Two items in the recent "This Is True" newsletter: -------------------------------------------------- THIS is TRUE for 10 September 2000 Copyright 2000 www.thisistrue.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- OLYMPIC SHOWTIME: Despite scattered protests, Sydney Olympics organizers have refused to back down from their plan to use drag queens in the Games' closing ceremony. The cross-dressers, perhaps accompanied by "Muscle Marys", will appear on a float commemorating Australian cinema, in this case the 1995 movie "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert", which features a band of transvestites trekking through the Australian Outback. Local newspapers are supporting the plan, noting that cross-dressing is "a part of the nation's art culture." Closing ceremony director Ric Birch dismissed the anti-gay protests, noting "This element of the show is only a tiny part of a huge celebration. [As] for the right wing reactionaries, ...they're always going to be outraged." Other floats in the closing ceremony parade will commemorate other Australian movies, such as Crocodile Dundee and Mad Max. (Reuters) ...Which will surely trigger protests by animal rights and anti-violence advocates. OLYMPIC EXPECTATIONS: Every athlete competing in the Sydney Olympics will get an allotment of 51 condoms in their welcome package. Assuming they stay all 17 days, that gives each three condoms per day. (Reuters) ..."Hope springs eternal in the human breast / Man never is, but always to be blest / The soul, uneasy, and confin'd from home / Rests and expatiates in a life to come." --Alexander Pope (Essay on Man, 1733). <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
