Hello I'm Rich Brown and this is my personal website and blog. I'm just your simple, average, down to earth, professional, out gay man and aspiring circuit boy, living in Phoenix, Arizona with a few things to say while trying to find my place among all the scary, conservative, religious nuts in this sick and twisted world.
Saturday, January 29, 2005
Freedom of Speech, Nudity and Christian Sensibilities
@HOME. So I was just reading Kurt's Blog and I have to say I was a little irritated. Not irritated by what Kurt wrote but irritated by many of the comments that some of his readers posted. I think it's great that Kurt can write about whatever he feels like and is totally open and honest with himself and his feelings. I believe that some of his readers would rather him censor what he's writing because they feel some of what he has to say is too much information. We'll I've got news for people, it's his blog and he can write whatever he feels like. Just as this is my blog and I can write whatever I feel like. If we resort to criticizing people for what they write then we are starting to travel down a dark path that will have no good outcome. People write because they want to express themselves and they have the freedom to do that. We live in a country and society where those rights were earned and continue be earned by every person that gives their lives for the American Flag. If I'm not mistaken people read other's blogs on their own accord and just as freely choose to not read them. Rather then make comments regarding someone giving out too much information, maybe they should just 'change the channel.'
Some of the comments in Kurt's Blog also brought some very negative points regarding nudity. I was a bit irritated over the whole thing, so I posted the following comment on his blog:
I believe this subject is difficult for those to understand outside of the gay community. It has been my experience that "fag hags", and I really don't care for that term much even though I am gay, are usually harboring some feelings for their gay best friends. I've seen this more then once. As far as nudity and information, well I think some people take all this too serious. I think we should be proud of ourselves and our body and not ashamed. It really comes down to a personal decision if someone minds if others see them naked or not. Through social conditioning and religious guilt we have been taught here in the U.S. that it's wrong. If you look at most European countries they don't take nudity nearly as serious as we do in the states. My opinion is that you should do whatever feels right for you and don't let anyone else tell you how to feel or what to believe. Interesting topic Kurt! Don't ever censor yourself or your writing on behalf of others.
I guess that's a little summary on how I feel about this topic. I really think that organized religion has so much a part to play on the so called 'moraility issues' and values that people pretend to uphold. Don't get me wrong, I was raised Catholic, I was an altar boy, and until the past few years I attended church. I have nothing against religion, but I feel it's a personal topic and I'm scared to see where it's headed in this country.
Ok ... I have so much more to write regarding all of this but the pizza delivery just arrived and I have to go. I'll try and get back to this topic later. Cheers.
Thanks so much for your input and I agree they make someone being nude in American a bad thing. I look up some things on the net one thing I found is America has more rape and more child rape than any other country make a person wonder why?
Thanks again for your honesty!
|______________________________________________________________________ posted by Kurt @ Sunday, January 30, 2005 10:00:00 AM
