I thought the thesis of the movie was...

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Posted by Darth Dobbin at 208-58-250-204.s458.tnt1.nwhv.ct.dialup.rcn.com on July 02, 2000 at 14:10:22:

In Reply to: Banky's Sexuality posted by Attrition on July 02, 2000 at 02:28:12:

that the division between "Gay" and "Straight" is not a binary, YES or NO proposition, but rather a sliding scale between absolute black and absolute white, wherein EVERYBODY has got some grey to them. Some more than others, obviously..

If we are to say, in this analogy, that there is a continuum with 100 points on it, and that WHITE is "straight", starting with "pure white at a value of 1, and "BLACK" is "gay,", with a value of 100, then perhaps
the scores come out as follows:

Holden: 15-20
Banky:45
Alyssa:60
Hooper:200
Fanboy:not on scale; asexual lump

Anyway, that's what I took away- That there is a hint of the "sexual," on some level, with all of our friends, and the line between love in terms of friendship and love in terms of physicallity may become blurred, without this meaning that an absolute "LABEL" which excludes all other definitions can apply.

Does that make any sense?

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I agree, but Kevin seems to say differently.... Mr Fossey 15:13:45 7/02/00 (3)
- The two AIN'T mutually exclusive... Darth Dobbin 15:31:32 7/02/00 (2)
  - Hmmm... Mr Fossey 18:56:05 7/02/00 (1)
    - Re: Hmmm... Darth Dobbin 00:09:34 7/03/00 (0)
Yes. turtle 15:02:10 7/02/00 (0)

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: that the division between "Gay" and "Straight" is not a binary, YES or NO proposition, but rather a sliding scale between absolute black and absolute white, wherein EVERYBODY has got some grey to them. Some more than others, obviously.. : If we are to say, in this analogy, that there is a continuum with 100 points on it, and that WHITE is "straight", starting with "pure white at a value of 1, and "BLACK" is "gay,", with a value of 100, then perhaps : the scores come out as follows: : Holden: 15-20 : Banky:45 : Alyssa:60 : Hooper:200 : Fanboy:not on scale; asexual lump : Anyway, that's what I took away- That there is a hint of the "sexual," on some level, with all of our friends, and the line between love in terms of friendship and love in terms of physicallity may become blurred, without this meaning that an absolute "LABEL" which excludes all other definitions can apply. : Does that make any sense?

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