but "morally right" differs in different societies.It's not a good ruler with which to measure the world since the units of measure are not always the same.A sliding scale of evolutionary usefullness would be more productive and probably easier to apply to all groups of people.
Quote from: quadz on November 16, 2006, 12:18:41 PMit's just not in his make-up to be turned on by women.It's not in my make-up to be turned on by fat chicks, but I'd still do one if it meant the saving the species from extinction.Can gay guys do the same? Probably.. but they wouldn't.
it's just not in his make-up to be turned on by women.
Anyway, sexual orientation is really such a tiny component of what makes up the gestalt of an individual's persona or psyche. It's weird that it gets so blown out of proportion.
but "morally right" differs in different societies.It's not a good ruler with which to measure the world since the units of measure are not always the same.A sliding scale of evolutionary usefullness would be more productive and probably easier to apply to all groups of people.In the short term, we may be insulated from our choices by our society, but how do we insulate the society from the dangers of becoming apathetic regarding some of the most vital causes of our societies' existence.without heterosexual intercourse, there would be no society, and no humans, and no gays.Using my ruler (of evolutionary usefullness) being gay and not caring that people are gay are equally useless and can lead to a dangerous erosion of the inclinations that keep us breeding successfully, and thus existing.simply put, excessive amounts of gayness (or is it gaity?) among individuals in a society could concievably be the end of that society.
but I'm generalizing about gay people as a group!I don't need a smaller ruler that only pertains to individuals when I'm trying to measure the merit of the collective actions of gays as a whole.[...]On a societal level(or even at the species level), gayness can be more easily measured to a consistent rubric that won't change depending on the circumstances.I prefer to not get into the motivations of individuals as they are too various to comprehend.
Keep in mind, Hitler was in group A, and Alan Turing was in group B.