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To: koan who wrote (8584)3/29/2006 4:19:12 PM
From: E. Charters  Read Replies (1) of 78411
 
Normal means having a central tendency on the bell curve. Generally that is taken to be two standard deviates from the mean. In the 66% range. Any sample outside that range is considered abnormal to a degree. That is the meaning of normal. Adhering to the greater part. Not in the minority. Therefore any human group that is less than say 10% in representation of any trait is definitely abnormal, whether it is intelligence, handedness, eye colour, blood type or religion that is under consideration. It is a matter of definition of terms.

What is really meant (by some) is that homosexuality is a natural tendency of a minority of a species. It is however definitely not the norm. It is therefore abnormal.

Now don't go saying that we are all normal, or that we are all not normal. We are mostly normal. That is the definition of the term. Everything is mostly normal. 66% at least. You could say that 20% or more of everything is abnormal. Fact.

What do differences amount to? Differences. That is what. It is up to you what you make of them. Differences are what make life interesting.

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