Making Gay Rats

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Janus Prospero

Have you seen Gattaca? That is what happens exactly in the movie. I don't think they mention homosexuality in particular, but they are able to engineer babies so that they have perfect eyesight and are imune to diseases.

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Hmmm... I don't quite see the religious right behind this, as it involves science. But then again, they don't think that artificially keeping someone alive hooked up to a machine isn't interfering with God... I dunno.

But I agree... there are more REAL diseases to cure, like AIDS, Cancer... hell, even the common cold. I also get upset that half our health scientists can come up with is stuff we already know. WOW! Eating a diet rich in sugars and Fat isn't healthy? WOW! I had absolutely no idea! My doctor [I]never[I] told me that!

I really don't know how to feel about this. one the one hand, they are proving that "gay" is a naturally occuring trait in genetics and evolution, but a bunch of bigoted weirdos (who are mostly closet cases themselves) will no doubt drool over the prospect of recondisioning their unborn child to be "normal."

BTW, if homosexuality does get cured, how the heck are politicians ever going to scare people into voting for them? Are they actually going to resort to talking about the issues? Nah... i'm sure, they'll find another "abnormal" group to pick on.

*snuzzles*

I think I heard of them... yeah! Aren't they Korean bootleggs of the Wuzzles?

[iris]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

BTW, if homosexuality does get cured, how the heck are politicians ever going to scare people into voting for them? Are they actually going to resort to talking about the issues? Nah... i'm sure, they'll find another "abnormal" group to pick on.

One must not forget, "the terrorists are trying to kill your families."

Originally Posted by Drtooth

Hmmm... I don't quite see the religious right behind this, as it involves science.

Special interest groups, such as "religous groups," often fund studies like this. That doesn't mean the outcome is influenced by them, though.

But I agree... there are more REAL diseases to cure, like AIDS, Cancer... hell, even the common cold. I also get upset that half our health scientists can come up with is stuff we already know. WOW! Eating a diet rich in sugars and Fat isn't healthy? WOW! I had absolutely no idea! My doctor [i]never[i] told me that!

On the one hand, you're right... there's lots of redundancy. On the other hand, there are lots of studies that seem to prove things we already know, but really elucidate some aspect of the science that needed more evidence. Physiology is complicated, and doing studies on humans is especially complicated because they have free will to go off the protocol, and it's costly to follow people for their whole lives to look at long term health effects. Thats why the jury's still out on whether the Atkins diet is harmful or not, for example. :p

[RaphistheBest]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

I think I heard of them... yeah! Aren't they Korean bootleggs of the Wuzzles?

That made me laugh. Hehe.

[Spike Spiegel]

Surely the scientific community has more important things to do??


And when it comes down to that particular issue...one should be happy with themselves but not throw it on others in a negative way. That kind of respect goes both ways.

[RaphistheBest]

I find that it's hard for my gay friend's to have respect for a number of people because they get sh*t all the time. They're not the type of gays that are all like "Look at me I'm gay!" However I do know a lot of gays like that. Take Terre Haute, IN as an example. Most of the gays here are dirty and all they want to do is let the world know that they're gay and do drag. Oh, and you could pick any random gay guy here in the Haute and he's probably had sex with like 30 people, it's horrible. Now Charleston gays are awesome. That's where most of my friends live.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by RaphistheBest

Now Charleston gays are awesome. That's where most of my friends live.

An if you put them in the freezer, they're extra tasty. Wait... those are Charleston Chews.