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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (74561)	9/12/2003 3:32:12 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"People think of actual loving relationships as the Pith of their Being, but not their orientation per se." I would not want to challenge people to define any ONE thing as their pith of being. I used the word to refer to a fundamental essence--not the only...nor necessarily the penultimate. "I am not quite sure why you persist in discussing it on a moralistic basis, when I have not put it on such a basis." I guess we both agree it is not a moralistic issue. I believe you referred to it as possibly a health issue--an INFIRMITY. You are aware (of course) that "infirmity" has moral connotations and meanings; so you can appreciate that I allowed for that meaning as well as acknowledging it as a health issue. "From what my gay friends have told me, it is not merely not arousing to have sexual contact with a member of the opposite sex, it is usually repulsive." I have heard that from some but not others. "Repulsion" seems a bit strange. If you love someone, repulsion would seem to be a psychological hang-up. Still-I agree. One gay friend of many years ago discussed that very issue with me. And I remember clearly that he was repulsed by sex with women (he had done it). I don't know though that it is usual? I don't think that homosexuals are normally at the extreme such that they are a polarity. I think they are generally more a middle gender or sexuality. This is only an opinion but it seems to embrace common-sense. I am thinking that it might be interesting to start a thread for discussing such matters so that homosexuals can speak for themselves?