RE: Responding to "Homosexuality is wrong, the same way incest is wrong"
September 1, 2015 at 7:13 pm
(This post was last modified: September 1, 2015 at 7:58 pm by Pyrrho.)
(September 1, 2015 at 6:52 pm)MTL Wrote:(May 22, 2015 at 6:25 pm)Chad32 Wrote: Bonobos are a great example, because they are possibly the least violent ape and solve their disputes with sex.
The "solve" their disputes with sex? Really? This is documented?
If Yes, how interesting.
Oscar Wilde wrote:
" Everything in the world is about sex...except sex. Sex is about power. "
Not really.
Quote:"We didn't find any definite cases of killing by bonobos, though there was one case of a male bonobo who was severely attacked by members of his own group and never seen again," Wilson said.
http://www.livescience.com/47885-chimpan...ution.html
Quote:Seeking the answer to that question, researchers noted that infanticide is almost unknown among bonobos.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/evolution/librar...73_03.html
Notice the word "almost" in that sentence, and what it really means. If it never happened, it would not be "almost unknown;" it would be simply "unknown."
Bonobos are less violent than common chimpanzees. But "less violent" does not mean that they are not sometimes violent.
Edited to add:
Quote:Females that have strong bonds keep males away from food and often attack males, biting off their fingers and toes (de Waal 1997).
http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/factsheets/e...nobo/behav
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.