# Pentagon planned to develop a gay sex bomb **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 14, 2005, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-planned-to-develop-a-gay-sex-bomb/284681 "2005-01-14T06:32:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-planned-to-develop-a-gay-sex-bomb/284681/81 "2005-01-15T21:01:24Z")
> [@Loopus](#): > > Said General Clay to General Gore, > “Must we fight this silly war? > To kill and die is such a bore.” > “I quite agree,” said General Gore. > > \ > > With apologies to Shel Silverstein My childhood… _whimper_ ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-planned-to-develop-a-gay-sex-bomb/284681/82 "2005-01-15T21:21:18Z")
> [@FlippyFly](#): > > and yeah, that might still acomplish some of the same goals of ‘shaming’ the enemy, but **I don’t think straight** [/COLOR]+ really horny leads to gay.[/color] Nothing pertinent to the gay sex bomb discussion (I’m surprised more terrible puns have not been engendered than actually were!) but the above quote is a good example of how to take something out of context. (Skimming new posts, that particular phrase caught my eye, and **Flippy** is not accustomed to make self-deprecatory posts, so I looked more closely.) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-planned-to-develop-a-gay-sex-bomb/284681/83 "2005-01-15T21:23:11Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > Nothing pertinent to the gay sex bomb discussion (I’m surprised more terrible puns have not been engendered than actually were!) but the above quote is a good example of how to take something out of context. (Skimming new posts, that particular phrase caught my eye, and **Flippy** is not accustomed to make self-deprecatory posts, so I looked more closely.) That was a low blow, **Polycarp**. You’re the first one we’ll test the new 1920s-style Sex Bomb on. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-planned-to-develop-a-gay-sex-bomb/284681/84 "2005-01-15T21:26:22Z")
I don’t know. I can see this as a really good B-Movie, like Real Genius. Based on a true story! ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2005, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-planned-to-develop-a-gay-sex-bomb/284681/85 "2005-01-15T23:59:51Z")
I must admit, the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread was “[Gay Bar](http://www.rathergood.com/gaybar/)”. Sorry for the minor hijack. I now return you to your nuclear war already in progress. ---
**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-planned-to-develop-a-gay-sex-bomb/284681/86 "2005-01-16T00:36:17Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > [Your tax dollars at work](http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg18524823.800&print=true). > > Heh heh. “Non-lethal blow.” > > If this wasn’t already the premise for a gay porn movie it is now. Wow I think it’s a great step forward for woman’s right’s world wide. We all know that homosexuality is a sin, so this weapon should mandate that women serve on the front line in equal number as men, just incase this weapon is deployed to prevent the temptation of homosexual sex. And who says there is a sepperation of church and state. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-planned-to-develop-a-gay-sex-bomb/284681/87 "2005-01-16T00:45:31Z")
Want to try that again in English? have you been into the scotch tonight? ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-planned-to-develop-a-gay-sex-bomb/284681/88 "2005-01-16T01:47:44Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Ideally, you’re exactly right: Giving everyone a hot sex weekend would be a boost to morale. > > But if all or most of the soldiers think homosexuality is wrong and sinful, giving them lustful thoughts for their own companions would cause massive psychological harm and probably suicides. > > Or at least that’s what the people who allegedly dreamed up this device were probably thinking. They were probably thinking they needed a hook for the dolts who hand out funding for this kind of research----beats the hell out of real work, anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pentagon-planned-to-develop-a-gay-sex-bomb/284681.md?page=4)