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Most times when someone says something they mean it connotatively. So when someone says "that band was gay" they don't mean "That band was uncoll and therefore was homosexual" or "that band was homosexual and therefore uncool" they just mean "that band was uncool." Just like, as was pointed out, calling something lame (or retarded for that matter) is, connotatively, not a bash against handicapped people, it holds a different meaning in that connotation. They haven't changed the name they use for cigarettes in England just because "fag" can mean homosexual as well. And the French name for a bassoon (faggot or fagot) is still printed on music and used. The more you treat something differently, the more different it will be. It's the same philosophy I have with equal rights between the sexes and races - so long as there is a distinction (asking race for statistical surveys, applications, etc) it's impossible for a truly equal existence to come about.
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"Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling
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