Then would someone PLEASE tell me why so many people are trying to do just precisely that?  A kid from the sticks is told these very things on a daily basis.  
*light bulb*
Maybe THAT'S the real issue...it's not a black/white issue.  It's not a homo/hetero thing.  It's not a Muslim/Christian/Satanist/Athiest/Whateverism thing at all.  It isn't even a male/female issue.  It's a metro/rural thing after all.  See, I knew it!   
 
 
Seriously, if we admit that re-education is a failure, that we ourselves would reject it outright, then why do we insist on doing it?   
