I guess I don't quite know what to think about this discussion. It's obvious that the film is offensive to some people because of its sympathetic treatment of homosexuality - something that is absolutely repulsive to some people. If that's how they feel about it, I guess that it's natural that they should respond.....er, viscerally.

On the other hand, it is a serious film that certainly seems to have significant merit. It covers issues that warrant serious discussion. What I'm wondering is how can people who aren't disgusted by the film have an intelligent discussion of it, when you have other people jumping around and tsk-tsking about "buttfucking."*

One of the Clones deleted the Martin Gibson "mutual buttfuck" post above, and I could see good reason for the deletion. Still, I decided to undelete the post because the deletion broke the flow of the discussion. I have to say, though, that it's hard to say what sort of moderation is appropriate in a situation like this. How do you let people who are offended have their say, and still encourage an intelligent discussion of the film?

-Joe Offer-


*And if people are so offended by the film, one could wonder why they're so offensive themselves in the way they express it.