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**Paul Bunyan** · 02-04-2012, 02:44 PM

....Please read this Portrait of Dharun Ravi (a Tamil, probably a TB, I am not sure) and talk candidly on this very sensitive topic.

Dear Y, thank you for posting this link, I read all the 14 pages, the poor reader that I am it took a while.

First, not that it matters any, Dharun is most probably not of TB lineage, his father's name Pazhani is a give away, but Tamil he sure is, again because of his father's name.

Y, with all due respects to your dear wife, it is unfair to blame the parents. It is just the luck of the draw, Dharun could be the son of any of us. The U.S. pop culture is only now slowly coming to terms with LGBT issues. Perhaps about the same time as Dharun was having these encounters there was a Captain of an aircraft carrier producing and distributing homophobic videos for his crew, click here for more details. At least Dharun was only curious about getting put out of his own room, clearly not homophobic.

Dharun is an easy scapegoat upon whom the self-righteous can unburden. If he is found guilty of anything more than "teen-age odiousness" it is an indictment of the American criminal justice system.

Having said that, from a purely pragmatic POV, I agree, he should take the 600 hours community service and get on with his life. What the hell is wrong with his lawyers, risking martyrdom for this young man.

Cheers!
Every opinion based on scientific criticism I welcome. As to prejudices .. to which I have never made concessions ... “Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti.” -- Karl Marx

02-04-2012, 02:44 PM	#5
Paul Bunyan Join Date Jul 2007 Age 59 Posts 4,495 Senior Member	....Please read this Portrait of Dharun Ravi (a Tamil, probably a TB, I am not sure) and talk candidly on this very sensitive topic. Dear Y, thank you for posting this link, I read all the 14 pages, the poor reader that I am it took a while. First, not that it matters any, Dharun is most probably not of TB lineage, his father's name Pazhani is a give away, but Tamil he sure is, again because of his father's name. Y, with all due respects to your dear wife, it is unfair to blame the parents. It is just the luck of the draw, Dharun could be the son of any of us. The U.S. pop culture is only now slowly coming to terms with LGBT issues. Perhaps about the same time as Dharun was having these encounters there was a Captain of an aircraft carrier producing and distributing homophobic videos for his crew, click here for more details. At least Dharun was only curious about getting put out of his own room, clearly not homophobic. Dharun is an easy scapegoat upon whom the self-righteous can unburden. If he is found guilty of anything more than "teen-age odiousness" it is an indictment of the American criminal justice system. Having said that, from a purely pragmatic POV, I agree, he should take the 600 hours community service and get on with his life. What the hell is wrong with his lawyers, risking martyrdom for this young man. Cheers! Every opinion based on scientific criticism I welcome. As to prejudices .. to which I have never made concessions ... “Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti.” -- Karl Marx
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