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Dave Cullen Interview re:Ultimate Brokeback Forum

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Lynne:
Here is my cynical and probably completely unworthy theory ;) and I mean this entirely tongue-in-cheek:  Dave Cullen is being diplomatic because he wants the media to be kind when his book on the Columbine massacre is published next year...

Vocabulary is essential in a forum isn't it?  Let me try for something more meaningful than 'everyman'.  I have by no means read DC's every post on his forum so I can't speak to those.

What impressed me were his articles in Salon about gays in the U.S. military and the 'don't ask don't tell' policy.  If anyone has any interest in the subject, I highly recommend them:

http://archive.salon.com/news/feature/2000/06/06/officers/index.html

It seemed that DC went to great lengths to develop contacts in that world and patiently bide his time until he was sufficiently accepted that people affected by this policy would be open with him about their personal experiences.  I didn't find anything especially profound there, but it seemed to me a realistic glimpse into a world where many of us have no direct knowledge.  I work with military-types all the time in my day job, but we never discuss our love lives :)

-Lynne

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