I guess dotard just knows what is best for our species... An Idea so much people had and so much failed.

(March 1, 2011 at 4:39 pm)The Omnissiunt One Wrote: By your definition, Dotard, left-handedness is abnormal. If that's all that you're saying, then fine,...

Really, that's all I'm saying.

Quote:...repeatedly calling homosexuality 'abnormal', it seems that you are implying it as a criticism. I would not call a left-handed person abnormal, however much it may be true.

I do that in response to the folks who repeatedly call homosexuality 'normal'.

It seems to me comparing left handedness to a sexual abnormality is like comparing an extra toe to schizophrenia. Extra digits or use of a different hand is not the same as disorders of the psyche.

Or something like that.

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(March 1, 2011 at 7:45 pm)LastPoet Wrote: I guess dotard just knows what is best for our species... An Idea so much people had and so much failed.

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Dotard Wrote:It seems to me comparing left handedness to a sexual abnormality is like comparing an extra toe to schizophrenia. Extra digits or use of a different hand is not the same as disorders of the psyche.

Or something like that.

How isn't it? 0.o

I don't even know what the word 'normal' signifies anymore, as it is rather wildly subjective

Calling homosexuality abnormal simply because it's less usual than heterosexuality, is like calling cats abnormal to have as pets because they're not quite as popular as dogs.

(March 2, 2011 at 6:27 am)DoubtVsFaith Wrote: Calling homosexuality abnormal simply because it's less usual than heterosexuality, is like calling cats abnormal to have as pets because they're not quite as popular as dogs.

Please don't bring my archnemesis into this. And may they all die, making it truly remarkable to still have a cat as a pet.

Other human women come next to eliminate

For gay marriage, marriage with goats* , marriage with rocks, and polygamy with multiple consenting partners having the same status as heterosexual marriage.

*With SPCA rules over care of animals in place of course (so that rules out sex).

(March 2, 2011 at 6:27 am)DoubtVsFaith Wrote: Calling homosexuality abnormal simply because it's less usual than heterosexuality, is like calling cats abnormal to have as pets because they're not quite as popular as dogs.

Kinda. It is not normal to have Galapagos Tortoise as a pet. So you could rightfully consider a Tortoise an 'abnormal' pet to have. Like someone pointed out previously, left-handedness is an abnormality.

I maintain it's compairing apples and oranges. An abnormal pet or extra digit on an extremity is not a parallel compairison to a sexual disorder.
Disorder being defined as an irregularity, a disturbance, a malady, a deviation from the normal.

What type of disorder? It's not a medical disorder.

(March 2, 2011 at 10:35 am)BlackUnicorn Wrote: For gay marriage, marriage with goats* , marriage with rocks, and polygamy with multiple consenting partners having the same status as heterosexual marriage.

*With SPCA rules over care of animals in place of course (so that rules out sex).

Spot on, the government should have no place deciding the terms of marriage other than officially recognising the union that the consenting adults have chosen.

What if neurological scans reveal that fluffy enjoys it?

(March 2, 2011 at 11:24 am)DoubtVsFaith Wrote: What type of disorder? It's not a medical disorder.

You seem to have missed the last line in my post. Please try again.