Back into the closet
Feb. 28th, 2007 12:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
binidjThere's not a great deal can make me ashamed of who I am1 but every now and then I see something that just makes me want to crawl back into the closet and deny any association with the fucktards with whome I share a sexuality. To clarify, I just saw an article3 entitled "NHS Pulls Funding On Gay Smoking Cessation" ... reading it just confirmed my fears. I mean, what the hell are my special cultural needs that mean that normal smoking cessation services won't work for me? It's (demands for) special treatment like this that I firmly believe fuels prejudice and hostility, and I don't want any part of it. For goodness' sake, there are chronic funding shortages in the NHS and these idiots are bitching about losing support for a smoking cessation course which by its nature excludes most of the population ... it's just sickening.
Then again, maybe I don't understand the special issues involved because I am, in fact, not gay ... perhaps the definitions have become about cultural issues rather than about who you play "hide the salami" with ... and gods protect me from that repulsive edifice known (ironically I have to suppose) as gay "culture."
1 Ok sometimes my weirdo hobbies2 can make me shuffle my feet a bit.
2 Tabletop, live and online roleplaying games.
3 There was a link from a survey I filled in ... I don't think I shall be a regular visitor.
Then again, maybe I don't understand the special issues involved because I am, in fact, not gay ... perhaps the definitions have become about cultural issues rather than about who you play "hide the salami" with ... and gods protect me from that repulsive edifice known (ironically I have to suppose) as gay "culture."
1 Ok sometimes my weirdo hobbies2 can make me shuffle my feet a bit.
2 Tabletop, live and online roleplaying games.
3 There was a link from a survey I filled in ... I don't think I shall be a regular visitor.
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Date: 2007-02-28 07:33 pm (UTC)Agreed. [edited]
Ofcourse we all want the best for the NHS. I personally believe there are many times local/racial/gender etc specific schemes are justified and necessary. So I will have to disagree with you I'm afraid. [edit - Obviously this depends on the situation and should not be wasted unnecessarily]
On a seperate note regarding NHS funding: Again going from my experience the NHS is working brilliantly at the moment. I watch the same TV reports as everyone else and all the scare stories in the papers however this year my mother had a stroke, my uncle had an aneurysm and I had something called Bells Palsy. The service, speed and results from our local hospitals were amazing and far exceeded what could be expected if you believed all you were told.