(August 11, 2015 at 6:37 pm)Iroscato Wrote: Who the fuck are you to call being gay a defect?
Who am I? Well I am one who has considered the argument. So let us enumerate it here for those of you who have not so considered the argument.
If I am to accept the argument that one is born gay and it is not a psychological issue; and I am to further accept that even animals are born gay than we may determine the the question in terms of genetic trait or mutation for any and all species, be they human or animal.
Now contrary to the argument that homos may reproduce (which implies they do so readily) the majority of homos in any given species come from heteros. With that said heteros commonly give birth to heteros such that we may say homos comprise 10% of the birthed population of any given species (unless we are assuming homo has a higher rate of miscarriage or infant mortality, which really does not follow from being homo per se).
Since the majority of homos come from heteros (by this I would venture to say +90% if not 100% of homos come from heteros in any given species) it may be said homo is either a recessive genetic trait of the hetero or a genetic mutation. If we consider it to be a a recessive genetic trait we would stipulate it should manifest approximately 25% of the time in any given species while we only observe homosexuality manifesting 10% of the time.
Furthermore, if it were a genetic trait there should be a statistical significance of it being prevalent in a specific biological species or sub-group and not ubiquitous across many biological species or groups. To my understanding the general argument is homosexuality is ubiquitous across numerous species and biological sub-groups within a given species and is not statistically significant in any particular specie or biological sub-group. Now if I am to accept this argument of ubiquity across species and sub-groups than it may be said such is not a genetic trait which shall be prevalent in some species or groups and non-existent in others, but rather a genetic mutation which will be manifest across numerous species and sub-groups.
Now if we are to argue the subject of genetic mutation we may define the categories. Adaptive, ineffective, and defective. Where an adaptive genetic mutation shall facilitate the biological subsistence and propagation of the mutation; an ineffective genetic mutation shall not facilitate or impinge the biological subsistence and propagation of the mutation; and a defective genetic mutation shall impinge the biological subsistence and propagation of the mutation. Where adaptations are to be promoted, ineffections are to be ignored, and defections are to be preempted or avoided.
(NOTE: Consideration is given to subsistence as such is required to reach the point of propagation. It may be said the goal of any given genetic mutation is continuous propagation. Thus in regard to any given genetic mutation propagation is the essential evaluation of quality. This is to say genetic mutation which increase propagation is an adaptation; that impinges propagation is a defect; regardless of its impact on subsistence. In the event the mutation has no positive or negative impact upon propagation than it may be determined as adaptive, ineffective, or defective in terms of its positive or negative impact upon subsistence).
Now we shall consider a mutation in terms of biological subsistence and propagation. For example if we are to take people who are left handed. Does this left handed mutation facilitate or impede biological subsistence? Readily the answer is left handedness does not facilitate or impede biological subsistence; thus in this regard it is ineffectual and to be ignore. We then ask if left handedness facilitates or impedes biological propagation? Once again the answer is left handedness does not facilitate or impede biological propagation of any given species or sub-group and may be considered ineffectual; ergo ignored. As such it may be stated that left handedness is an ineffective genetic mutation. Since it is ineffective there is no need to promote or eliminate it and it may simply be ignored.
We must then ask if the genetic mutation giving rise to homosexuality facilitates biological subsistence and propagation of the mutation or not. In regards to biological subsistence it may be readily said the genetic mutation giving rise to homosexuality is ineffectual; for it neither facilitates nor impedes biological subsistence of any given species or sub-group (we are excluding situation in which an given species of animal kills its own offspring upon "sensing" a genetic mutation). However, in regards to propagation of the mutation we may say the genetic mutation giving rise to homosexuality greatly impedes self propagation in numerous species and sub-groups and may be considered defective. Thus it is recognize that homosexuality is a defect to be preempted or avoided when possible.