Gay genetics, slash and the right to hate

[meira_q <mb2910@hotmail.com>]

Me:
> >He can choose whether to have a relationship with a man or with a 
woman.


Morrigan: 
> Oh really?  I beg to differ.  I'd like you to think for a moment, 
if you are
> in fact heterosexual,


Me:
I am, in fact, heterosexual.

and imagine choosing a woman as your sexual and
> romantic partner instead of a man.  Could you do it and feel you 
were being
> true to yourself?  Could you do it at all?
> 
> This isn't to say it can't and hasn't been done.  There are plenty 
of
> examples of people who went against what they wanted and felt was 
right and
> got married and had basically an empty shell of a life for 
themselves, until
> later in life they decided they couldn't live like that any 
longer.  I can
> think of very little worse than spending my life pretending to be 
something
> I'm not, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone, regardless of whether 
or not it
> makes society sleep better at night.


Me:
This is exactly my point. A person can have any sexual orientation, 
but if s/he feels that s/he has to go against it, then it's his/her 
choice.


> 
> Love is a complicated thing without even bringing sexual 
orientation into
> the mix.  But isn't it worth it to do it the way you know is right 
for you,
> and not the way society thinks you should?  Shouldn't our first 
love always
> be ourselves, and therefore we must be true to ourselves?


Me:
No argument here. And not only in sex and love, but also in 
profession, and anything else.

> 
> >Since I'm not a native English speaker, I might not be aware of the
> >existance of a word that better describes this than "preferences". 
I
> >am always willing to increase my vocabulary...
> 
> Considering that you used "choice" and "preference" interchangably, 
I don't
> think it's a matter of your vocabulary.  I think it's a lack of 
comphrension
> on your part.


Me:
Very possibly it is. As I keep repeating (and if I don't, then I'm 
starting to do so now *g*), I crave knowledge and understanding, 
links and emails, don't be afraid to hurl them @ me :D.


Morrigan:
>And I don't know if I've helped any with that or not, but I
> hope so.  I don't think you're a bad person or trying to be 
argumentative, I
> just don't think you quite understand.


Me:
I don't think I'm a bad person either ^-^. And arguing isn't 
necessarily a bad thing. The only thing that *is* bad in arguing is 
when both parties are more concerned with voicing their own opinion 
rather than trying to listen to the other one.

"Most people are so concerned about getting in the last word, they 
ignore all the previous ones" ~MAD Mag~


Meira (who has her first end-of-semester exam on Tuesday)

"I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat 
what they killed, there would be no more wars." -- Abbie Hoffman 

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