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AhmedThe normality of sexuality
June 4th 2008 06:32
It all started when Ahmed asked the Orble community if homosexuality could be considered natural. He inflamed readers with the following sentiment:
"In a way I sympathise with the extremist religious groups claiming that homosexuality will destroy our countries and governments. The long term effect of homosexuals is yet to be seen, the natural vs. unnatural argument is one that should be rested... and the real questions that should be asked is if homosexuality can be reduced by ensuring healthier foetus development and child upbringing, if it should be reduced, that is, if we can make small adjustments to developing babies to prevent them from going through the problems of gender identity and finally if all women really are lesbians or bisexuals."
A series of long comments got thrown back and forth, with too much writing for your humble narrator to make much sense of, O my brothers.
As a response, a very personal post was written by postmoderncritic, called "Why Is The 'Is Homosexuality Normal?' Argument Homophobic?", who feels that arguing on this fact is an example of
"...clinging onto arguments made [by] their forefathers and other homophobes who are so fearful of homosexuality that they cannot accept that it is part of natural human behaviour. "
The arguments are long-winded and thoughtful, with both sides standing up to have their say, though it seems to be the Orble crowd versus Ahmed. Ah well, he's not afraid of posting long comments, either.
*this image is from the Homosexuality in China Wikipedia article
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Comment by Ahmed
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PMCs post however was not putting up the question of the normality of homosexuality but rather resorting to personal attacks against my character to discredit whatever it is I had to say.
So yeah, that is probably what really got to me, I don't like that sort of thinking. For me it's really nothing personal, I don't see why people have to force themselves to think otherwise. But if you must then you must, though it will be more telling of your own motives and personal issues than mine.
Comment by postmoderncritic
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Thanks for the write-up - I tried to post on the day I got your message but it wouldn't let me. Something about an invalid URL I'm going to try to post this, and if it works I'll add another comment.
Comment by postmoderncritic
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So you say my post is personal. I think every post is (very) personal- it doesn't matter what you're writing about. I'm glad that I knew how to make this work to my advantage in this post.
Comment by Earl Leonard
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