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10-27-2011, 01:31 AM
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Bizarro World
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: good ol' So Cal
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i like how you list the national debt first and don't even mention unemployment
very telling
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10-27-2011, 01:34 AM
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#23
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Originally Posted by $h@key J0nEZ
I can't help but think there are bigger, more important problems out there to talk about, like the national debt, patriot act, wars and recession etc. I doubt a few fudge packers and carpet munchers are going to be the end of this country.
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What better way to distract people then to focus them on something that the government should really play no part in.
Same goes for abortion, yet it is a hot button topic decade after decade.
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10-27-2011, 07:00 AM
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#24
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Supports 2nd Amendment
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: NH
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Quote:
Originally Posted by drgonzo
This is actually very similar to a sentiment I regularly share when encountering anti-gay bigotry of the "lifestyle choice" variety -- those who claim it is a choice to be gay should prove it by choosing to be gay for a while.
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Why? We don't choose to be gay. Others do. You can choose to be gay if you want. Send Overbear a PM
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Proud American
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10-27-2011, 11:20 AM
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#25
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Jersey
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Angry_Birds
There is no arguing that homosexuality is not biologically natural, but you CANNOT seriously be comparing pedophilia to relations between two consenting adults.
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1) Of course it's arguable. I stay neutral on the issue, and I definitely believe there are some chemical imbalances that take place at birth, but the science behind both arguments are not only shady but completely secondary at best, and for me that's not good enough to make a judgement that someone is fully born gay.
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10-27-2011, 11:31 AM
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#26
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Seattle
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSupra619
1) Of course it's arguable. I stay neutral on the issue, and I definitely believe there are some chemical imbalances that take place at birth, but the science behind both arguments are not only shady but completely secondary at best, and for me that's not good enough to make a judgement that someone is fully born gay.
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Here is a very, very, simplistic, elementary idea:
Ask a gay person.
Guarantee you they never remember waking up one day and saying, "hmm... I think I'll like boys" or "I've made up my mind. I'm going to be gay."
It's not that hard, guys. I mean, really...?
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10-27-2011, 12:10 PM
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#27
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Jersey
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I've heard many say that during their teenage years, they noticed themselves starting to be attracted to the same sex....the "wake up one day and be gay" argument is a bad cop-out for people who insist they know the reason behind homosexuality but in reality have no understanding of the science behind the brain. I've never said someone simply wakes up one day and decides to be gay, and I don't believe anybody else has, so stop spewing group speak.
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10-27-2011, 12:42 PM
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No more hate
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I don't care who you choose to go home to and I care even less about why you are to be that way. I'm not suggesting homosexuality is a choice by the way.
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Last edited by P0ontang 4 Peace : 10-27-2011 at 12:44 PM.
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10-27-2011, 01:10 PM
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#29
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Seattle
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSupra619
I've heard many say that during their teenage years, they noticed themselves starting to be attracted to the same sex....the "wake up one day and be gay" argument is a bad cop-out for people who insist they know the reason behind homosexuality but in reality have no understanding of the science behind the brain. I've never said someone simply wakes up one day and decides to be gay, and I don't believe anybody else has, so stop spewing group speak.
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Oh... okay. Only homosexuals become attracted to others over a period of time.
Last time I checked, heterosexuals do the exact same thing. If anything, your argument provides sufficient logic and evidence to further show that being gay is completely natural.
Your argument doesn't exhaust the fact that gays don't "choose" that they want to be gay. If you're trying to say that they do, then what do you expect them to do? They have to choose, right? So this choice has to come about at one point in time. Eventually, they have to say "I'm going to be gay."
So, I know you want to stay neutral on the issue, but there's really two sides with this argument.
Either, you support the idea that gays choose to be gay which, by that admission, explicitly requires a certain moment of action for this decision to be made
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You support the idea that gays grow these sexual attractions for the same sex over a period of time, just as heterosexuals grow sexual attractions for the opposite sex over a period of time.
This really is a stupid argument and can be nullified the instant you ask a gay person. 100%, they didn't "choose" to be gay. They grew up forming sexual interests in the same sex. It's been that way with every gay friend I've had.
There's also additional factors that come in to bisexuals. These people find all sexes attractive, not by choice, but rather by that's just how they are. They are the most obvious candidates for people who could have a "choice" but they remain open to both.
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10-27-2011, 01:12 PM
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Hitmanimal
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Los Angeles
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSupra619
It's a sexual perversion, like predators who are attracted to pre-teens. Can they help they're attracted? No
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What does Islam have to say on the topic?
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10-27-2011, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Jersey
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Islam says it's a sin for a man to lay with another man. It doesn't discuss whether someone is born gay or whether they've developed the perversion through their lifetime. Islam also recognizes that having thoughts about the same sex occurs, but that you should not act upon these urges because eventually they will lead to complete corruption of the mind of the individual.
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10-27-2011, 02:58 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Easthampton ma.
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IMO if you have to make a "choice" you are bisexual and are "choosing" to be with one OR the other! Either way it doesn't matter to me at all.
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10-27-2011, 03:19 PM
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It's Good to be the King
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: So Cal
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Don't give a **** if you're gay or straight, thus I truly don't give a **** whether it's a choice, quasi-choice, genetic, etc.
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10-27-2011, 03:39 PM
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Hitmanimal
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Los Angeles
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSupra619
Islam says it's a sin for a man to lay with another man. It doesn't discuss whether someone is born gay or whether they've developed the perversion through their lifetime. Islam also recognizes that having thoughts about the same sex occurs, but that you should not act upon these urges because eventually they will lead to complete corruption of the mind of the individual.
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Huh, that's completely contrary to every personal experience. And living in DC I know a LOT of gay people.
Do you believe that?
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10-27-2011, 03:46 PM
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JESUS Freak and PB Addict
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Yucca Valley Ca.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tank Wilson
Again, this thread could be moved to another sub-forum, but that wouldn't quite reflect the reality of our political landscape. Let me explain to those who need it why homosexuality is not a choice.
If being gay is a choice, that would mean straight people would have to admit they can physically be aroused by the same sex. Did you get that?
That means Joe the Plumber must admit when he sees a man in a speedo, he gets an erection, but it is his choice not to act on his desires. That has got to be the biggest bunch of BS I've ever heard come from the GOP, especially Herman Cain.
I had a gay roommate one time I was convinced I could sell him on some sweet vagina. Every time I mentioned vagina, he would yell out "OMG SO NASTY STOP!" I asked him why it grosses him out, and he went on and on about how nasty a vagina is, it almost turned me gay too.
(Some of you dudes know what he's talking about, eh?)
How do you force a man to love vagina? Answer me that, please.
You can't. No amount of Church, hypnosis, hell, even electro-shock therapy can turn a gay man straight.
But, if you still contend that as a straight man, being gay is a choice, then you concede you have achieved an erection at the thought or sight of another man.
Which means you're gay and holding yourself back from good times.
So, now that I've proven to you that being gay is not a choice, what arguments do you have as to why you should oppress and limit the freedoms of your brothers and sisters? You must show your work. Please no scripture.
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So are pedophiles ok???? or are they sick in the head. I for one believe they are sick but one can make the arguement that it is a sexual preference. Also for the sickening part of this is that when I was taking Sociology the psychiatrist who was teaching the class said that he found it ok for an adult to have sex with a child as long as the child did not protest... now he claimed to be the smartest guy on the planet but I beg to differ... so who is right and who is wrong? I have made my stance and have concluded that homosexuality is wrong just as a person is wrong for their desire to have sex with a child. Just my thoughts on the issue.
Last edited by saint : 10-27-2011 at 04:09 PM.
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10-27-2011, 03:51 PM
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Hitmanimal
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Los Angeles
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Originally Posted by saint
Also for the sickening part of this is that when I was taking Sociology the psychiatrist who was teaching the class said that he found it ok for an adult to have sex with a child as long as the child did not protest... now he claimed to be the smartest guy on the planet but I beg to differ... so who is right and who is wrong?
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Descriptions of imaginary people from bible thumpers are too easy to spot. I don't understand what it is with the certain sects of Christianity and a fear of intellectuals to the point of delusion.
I've never heard anyone with an ounce of intelligence claim to be the smartest person on the planet.
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10-27-2011, 03:51 PM
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Half-cocked
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Originally Posted by Tuff
Why? We don't choose to be gay. Others do.
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Since it's a simple choice it should be no problem to go ahead and have a gay experience just to prove it's a choice. >I< don't think it's a choice, so PMing overbear is something choicers need to do.
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10-27-2011, 03:55 PM
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Hitmanimal
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Los Angeles
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As Tank said, I agree completely.
If gay people can choose to be straight, straight people should be able to choose to be gay.
Give it a shot, see if it works.
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10-27-2011, 03:56 PM
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JESUS Freak and PB Addict
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Yucca Valley Ca.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Umami
Descriptions of imaginary people from bible thumpers are too easy to spot. I don't understand what it is with the certain sects of Christianity and a fear of intellectuals to the point of delusion.
I've never heard anyone with an ounce of intelligence claim to be the smartest person on the planet.
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Wow... a so called intelectual insult or attemp at that. Answer the question or stay out of it... your choice. His name was Dr. Croy and taught at CMC in JT California. His wife was also head of the morongo unfied school districts dept for special ed.
Very nice attempt at being a tough guy...LOL
P.S. Also... no religion was brought up... so why attack the fact that I am a christian?
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10-27-2011, 04:04 PM
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The South Will Rise Again
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Hillbilly Heaven
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Vagina is gross? C'mon. How's a vagina grosser than sticking your wiener up some hairy dude's p00p sh00t?
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10-27-2011, 04:08 PM
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JESUS Freak and PB Addict
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Yucca Valley Ca.
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Originally Posted by $h@key J0nEZ
Vagina is gross? C'mon. How's a vagina grosser than sticking your wiener up some hairy dude's p00p sh00t?
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hairy all depends on if they wax or not...
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10-27-2011, 04:52 PM
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Hitmanimal
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Los Angeles
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saint
So are pedophiles ok???? or are they sick in the head. I for one believe they are sick but one can make the arguement that it is a sexual preference. Also for the sickening part of this is that when I was taking Sociology the psychiatrist who was teaching the class said that he found it ok for an adult to have sex with a child as long as the child did not protest... now he claimed to be the smartest guy on the planet but I beg to differ... so who is right and who is wrong? I have made my stance and have concluded that homosexuality is wrong just as a person is wrong for their desire to have sex with a child. Just my thoughts on the issue.
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Originally Posted by saint
Wow... a so called intelectual insult or attemp at that. Answer the question or stay out of it... your choice. His name was Dr. Croy and taught at CMC in JT California. His wife was also head of the morongo unfied school districts dept for special ed.
Very nice attempt at being a tough guy...LOL
P.S. Also... no religion was brought up... so why attack the fact that I am a christian?
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I wasn't trying to be a tough guy, I was just pointing out the ludicrous nature of saying that someone claimed to be the smartest person in the world. My first thought if I heard someone claim that would be: "idiot". So idiotic that he sounds fictional.
I bring up the fact that you're a Christian because I only see the argument you've made come from the devoutly religious... it's as if they're the only group capable of deluding themselves enough to see Pedophilia and Homosexuality as even tangentially related.
You wanted it, so here's my response to your question. If such a person exists and actually made that statement, he is wrong and as the self-proclaimed smartest person in the world he should know it. Children that haven't sexually matured (as the targets of a pedophile wouldn't have) aren't emotionally or intellectually capable of understanding the consequences of these decisions, and therefore aren't able to make them. So comparing homosexuality to pedophilia is a non-sequitur, by virtue of the fact that the relationship cannot be between consenting individuals. Sex between an adult and a child will always be rape, and I'm confident in saying that every respectable sociologist and psychologist agrees with me.
So now that I've answered your question, I'd like you to answer mine. If homosexuality is a choice, then it's a choice you should be able to make. Ask yourself honestly, would you be able to choose to have sex with a man and enjoy it? (not that there's anything wrong with that)
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Last edited by Umami : 10-27-2011 at 04:56 PM.
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