Bree

In response to my question "how may homosexual couples do you know?" on page 6:

I rest my case.

However, I am interested to hear yguy explain what, exactly, is so damaging about being homosexual? Spare us the "but think of the children!" bullshit for a minute - find one single reason the harm that faces two same-sex people in a loving, monogamous relationship.

Godot

I do not see the need to place you on an ignore list for any reason, unless you started spamming me. There is no reason to attempt to ban you, since ignorance is hardly a bannable offense.
As to "character assassination," you do far more damage to your own credibility and character when you pointedly avoid the valid questions of others or respond with misdirection.
You have done nothing but make bald-faced assertions and you refuse to back them up with anything resembling proof. You have been called on it many a time by nearly every other poster on this thread. As I have said before: put up or shut up. Unfortunately, you will do neither of these and will continue to spout off your silliness.


BTW, you still haven't addressed my points; I'm still waiting patiently.

Godot

Hmmmm. I was merely conjecturing, but you do have a point. I have a differential diagnosis, however it would be inappropriate to speculate upon it in this particular venue at this time.
As one of the resident medicos, I defer to your superior judgement on this matter.

yguy

Likewise, not all drug addicts indulge to the degree that they die of an overdose or become vegetables. The point is, doing it the first time opens the door to such a fate. If you start a relationship by rebelling against common sense, the proclivity will be to keep doing it.

What's stopping a "gay" couple from hiring, say, a wiccan priest, having the cermony, and pronouncing themselves "married"?

Then why should incestuous or interspecies marriages by singled out?

No, it denies them the right to be granted any special consideration by Congress.

Foresight is what led Reagan to bomb Tripoli when all the "experts" in the media, had they known, would have produced a hundred arguments against it, every one as believable as those you have produced. Foresight is what led so many Jews to flee Nazi Germany before Hitler started rounding up Jews. Foresight is what led Jefferson to make the Louisiana Purchase.

There is only one kind of marriage. Homosexual couples can no more be married than a child can be a biological product of a homosexual union. Redefining marriage to include it

yguy

Tell you what, pal - you can't produce an argument "reasonably strong counterargument" to the idea that pedophilia should be decriminalized. Believe me, I could tear your best argument apart - and so could advocates of pedophilia, because acceptance of either is based on reasoning that lacks a moral center.

The only thing kleptomaniacs are missing is media backing and support from the academic community. After all, many people are legally allowed to steal from the public coffers already.

Dr Rick

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yguy

You're not interested in understanding what I'm saying, so it's a waste of time.

Godot

As you have no basis for making this statement, I do not see how it applies. You know absolutely nothing about me in the least, especially as it pertains to my thoughts and interests.
I wouldn't repeatedly ask you for clarification of your points or challenging your assumptions if I wasn't interested in pursuing the debate in a rational manner. My posts have shown an interest in understanding your position. If you think my sole purpose here is to harass you, I think you need to reread my (and probably many of the other) posts on this thread in an objective manner.
If you feel that my presence is detrimental, why not follow your own advice and seek redress in Bugs, Problems & Complaints?
Besides, how is it a waste of your time to asset your position for the benefit of lurkers? Do you not think there may be someone out there that may be swayed by the power and righteousness of your rhetoric?

yguy

Sorry, children are the central issue as far as I'm concerned. How it harms the participants is their concern, not mine.

yguy

You don't understand. I don't give a damn whether you're here or not. I'm just telling you that I'm not going to waste my time with you as long as you remain, in my view, gratuitously contentious.