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  • Behavior Trumps the Label of "Orientation"

    Labelling a person as 'gay' or 'straight' connotes particular behavior which is deemed 'wired'. But the big issue which Saletan slightly implies is: human freewill determines behavior before and beyond 'orientation' or 'wiring'. ''Wiring'' refers to blinking, breathing, heart rates, so forth. Everything else humans have to learn, ...
    Posted to Human Nature by Usama3 on April 1, 2009

  • Robert the Bruce of the Crusade issue

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    Posted to XX Factor by Independence on August 11, 2008

  • My Samoan Mother Does Not Need Affirmative Action

    An AA surgeon, who got into medical school with lower aptitude, grades, test scores and abilities, should operate on my Samoan mother, even though there are better-qualified physicians! Besides your Native grandmother makes you a bigger victim than me with a Mexican (Aztec) mother, so you need AA more. However, I am especially needy, because my ...
    Posted to XX Factor by Ralph7 on June 28, 2008

  • Re: Un-feminist to be "feminine"

    @ ladykrystyna, ''Ford was only defending the one that gets picked on the most - the traditional one. Just like Christians tend to get a little defensive when liberals bash them all the time, while defending Muslims that give raped women 200 lashes just for being raped.'' Well, again, if you'd bothered to read my posts you would've seen that -- ...
    Posted to The Highbrow by tmc on December 7, 2007