gays.. good or bad?

[Adalwolf]

Originally Posted by gunnut

Actually, from a biological stand point, homosexuals are bad. They do not propagate the species. It's an evolutionary dead end.

we are approaching 7 billion people on the planet...about 5 billion or so too many. Less people propogating is good for the planet, and thus our species.

[Trooth]

Originally Posted by leib10

Especially the second one. Being in ballroom dance for awhile, I've had my share of gay men hit on me. Most of them had the good sense to leave me alone when they found out I was straight, but a few were persistent and really began to anger me.

Those homosexuals really, really piss me off.

The classic fear of the heterosexual male, we have all been in that situation. Rather than get in a tizzy you should ask a female friend for advice, after al lthey live with this situation most of their lives.

[Trooth]

Originally Posted by gunnut

That's an interesting point. Assuming it's genetic. Generations of breeding should have eliminated it as homosexuals breed themselves out of the gene pool. Even those genes that are predisposed to produce a homosexual offspring should have slowly bred themselves out.

We may never know the answer. It's not politically correct to study homosexuality and deviation from the norm as they are supposed to be "the norm."

Remember that it isn't easy for homosexuals to be homosexuals. In most countries it is only recently legal, and even then society has hardly kept pace. There are plenty of children around the world who have a homosexual parent from the sham marriages that society forced them into.

Hence it is a genetic trait forced into hiding that will persist for some time. but, yes, in theory it will be an evolutionary dead end.

[gunnut]

Originally Posted by Adalwolf

we are approaching 7 billion people on the planet...about 5 billion or so too many. Less people propogating is good for the planet, and thus our species.

How do you know 2 billion is the right number? I think our planet can easily support 12 billion with current technology. The number can be bigger with future breakthroughs.

[gunnut]

Originally Posted by Trooth

Remember that it isn't easy for homosexuals to be homosexuals. In most countries it is only recently legal, and even then society has hardly kept pace. There are plenty of children around the world who have a homosexual parent from the sham marriages that society forced them into.

Hence it is a genetic trait forced into hiding that will persist for some time. but, yes, in theory it will be an evolutionary dead end.

So the traditional values that believe homosexuality is bad are actually keeping it in the gene pool? But the liberal values that believe homosexuality is normal will eventually allow this trait to breed itself out?

How ironic is that?

[Shipwreck]

Originally Posted by Triple C

Whoever Anon is, his status is "new member."

Anon, formerly known as Account, formerly known as M21Sniper.

[leib10]

We were discussing exactly the same thing in my Social Psychology class last Friday. Homosexuality should've bred itself out, but since females don't always pick the mates with the best genes, it still exists today.

[Adalwolf]

Originally Posted by gunnut

How do you know 2 billion is the right number? I think our planet can easily support 12 billion with current technology. The number can be bigger with future breakthroughs.

Because our current technology is unsustainable ecologically. It is driving species all over the world to extinction, polluting the air, the water, even breast milk in mothers has shown increases in pollutants. Plus, fossil fuels are finite, and current estimates show that in 15 years or so (from what I've seen), we'll feel the crunch.

[gunnut]

Originally Posted by Adalwolf

Because our current technology is unsustainable ecologically. It is driving species all over the world to extinction, polluting the air, the water, even breast milk in mothers has shown increases in pollutants. Plus, fossil fuels are finite, and current estimates show that in 15 years or so (from what I've seen), we'll feel the crunch.

Please refer to our various threads in science and technology section to see the counter arguments against your proclaimations. I don't want to go through 90 pages of stuff I've already gone through.

[Adalwolf]

Originally Posted by gunnut

Please refer to our various threads in science and technology section to see the counter arguments against your proclaimations. I don't want to go through 90 pages of stuff I've already gone through.

Alrighty. I've read some of them. And I'm not saying that Global warming is going to kill us all, if that's what you are thinking. There are other problems than global warming, like pollution.

[gunnut]

Originally Posted by Adalwolf

Alrighty. I've read some of them. And I'm not saying that Global warming is going to kill us all, if that's what you are thinking. There are other problems than global warming, like pollution.

Not the global warming thread, although that one might have some relavent information. I think the thread you want to read is "is the world better today?" But I can't find it right now. Maybe it's in the history section. It's a poll thread.

Here we go: http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/war...ng-better.html

It's filed under modern warfare. Maybe we can get a mod to move it to science and technology or general history section.

[Ironduke]

Threads this old and trivial should not be revived.

[Julie]

Originally Posted by Ironduke

Threads this old and trivial should not be revived.

You said it. On a further note, AreYouCereal, is the one who originally started this thread.