Gay is damaged, straight is normal

[jdr0918]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C." wrote,
and the Sergeant Majorette responds:

<<<...If you label things as "normal" and "abnormal" based on 
mathematical occurrence, I think you will wind up with some seriously 
weird statements...Since the vast majority of straight people marry 
at some point in their lives, those who do not marry 
are "abnormal.">>>
Well, precisely. That's why I stick with the mathematical definition 
of normal, as it's 'morally' neutral. That one does, or is, something 
that most people in their universe don't, or aren't, does not mean 
there's something wrong with that person that they need to take steps 
to correct. Normal people have 98 IQs. Normal people have 2.3 
children with an opposite-gender spouse.

<<<...Can't we say that something is more or less "common?">>>
If we do, we'll have to find euphemisms for 'uncommon' in a couple of 
years.

<<<...Uh...a person is a "freak" if their best friend is gay?...BTW, 
since when is it justified to mistreat someone just because you 
consider them a "freak?">>>
Since you're Vernon Dursley. 

<<<I can see how one could argue that Harry has sustained the kind of 
psychological damage that could make him a poor *mate* to anyone... 
But you seem to be suggesting...that Damaged!Harry would be perfectly 
fine for a gay relationship. That can't be what you meant. Is it?>>>
Well, it sort of *is* what I meant, but I'll back off on that one. I 
don't think people with unresolved dramas in their lives should 
reproduce, but that't just me. As for the rest of the possibly gay 
student characters in HP (e.g. Justin F-F, Seamus), they *are* too 
healthy. Gay or straight, our Draco's the only one with complementary 
neuroses for our Harry.

<<<OK, fair enough.  But it is important for you to understand *why* 
some people took offense...>>> 
I totally understand why some people took offense. It's *my* neurosis 
that I'm not chastened in the least. I'm schizoid (not schizophrenic, 
ok? It means I don't relate well to my fellow human beings) and proud 
of it.

Cindy, you're a nice person. I hope you don't take any flak for 
defending a b***h like me...

--JDR