Stuart: "Yes, but do those animals feel compelled to justify their behavior by attempting to indoctrinate the young offspring of their straight counterparts in order to help rationalize their guilt?"Hmmm... projecting a bit, aren't we? I know of very few homosexual people who try to convert people. I DO know SOME homosexual people (and many heterosexual people as well) who will, in discussion and debate, try to convince people not to be so harshly judgemental of those who might wish to explore their sexuality. I know many who would suggest those who are doing the indoctrinating are the heterosexual components of society, who insist that the only way to be is "straight", and anything else is immoral. The homosexual response is exactly that: a RESPONSE. Those who speak out are speaking out against fear-mongers and hate-mongers and intolerance-mongers such as yourself, who insist on sticking their noses in people's private lives. (Homosexual acts are not harmful to others, the meat INDUSTRY is.)
: :: However, I was sure Mr. Gort wouldn't be able to resist jumping in with both feet, so I filled in Mr. Gort's argument for him before he did. And lo, Stuart reacted in exactly the way I predicted. I applied the hammer and he jerked his knee. That's what I mean by "dancing".
Stuart: "I have not asserted that man acts like an animal when he practices homosexuality. That would only be ammoral. I assert that man is immoral to practice homosexuality and ammoral when he eats meat. Many on the left want it turned around the other way and won't even accept the possibility that both practices could be ammoral or both could be immoral."
I, for one, do not see meat eating as an immoral act. Many feel as I do, that if you want to eat meat, and you can do so in a sustainable, non-torturing manner, then go ahead. What I oppose is the exploitation of animals through domestication and factory farming, which degrades and devalues life on this planet, destroys ecosystems, increases greenhouse gases, and victimizes the peasant landowners of the world. Personally, I cheer (not literally) every time my cats bring home a fuzzy little mole, 'cause at least it involved a fair chase, unlike their factory-farmed kibbles.
Furthermore, I oppose the dissemination of misinformation regarding the health consequences of eating so much meat. I oppose the perpetuation of myths, whose origins in the meat and dairy industry advertizing are so buried under years of propaganda that family doctors who lack education about nutrition still insist one must eat meat and drink cow's milk to be healthy. Why is it that all my vegetarian acquaintances are so healthy, while many of my other friends are not? How is it that I worked with several children this year who were raised vegans, and they were all still living, breathing, and growing? Why were they, without exception, the children with better dispositions, while the "difficult" ones were from the meat-eating, vegetable-abhorring majority?
Go on, tell us again why deforestation, pollution, exploitation of animals, torture, perpetuating misinformation about nutrition, land-grabbing, destruction of species, and helping a third of the world to experience undernourishment are morally right, while private love is so morally reprehensible.
None.
