Slog - Comments on The Gay Bomb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb The Pentagon had admitted that it sought to develop a "gay bomb." A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting.... As part of a military effort to develop non-lethal weapons, the proposal suggested, "One distasteful but completely non-lethal example would be strong aphrodisiacs, especially if the chemical also caused homosexual behavior." The documents show the Air Force lab asked for $7.5 million to develop such a chemical weapon. Sadly the... Copyright 2008 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:33:37 -0800 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:12:52 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by maxsolomon why did they think that turning soldiers gay would make them less interested in killing? gay men are still men!

do they even teach history over at the pentagon?

]]> maxsolomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739702 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739702 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:50:36 -0800 Comment by Original Andrew I hope I'm standing right next to Adam Kokesh when the gay bomb goes off.

Zooooommmmm!

]]> Original Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739716 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739716 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:55:32 -0800 Comment by thehim do they even teach history over at the pentagon?

No, the history teacher was gay.

]]> thehim http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739717 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739717 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:55:52 -0800 Comment by duncan make love not war

]]> duncan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739721 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739721 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:57:12 -0800 Comment by adrian! i was hit with a gay bomb once. i don't think much happened. i think the bomb got a little gayer.

but now at least we are given glimpse to the true and real reason about why no gays in the military. the "machine" knows that gays are pacific, evolved things that would naturally rather have the sex than gut some arbitrary so-called "enemy". we're not good soldiers because we are less violent and value sane things, like peace and fucking. thanks, military!

]]> adrian! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739724 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739724 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:58:30 -0800 Comment by duncan @2: Me too: Adam Kokesh and Scott Caan. kaboom!

]]> duncan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739727 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:00:20 -0800 Comment by Mr. Poe Ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm applause to our Pentagon.

I'm sick with the flu, so I'm having a tough time actually believing what I just read. What - the - fucking - fuck?

]]> Mr. Poe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739732 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739732 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:08:12 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo I've long heard rumors that among the chemicals tested for these sorts of effects were MDA and MDMA.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739733 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739733 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:11:42 -0800 Comment by ddv these would have to get classified as WMAD--Weapons of Mass Ass Destruction...

]]> ddv http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739736 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739736 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:14:22 -0800 Comment by Ig Too bad they did not drop one on Seattle before this Pride/Queerfest disaster. Could you imagine a noncombative Lesbian?

]]> Ig http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739742 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739742 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:19:08 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA Hmmm. Who would I want to be standing next to when the gay bomb goes off?

Matt Damon? Orlando Bloom? Sanjaya (would it have any effect?), Jake Gillenhal, Tyson Beckford? The mind boggles at the possibilities...

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739747 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739747 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:23:44 -0800 Comment by Bring it back Bring back this program. I will not vote for any national cantidate that does not support it. And testing could happen at most any professional soccer game, thank you.

]]> Bring it back http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739757 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739757 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:29:40 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Hmm, this wouldn't work well against most NATO countries, which already have active gay soldiers.

Good thing that at least 10 percent of our US armed forces is still in the closet, though.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739760 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739760 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:31:48 -0800 Comment by monkey mmmmm, Adam Kokesh (spots a little)

I think the gay bomb is a fantastic idea.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739763 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739763 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:36:57 -0800 Comment by JC I'd love to see the start of a gay arms race.

]]> JC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739767 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739767 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:41:14 -0800 Comment by Just Curious If you are already gay and get hit with a gay bomb, does that make you straight or Super Gay? And what about bisexuals? We need to refund this right now!

]]> Just Curious http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739774 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739774 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:49:54 -0800 Comment by matthew fisher wilder The Gay Bomb would be effective, actually. However, it wouldn't be the distraction of enemy soldiers getting close with each other that would do them in. It would be the subsequent apathy of the enemy soldiers going to gay bars complaining about how much the city they're in, like, sucks so hard omg.

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739794 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739794 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:17:46 -0800 Comment by Mokawi The Theban elite force, probably the most deadly troops in ancient Greece, was said to be composed exclusively of pairs of lovers, so that their courage would never fail, as a failure from their part would expose their loved one.
On the other hand, if the ennemy is from an homophobic culture, you might get massive suicides. It just so happens that Islamists usually are.

]]> Mokawi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739815 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739815 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:27:58 -0800 Comment by Katelyn This bomb would obviously be the end of any enemy, because gay people are always sexily OUT OF CONTROL. ... wtf. This sounds like Dr. Strangelove.

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739819 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739819 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:29:28 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Be careful what you wish for... could be like Ritalin on hyper kids and blow you straight again. Just sayin...

And what a weird weapon to research. I mean, some of the greatest military forces in history, like, well, you know.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739829 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739829 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:32:23 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Oh, I guess everything I said was already covered. Again. Oh well.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739838 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739838 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:35:02 -0800 Comment by Geni Personally, if I had access to a Gay Bomb, I'd drop the damn thing in Mars Hill and Antioch Baptist, just to shut them up. Ken, Mark, just get a room already and stop obsessing so much about buttsex!

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739852 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739852 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:53:16 -0800 Comment by lsk3ster I was loking at Nadal/Federer pictures yesterday and they looked pretty gay. Goddamn Europeans!

]]> lsk3ster http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739873 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739873 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:03:30 -0800 Comment by COMTE So, um, now the U.S. military is developing battlefield tactical scenarios based on old "Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers" comics?

What's next? Super Soldier Serum?

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739879 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739879 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:06:17 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Wait a minute. Don't you think the people hit by a gay bomb would look around a few times and be like: Hey, what the fuck! How did we all get gay and stuff?

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739881 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739881 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:08:49 -0800 Comment by Katelyn No, Lloyd, they would be too busy humping each other. Because gay people have no self control. (I think that's how the official argument would have read, anyway...)

]]> Katelyn http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739887 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739887 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:15:47 -0800 Comment by JC Doesn't the government read sci-fi? This can only lead to a new breed of unstoppable super-homo.

]]> JC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739896 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739896 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:22:40 -0800 Comment by monkey mmmmmm, breeding unstoppable hot super-homos.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739907 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739907 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:31:07 -0800 Comment by Bruce they would have fabulous uniforms!

]]> Bruce http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739928 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739928 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:56:01 -0800 Comment by Just Curious @19 - Yup, Dr. Strangelove. Or maybe a funky gay porn movie.

]]> Just Curious http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739935 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739935 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:04:39 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV Remember to Duck and Cover, kids!

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739949 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c739949 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:28:59 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @1 - because the Spartans were so peace-loving ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c740051 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c740051 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:30:35 -0800 Comment by Mr. Designer I don't believe the story. Perfect for the Onion.

]]> Mr. Designer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c740107 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c740107 Homo Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:07:03 -0800 Comment by MBI I remember this story. The idea wasn't to make them "gay," per se, just to make them really horny and indiscriminate. So the idea would be that they were too busy fucking to fight.

]]> MBI http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c740396 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c740396 Homo Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:53:27 -0800 Comment by brad that would be one big "awkward morning after" in the barracks. Geez.

]]> brad http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c740885 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c740885 Homo Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:35:06 -0800 Comment by Nemo If there was a cold-war standoff about use of gay bombs, would the policy be called "mutually-assured erection"?

]]> Nemo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c742413 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c742413 Homo Wed, 13 Jun 2007 13:24:53 -0800 Comment by lawrence clark Wouldn't it be better to drop a "straight bomb" on the enemy? That way all the soldiers would just leave the battle in search of hetero women. What an incredibly stupid idea.

]]> lawrence clark http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c742794 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c742794 Homo Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:45:34 -0800 Comment by Stephen very cool site

]]> Stephen http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c745101 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/06/the_gay_bomb#c745101 Homo Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:12:52 -0800