One thing I noticed during Alli's little argument with Christopher was her comments regarding people's opinions of homosexuals. It seems she either doesn't know of or refuses to aknowledge the existance of, or the sheer unreasonable nature of, the American Religeous Right (as in right-wing). I can't help but wonder how ignorant most of the rest of the world is about this.
I would like to begins the discussion by asking this question of our friends outside the U.S. Note that I ask this with genuine curiosity, and not out of some attempt to prove a point. Have you ever heard of Oliver Cromwell? What do your schools teach about him?
If it seems like the questions are a statement, please don't think this. I am always curious on how other countries, particularly Britain, regard aspects of history that I learned about in my own American schools, such as what their degree of importance is, and what the proscribed attitude toward certain fhistorical igures and events are.
Yes, I do protest too much. I made some pretty strong statements in response to Contentious Objector earlier. In truth, I just wanted to see how he'd react to his own style of argument. I *can* flame, if I so desire, I just usually prefer not to.