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On 2011-01-09 20:51, EsnRedshirt wrote:
...For one, that form of intercourse is preferred by less than 50% of homosexuals.


Is that because the other half of the homosexual population prefer to be called lesbians?
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On 2011-01-09 20:22, MagicSanta wrote:
Is that true that the average life span of a homosexual is only 40 years?


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I keep thinking it would be a hoot if there were other inhabited worlds out there where the locals are always arguing about whether there's anybody else in the universe.

Which leads to the question: if they find us, are they just going to turn around, go back, and forget it ever happened?
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Jonathan, that statistic is for gay men only. Source- "Anal Pleasure and Health" by Jack Morin, Ph.D. Pages 6-7.
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On 2011-01-09 20:53, Jonathan Townsend wrote:
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On 2011-01-09 20:51, EsnRedshirt wrote:
...For one, that form of intercourse is preferred by less than 50% of homosexuals.


Is that because the other half of the homosexual population prefer to be called lesbians?


You'll notice Carrie tends to ignore that half of the homosexual populace. She likes to focus on the butt secks variety, in fact very specifically on the act. She seems obsessed with it. In fact, if there's anything unhealthy that has come from homosexuality, as she likes to claim, it would be her own obsession.
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Fact one of Carrie's quote seems to indicate there's an unhealthy preoccupation with who's sticking what where. A bit of education in the matter could help. For one, that form of intercourse is preferred by less than 50% of homosexuals.


And nearly the same percentage of heterosexuals...
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My cousin Sonny has had the same guy for, geez....close to 70 years. Just to be equal my aunt and uncle who recently passed away missed their 70th anniversary by about three months.
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On 2011-01-09 20:51, EsnRedshirt wrote:
Fact one of Carrie's quote seems to indicate there's an unhealthy preoccupation with who's sticking what where. A bit of education in the matter could help. For one, that form of intercourse is preferred by less than 50% of homosexuals.


And nearly the same percentage of heterosexuals...


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On 2011-01-09 13:47, gdw wrote:
"except for the truism that when bad behavior is legalized you get more of it."

Uh, except that it's NOT true.


That's pretty true. Legalizing just about anything results in an increase of that behavior. In fact, merely reducing the sanctions on an illegal activity while leaving it illegal increases that behavior.
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It's strange Carrie should make a connection between morality and health.

She spent at least 4 days of her chaste life in hospital in 2010.

That's 4 more than I've spent there since I arrived home after birth, and that's after a very unchaste life that at times has been an unbridled and joyous celebration of wanton promiscuity.

I am also enjoying this supposedly uncharacteristic good health in my 51st year now.
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On 2011-01-09 13:47, gdw wrote:
"except for the truism that when bad behavior is legalized you get more of it."

Uh, except that it's NOT true.


That's pretty true. Legalizing just about anything results in an increase of that behavior. In fact, merely reducing the sanctions on an illegal activity while leaving it illegal increases that behavior.


http://www.time.com/time/health/article/......,00.html

http://www.scientificamerican.com/articl......lization
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Glenn,

This is what I found as a salient quote from Article A:

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Peter Reuter, a professor of criminology and public policy at the University of Maryland, like Kleiman, is skeptical. He conceded in a presentation at the Cato Institute that "it's fair to say that decriminalization in Portugal has met its central goal. Drug use did not rise." However, he notes that Portugal is a small country and that the cyclical nature of drug epidemics — which tends to occur no matter what policies are in place — may account for the declines in heroin use and deaths.

The Cato report's author, Greenwald, hews to the first point: that the data shows that decriminalization does not result in increased drug use. Since that is what concerns the public and policymakers most about decriminalization, he says, "that is the central concession that will transform the debate."


And the salient quote from Article B:

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Under the Portuguese plan, penalties for people caught dealing and trafficking drugs are unchanged; dealers are still jailed and subjected to fines depending on the crime. But people caught using or possessing small amounts—defined as the amount needed for 10 days of personal use—are brought before what's known as a "Dissuasion Commission," an administrative body created by the 2001 law.

Each three-person commission includes at least one lawyer or judge and one health care or social services worker. The panel has the option of recommending treatment, a small fine, or no sanction.


So it's still illegal to deal and traffic in drugs. Do you think the drug legalization advocates in America believe the same thing? Or do they want to legalize those activities too? I don't see them nuancing their position.

Take users on a case-by-case basis, fine. I'm OK with that, and I can understand why that method would work. Imprisoning people for possession of small amounts of an illegal drug may not be the best thing. It's the pushers who are the biggest problem, and they're still being dealt with in Portugal.

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"Do you think the drug legalization advocates in America believe the same thing? Or do they want to legalize those activities too? I don't see them nuancing their position. "

There are a substantial number of people who advocate the decriminalization of small amounts of illegal drugs, which is essentially the equivalent of the Portuguese policy.

But I'll be snookered if I can remember how we got from the OP to here! Smile
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But I'll be snookered if I can remember how we got from the OP to here! Smile


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