997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/1404533444304633997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257598473108#c1404533444304633997' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 07, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1824987764811396238</id><published>2009-11-07T07:43:22.575-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T07:43:22.575-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh and Ed...there isn&amp;#39;t such a thing really as...</title><summary type='text'>Oh and Ed...there isn&amp;#39;t such a thing really as being &amp;quot;monitored&amp;quot; for HIV/AIDS anymore.  It used to be believed that infections went undetected for several months to years....not sure how that got started up but it led to the second part of that myth that HIV is somehow &amp;quot;dormant&amp;quot; and undetectable.  It would mean that HIV is unlike any other type of disease and they all show</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/1824987764811396238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/1824987764811396238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257597802575#c1824987764811396238' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 07, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6545030341695090255</id><published>2009-11-07T07:29:34.109-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T07:29:34.109-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A trace of Trace.&#xa;&#xa;Who are you anyway?&#xa;&#xa;&#xa;&#xa;&amp;quot;Me...</title><summary type='text'>A trace of Trace.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who are you anyway?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Meg is still doing it, after I just pointed it out. All this moralistic, puritanical gay-people-are-irresponsible-and-deserve-to-be-taught-a-lesson stuff is complete bull. Maybe she needs to reexamine her own views on chastity and why she clings to them without a critical engagement.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/6545030341695090255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/6545030341695090255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257596974109#c6545030341695090255' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 07, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2796797727105373820</id><published>2009-11-06T17:14:46.535-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T17:14:46.535-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I wish Eshlemann had a blog. &#xa;I would read it ever...</title><summary type='text'>I wish Eshlemann had a blog. &lt;br /&gt;I would read it everyday twice&lt;br /&gt;because at least he is still interested in creating weird images&lt;br /&gt;that enter my brain organ and tweak the noses of my own internal menagery. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also look forward to a time&lt;br /&gt;when all of humanity are simply brains in tanks taken care of by a plantean aquabat named L&amp;#39;Tek&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;with a dangly&lt;br /&gt;nipple</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/2796797727105373820'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/2796797727105373820'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257545686535#c2796797727105373820' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_hLJ2N7ZOgD8/R6EJKLnXPdI/AAAAAAAAAS4/2kJ0hAZuqOs/S220/Ozilanniman.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8074453567310477387</id><published>2009-11-06T11:54:34.940-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T11:54:34.940-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Meg is still doing it, after I just pointed it out...</title><summary type='text'>Meg is still doing it, after I just pointed it out. All this moralistic, puritanical gay-people-are-irresponsible-and-deserve-to-be-taught-a-lesson stuff is complete bull. Maybe she needs to reexamine her own views on chastity and why she clings to them without a critical engagement. But she shouldn&amp;#39;t project her own moral values onto the bodies of others or extrapolate narratives of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/8074453567310477387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/8074453567310477387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257526474940#c8074453567310477387' title=''/><author><name>Trace</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16795136873800175697</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wZd-h2gQMwg/SuSgu42WQEI/AAAAAAAAAAg/UKR5tghT9Sk/S220/The+Collection+of+Silence+June+30+2009+NYC+043.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-396323553"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8583348813016718705</id><published>2009-11-06T09:03:45.476-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T09:03:45.476-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Meg made sense.  I will not put in an exclamation ...</title><summary type='text'>Meg made sense.  I will not put in an exclamation point.  It&amp;#39;s just nice when people make sense, and think about what fight to fight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also interesting to hear her perspective on the Ft. Hood massacre.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks, Meg.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/8583348813016718705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/8583348813016718705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257516225476#c8583348813016718705' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6776876170842289704</id><published>2009-11-06T08:45:33.397-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T08:45:33.397-05:00</updated><title type='text'>..the Quran continues to offer us examples and com...</title><summary type='text'>..the Quran continues to offer us examples and completely leaves out some pretty notable things including this idea of same sex union.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It doesn&amp;#39;t however miss anything much when it comes to male/female union in terms of mandates, limitations, prohibitions, etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why did Allah leave this incredibly important space blank?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess it is one of those things that is</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/6776876170842289704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/6776876170842289704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257515133397#c6776876170842289704' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1684680648039397993</id><published>2009-11-06T08:33:23.200-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T08:33:23.200-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So...and there is a typo up there but to be respec...</title><summary type='text'>So...and there is a typo up there but to be respectful of this space..I&amp;#39;ll leave it...noting that I request a bit more of your valuable time to explain some higher ideas about all of this...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cut to the chase...all of this is connected on another level..that of marital unions/sexual practice/chastity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are gay men and women prepared to be chaste?  Because that IS the rule </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/1684680648039397993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/1684680648039397993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257514403200#c1684680648039397993' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3620666149346699221</id><published>2009-11-06T08:28:55.330-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T08:28:55.330-05:00</updated><title type='text'>she meant HOMOGINIZED milk...  and most likely cou...</title><summary type='text'>she meant HOMOGINIZED milk...  and most likely could judge the quality of the milk by the amount of cream on the top!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;shake the bottle&lt;br /&gt;take the paper top off&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pull the paper tab off and&lt;br /&gt;  lick the goopey cream..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;this was before pasteurization  when we ate real, unadulterated food...  and vanilla icecream was rich and creamy... not like the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/3620666149346699221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/3620666149346699221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257514135330#c3620666149346699221' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1657559985177306249</id><published>2009-11-06T07:57:56.949-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T07:57:56.949-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We are all sort of...homo like.  Homo sapiens, etc...</title><summary type='text'>We are all sort of...homo like.  Homo sapiens, etc.  My mom used to call milk on her grocery list &amp;quot;1 Gal Homo&amp;quot; hahaha.  What a nice memory to have right now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here&amp;#39;s the thing....and I do not, as I say, hope to advocate anything that is not clear to me per my Islam.  Imagine my position today with this Fort Hood thing, my son in the Air Force and my daughter working for a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/1657559985177306249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/1657559985177306249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257512276949#c1657559985177306249' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2422036343844088557</id><published>2009-11-06T07:48:07.489-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T07:48:07.489-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Here is the problem as I see it.  I think it is a ...</title><summary type='text'>Here is the problem as I see it.  I think it is a wonderful conversation to be having and I truly hope that Ron and CA Conrad and others do not allow it to go by the wayside.  I hope that December 1st is dedicated on this blog and others to join the fight...the one against AIDS.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not the purported one against homophobia.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CA admits that he perhaps didn&amp;#39;t read my post </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/2422036343844088557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/2422036343844088557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257511687489#c2422036343844088557' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6324545773798055687</id><published>2009-11-05T22:45:27.900-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T22:45:27.900-05:00</updated><title type='text'>How talking about prejudice against and suffering ...</title><summary type='text'>How talking about prejudice against and suffering of gays may be perceived as hating straights is really baffling to me. Where is the connection? That is essentially saying that queer people should shut up and should not exist, that their very assertion of a negative response to a statement like Dorn&amp;#39;s is equivalent to hating. Geez, take an accounting of your own hatred, fear, and insecurity </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/6324545773798055687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/6324545773798055687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257479127900#c6324545773798055687' title=''/><author><name>Trace</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16795136873800175697</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wZd-h2gQMwg/SuSgu42WQEI/AAAAAAAAAAg/UKR5tghT9Sk/S220/The+Collection+of+Silence+June+30+2009+NYC+043.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-396323553"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3116476702381065368</id><published>2009-11-05T22:28:27.141-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T22:28:27.141-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Meg&amp;#39;s notion of &amp;quot;heterosexual stigma&amp;quot...</title><summary type='text'>Meg&amp;#39;s notion of &amp;quot;heterosexual stigma&amp;quot; here lacks a historical understanding of the categories hetero and homo. As Sedgwick notes in Epistemology of the closet, &amp;quot;heterosexual&amp;quot; is a term invented in the late 19th c to fend off the fear of being &amp;quot;homosexual,&amp;quot; also a recently coined term at that time. The continued existence of this phobia underlies all such </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/3116476702381065368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/3116476702381065368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257478107141#c3116476702381065368' title=''/><author><name>Trace</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16795136873800175697</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wZd-h2gQMwg/SuSgu42WQEI/AAAAAAAAAAg/UKR5tghT9Sk/S220/The+Collection+of+Silence+June+30+2009+NYC+043.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-396323553"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9125671306533155972</id><published>2009-11-05T14:35:37.959-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T14:35:37.959-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Nice piece about Liu Bolin. Good find.</title><summary type='text'>Nice piece about Liu Bolin. Good find.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/9125671306533155972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/9125671306533155972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257449737959#c9125671306533155972' title=''/><author><name>Charles</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07856117549225658562</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eZdrsewW2yo/SvJZd63fH4I/AAAAAAAAANI/1a4cSGQZwGk/S220/CIMG1677.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1126268698"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3063072046422201850</id><published>2009-11-05T10:46:58.794-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T10:46:58.794-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Steven,&#xa;&#xa;I can&amp;#39;t think anyone who&amp;#39;s been f...</title><summary type='text'>Steven,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can&amp;#39;t think anyone who&amp;#39;s been following Tom Clark&amp;#39;s blog imagines he feels anything but embarrassment and regret now for that Rolling Stock article.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But however reasonable and just your post, it&amp;#39;s so contrary to the tone and spirit of his blog, it&amp;#39;s understandable he wouldn&amp;#39;t want to get embroiled in the controversy, especially after this </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/3063072046422201850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/3063072046422201850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257436018794#c3063072046422201850' title=''/><author><name>Mike</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16053883986729659630</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2058119573"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9166439240450916573</id><published>2009-11-05T09:42:38.419-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T09:42:38.419-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;I really am puzzled by blogs that disabled t...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;I really am puzzled by blogs that disabled the interactive feature of blogger. Why not allow readers to comment, right there at the post?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Um, I think this comment stream is EXHIBIT A.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/9166439240450916573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/9166439240450916573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257432158419#c9166439240450916573' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00791420971869885860</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qSTexJoGYnQ/SXXMvQ7yRrI/AAAAAAAAAWs/iHgQG5bXM88/S220/Photo+8.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4626191986783318328</id><published>2009-11-05T08:51:21.684-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T08:51:21.684-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Listen, I disagree as one person wrote here that t...</title><summary type='text'>Listen, I disagree as one person wrote here that the conversation never moves beyond the riptide.  As a matter of fact that&amp;#39;s exactly what Dale Smith and I were doing as two people with different opinions and different lives and experiences on these matters for the conversation around Dorn&amp;#39;s late work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But since the conversation has been published I have received emails, etc., </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/4626191986783318328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/4626191986783318328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257429081684#c4626191986783318328' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13148611902772898013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vy9H2bBCxYk/SMaL6fmKV4I/AAAAAAAAAZE/n1EfTHmp830/S220/BIG+E.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-691277454"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4964165909948022630</id><published>2009-11-05T08:48:28.394-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T08:48:28.394-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Didi,&#xa;&#xa;I did not post any of those copies to any o...</title><summary type='text'>Didi,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did not post any of those copies to any of those sites. I&amp;#39;m just reporting on their whereabouts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Personally, I think Issu is a dreadful site.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/4964165909948022630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/4964165909948022630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257428908394#c4964165909948022630' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1398705257084995760</id><published>2009-11-05T08:14:16.424-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T08:14:16.424-05:00</updated><title type='text'>BTW, CA Conrad...I am buying your book.  Just did....</title><summary type='text'>BTW, CA Conrad...I am buying your book.  Just did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It isn&amp;#39;t that I wouldn&amp;#39;t read &amp;quot;your&amp;quot; poetry...I just don&amp;#39;t like poetry that is full of poo poo language and gross anatomical detail, murder scenes, sensational awfulness and such.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I looked at the sample poems and thought...that is rather nice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I look forward to reading it for sure.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/1398705257084995760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/1398705257084995760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257426856424#c1398705257084995760' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7040378686118707090</id><published>2009-11-05T07:58:28.743-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T07:58:28.743-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron - I have been sitting here for the last 10 min...</title><summary type='text'>Ron - I have been sitting here for the last 10 minutes or so downloading the so called &amp;quot;free&amp;quot; Zukosky file from one of the sites you linked to. First of all the file is 119.3 MB. Please use ISSUU or SCRIBD or some other service for sharing PDF files. Shame on you for making me wait and taking up my memory. Plus the file will open up on Adobe therefore it will not be viewed as you may </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/7040378686118707090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/7040378686118707090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257425908743#c7040378686118707090' title=''/><author><name>Didi Menendez</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08195202743154382432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_yyMS6N_gKRg/SnRGDO7tAbI/AAAAAAAABzw/sFgDiG9UI_A/S220/profile.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1301407041"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4320095224459686767</id><published>2009-11-05T06:39:20.851-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T06:39:20.851-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I also get the feeling that the &amp;quot;How dare you...</title><summary type='text'>I also get the feeling that the &amp;quot;How dare you&amp;quot; is more like, &amp;quot;How dare you (a muslim woman) have the audacity to discuss our situation.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;CA Conrad.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is like many things nowdays...people have stereotyped us as much as they have stereotyped &amp;quot;queers&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We do discuss it.  Actively.  I have had two gay male muslim discussion partners </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/4320095224459686767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/4320095224459686767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257421160851#c4320095224459686767' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5589074650435543448</id><published>2009-11-05T05:54:05.516-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T05:54:05.516-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Here&amp;#39;s the other thing....what is the purpose ...</title><summary type='text'>Here&amp;#39;s the other thing....what is the purpose of the rejoicing in the rectum poetry you suggest everyone ought to pay more attention to?  Or is it AIDS poems?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am one of the few poets who mentioned it in an early poem of mine in the eighties CA.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To be honest, I probably wouldn&amp;#39;t read your poetry because I don&amp;#39;t like to read much about that kind of stuff from </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/5589074650435543448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/5589074650435543448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257418445516#c5589074650435543448' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3593321638395411384</id><published>2009-11-05T05:38:32.905-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T05:38:32.905-05:00</updated><title type='text'>As for your view about Dorn....&#xa;&#xa;I guess that&amp;#39;...</title><summary type='text'>As for your view about Dorn....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess that&amp;#39;s where I think what I think doesn&amp;#39;t matter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don&amp;#39;t know much about it to be honest nor do I really care.  That some people do or that you have such intense feelings about such a non-essential part of the BIG HIV/AIDS PICTURE....well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s a poetry issue and as such, poets are some of the most vain and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/3593321638395411384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/3593321638395411384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257417512905#c3593321638395411384' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4564214543532766107</id><published>2009-11-05T05:26:36.459-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-05T05:26:36.459-05:00</updated><title type='text'>CA Conrad,&#xa;&#xa;How dare I?  Dare I what?  &#xa;&#xa;I have no...</title><summary type='text'>CA Conrad,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How dare I?  Dare I what?  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have not said anything that isn&amp;#39;t absolutely true.  And I have no issue with you personally except that for every action there is a reaction.  There were people who labeled it the gay disease because at that time, it mostly was a gay disease.  Pretending that it wasn&amp;#39;t is ludicrous.  For that knee jerk effect there was an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/4564214543532766107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5525110448826348897/comments/default/4564214543532766107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html?showComment=1257416796459#c4564214543532766107' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/c.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5525110448826348897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5525110448826348897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2009"/></entry></feed>