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

To: Solon who wrote (74836)	9/15/2003 1:21:21 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

It is not a matter of factual numerousness at all. However, it would be preferable if the rule were more prevalent than the exception. This is by comparing the consequences of making the alternatives the rule. That was the point of the original thought experiment, to show that it was preferable to have heterosexuality prevail, rather than homosexuality, not to show that the exceptional instances of homosexuality were bad. The idea of the exception is that it is okay, or even good, under circumstances, but that the rule is preferable as the default position. If homosexuality had prevailed, we would have either faced extinction as a species, or have had to force a number of people, against their natural inclinations, to contrive ways of copulating. Not only would this have been onerous, but uncertain as a means of gaining an adequate replacement level, or as a solid foundation for domestic life. Of course, a loose imagination might supply some counter- scenarios, but extrapolating from what we know, this is the likeliest set of results. Of course if that were a mere condition of life, we would adjust to it. But it has something to do with the affirmation of heterosexuality, which is integral to the affirmation of fertility and of the family. That leads to the other argument, which is that the affirmation of heterosexuality is a central value to most societies, and to try to put homosexuality on the same plain as heterosexuality, equal rather than tolerated, goes too deeply against the grain, and will either provoke a backlash, or will stigmatize most all standards regarding sexual behavior..........