You say my views on health rates are distasteful Ian....fair enough, you put up an argument that says homosexual men have the same rates of sexually transmitted disease as heterosexuals and I will debate with you on that.

However.....I see no "laughing and joking" in your posts to me or to Christians. they contain vicious abuse cursing and insults, but even someone with a "liberal" perspective would be hard pushed to find any humour there.

Joe....You say Ian should be "more congenial", but seriously, what would you think if we all behaved in the manner that Ian does?
Do you think cursing swearing, insults, name calling in place of reasoned argument are good for the forum? Do you not see what would happen if we all used personal abuse as a weapon?

I know my views are not popular with the majority here, but the figures are true and extremely worrying and as such are a subject for debate.
To ask why these rates apply only to male homosexuals in every country in the world, and why homosexuality is being promoted as a safe and healthy lifestyle while these rates apply, is surely a debatable issue and people arguing on either side of that debate should not be subjected to personal abuse or claims of bigotry?

Personally, Ian's ranting and gibberish has no effect on me, but if these bullying tactics are to be referred to as "less than congenial",
then that is an open invitation for the whole membership to dispense with reason and adopt abuse as a debating tactic.