Thread: STOP CALLING ME A HOMO!

Originally Posted by Barack Dalai Lama

I tend to believe (like Freud and Kinsey) that all people have the capability to be bisexual and that, although we start straight, environmental conditions can cause gayness (or bisexuality), though this does not have to be a permanent thing. (Society, however, allows homosexuals to have a culture built out of it, so gayness is much more prominent and permanent) Obviously those who say "it's a choice lol" are idiots.

This explains for example the phenomena of jailhouse gays. (Those in prison or those, like furries, who can't get a woman so they resort to men)

This doesn't mean I view it as unnatural or whatever, just that it's not definite.

I didn't watch the video's because I feel they'd be annoying. Also 11 year-olds or whatever refuting their alleged gayness is stupid.

I agree that sexuality is much more fluid than society gives it credit for, and that attraction can change through one's life.

However, I don't believe that it's as simple as all people "starting straight" right out of the birth canal, and I still think that there's the possibility that for many people, their sexuality is more or less rigid, or at least extremely viscous.

Also, "jailhouse gays" are a rather extreme example of being thrown into an environment that's far removed from normal society. Prisons generate a lot of strange psychological behavior that's not observed in other environments.

And anyway, this is a Christian kid that said that he's suddenly interested in women because "being gay is a sin," as though he could spontaneously switch his sexuality that easily.

Originally Posted by Think

ok you're a communist who agrees with some ideas of freud; serious suggestion, are you aware of the work of Slavoj Zizek? (as someone who likes Slavoj Zizek)

So, are you a philosophy major? Just curious.

Originally Posted by sycld

So, are you a philosophy major? Just curious.

ok, I think a major is the american equivalent of a university qualification; in which case, I'm seventeen, remember. I would have taken philosophy had it been an option in my sixth form; as it is, I'm taking history, english, and psychology at A level, with an eye on research psychology as my eventual profession. I'm just very, very interested in philosophy as a field, and I think it complements psychology, and, in fact, all the subjects I'm currently taking, very well.

EDIT: I guess you could call me the social sciences guy

Originally Posted by Think

ok, I think a major is the american equivalent of a university qualification; in which case, I'm seventeen, remember.

hey, i have no idea how old you are.

your parents knew you were in france?

also, a "major" simply refers to the area of study on which one focuses one's university studies. our undergraduate degree is a bachelor's, which is equivalent to like 1/2 of a british undergraduate degree because, again, our pre-graduate educational system sucks. however, our research is top-notch because we siphon in foreign students from other countries that have received superior undergraduate and pre-university educations.

I would have taken philosophy had it been an option in my sixth form; as it is, I'm taking history, english, and psychology at A level, with an eye on research psychology as my eventual profession. I'm just very, very interested in philosophy as a field, and I think it complements psychology, and, in fact, all the subjects I'm currently taking, very well.

EDIT: I guess you could call me the social sciences guy

see in america, our educational philosophy is to make everyone equally dumb. that way, we ensure that no child is left behind.

you brits are sooooo behind the times.

ps your age explains why you weren't a good poster in lws

pps now i feel like an undereducated stupid moron and a pederast. thanks a lot, think. it's internet revelations like this that make me just want to give up