Josh Powers

A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since March 12, 1999

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March 12, 1999, on Heather Has Two Mommies:
This is a pathetic attempt at getting a laugh. As has been pointed out by many respondents, your "parody" has nothing to do with the original book, Heather Has Two Mommies. And it exposes the infuriating leaps of "logic" morons like you tend to make (ie "Gee, this is a book about lesbian mothers, so it must be about not being judgmental and having names like Crystal Wolfrunner and being sappy and whiny). How original and oh-so-funny. I especially like the way you masterfully worked euphemisms into almost every sentence, occasionally crossing out the words they're meant to replace, in case we're too dull to get your high-brow, subtle humour. What a hoot! Perhaps if you removed your head from your ass and your eye from your viewfinder for a mere two minutes, you'd realize that there are a large number of lesbian mothers and gay fathers out there. And books like these provide a valuable service, not only to gay families but to society in general. We absolutely have to stop the ignora...