That's exactly what it mean. That's what normal is what a majority of society does. That's what makes something normal.
That doesn't make something normal. It makes it commonplace.
I'm bald. Most people are not. Does that make me "abnormal"?
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That's exactly what it mean. That's what normal is what a majority of society does. That's what makes something normal.
Yes, but not where sexual orientation itself is concerned. Attraction to inanimate objects, say, is abnormal--amongst other things, it often causes problems (distress).
Masterbation is an act not a way of lifeNot necessarily, I can think of lots of inanimate objects that humans pleasure themselves with.
This discussion really gets interesting if we begin to consider masturbation.
Yes again you act like abnormal is bad. Its not its just differentThat doesn't make something normal. It makes it commonplace.
I'm bald. Most people are not. Does that make me "abnormal"?
Masterbation is an act not a way of life
Masterbation is an act not a way of life
Yes again you act like abnormal is bad. Its not its just different
being gay is not a way of life either. It's just life, for a small but significant portion of the population, throughout all of human history.
OK we will just have to disagree here
Okwell, if you believe it is a way of life, then that implies a person has the ability to make a deliberate choice about it. They could have gone either way, and they specifically chose gay. That's really at the root of the issue, in my opinion. When you recognize that it's not a choice, that it is simply who they are, it is the way they were "made", well then that really does change everything.
Yes again you act like abnormal is bad. Its not its just different
abĀ·norĀ·mal /abˈnĆ“rməl/
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[TD]Deviating from what is normal or usual, typically in a way that is undesirable.[/TD]
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[TD]anomalous - unnatural - irregular - aberrant - unusual[/TD]
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If you're going to make up your own definitions, then it's going to be really difficult to carry on a conversation. Unless there's a Ballen-English dictionary around that I can consult?
I don't think that's supportable, especially when we are talking about humans. Procreation is most definitely not the only reason for sex. In the animal world we can look at the Bonobos, sometimes called "pigmy chimpanzees" (incorrectly so, as they are a distinct species but they look very very similar). Their social interactions center largely on sexual interaction, including between members of the same sex.
At any rate, I think the mistake is in believing that there are only two sexes and one sexuality. In my opinion, there are more than that. There are male and female and heterosexual, but also bi and gay as real sexualities that ought to be included in the list. Trying to make hetero and "the" sexuality is a mistake and as long as we keep trying to have only one catagory for that, well we are just gonna keep having trouble with it. I believe that bi and homo and possibly some other sexual orientations that don't fit quite so cleanly into these categories, are entirely normal sexualities. Just because they are found less commonly in society doesn't mean they are not normal.
Animals are by definition amoral. People, have morals, well some...
Implying that your sexual orientation is the only moral one, and that those who do not align with you are somehow lacking in morals.
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Morality is like a giant venn diagram. Most of us overlap on most things, but on some specific issues, what you believe is moral may be immoral to me. Don has declared that he is bigot. Further, he made it very clear that bigotry is, to him, moral, and that tolerance is immoral. I disagree. Do you?Are you not judging his morals by your own to say he is BS. Whos morals do web go by then?
I'm speaking more on a society level how do we (as in all of us). Decide what's OK and what's not. Or should we just be a more anything goes society?Morality is like a giant venn diagram. Most of us overlap on most things, but on some specific issues, what you believe is moral may be immoral to me. Don has declared that he is bigot. Further, he made it very clear that bigotry is, to him, moral, and that tolerance is immoral. I disagree. Do you?
Whether you do or not, the answer to your question is that you live by your own moral code. But don't presume that yours is the only one, or even that yours is the only "good" one.
As I read your posts, my impression is that people were reacting to the negative connotations that the word "abnormal" carries with it. There are other words you could have used, but you chose "abnormal." Is it really a surprise to you that people reacted the way they did?I'm speaking more on a society level how do we (as in all of us). Decide what's OK and what's not. Or should we just be a more anything goes society?
I do find it quite interesting that in an effort to prove to me that homosexual behavior is "normal". People used pigmy monkeys and Afghan mountain warriors that treat woman as property as the proof.