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...claims that AFARM "responds to the legitimate concerns of AALARM, the Association Against Learning in the Absence of Religion and Morality, not with open and smart discussion but with lame posters and infantile humor." The fruits of AALARM'S "legitimate concerns" include putting their (anti-pink triangle) blue square symbol at the base of the Widener steps the night before National Holocaust Remembrance Day. This was done so that it would be in full view when the names of those who died in the concentration camps were read. Protesting the memorial for gays who died in the and Holocaust...
...AALARM posters that appeared during BGLAD (Bisexual, Gay and Lesbian Awareness Days) and National Holocaust Remembrance Day last April were pretty "lame." One poster featured the blue square and the slogan, "DON'T BGLAD, BE AALARMED!" (almost as witty as "Old MacDonald has AFARM"!) Another had unattributed statistics about the acceptance of homosexuality, and the slogan "DON'T ENCOURAGE OR RECRUIT HOMOSEXUALS!" If I thought recruitment would increase my chance of getting a date, I'd be on the street corner right now passing out flyers...
...main difference between AALARM and AFARM is that AALARM takes itself much more seriously, Robert K.A. Wasinger '94, an outspoken member of AALARM, has been known to give quotes like his comment on Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield's ramarks about the shamelessness of homosexuality ("Coalition Reacts to Mansfield," Oct. 22, 1993): "Homosexuality is a vile and detestable lifestyle and I think that it is completely disgusting that two people could do that freely to each other...
...describing the gay membership of AFARM solely in terms of what he imagines to be their bedroom behavior, Lat caters to the bigoted notion that homosexuality is a purely libidinal matter...
...criticizes AFARM for rejecting "rational and intelligent discourse" in favor of ill-conceived humor. Unfortunately, by caricaturing homosexuals as promiscuous perverts, Lat himself as promiscuous perverts, Lat himself sacrifices reason and intelligence in a weak effort at writing a clever rhyme. Jordan Schreiber...