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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Joanna wrote: </STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG> You are using the word "natural" in
an odd sense. Siamese twins are <BR>> natural in the sense that it is an
event that occurs in nature. <BR>> Nevertless, there may be a reason to
separate the babies: that they will <BR>> grow up in a world that is not
organized around siamese twins and, for <BR>> that reason, they will be able
to have a more "normal" life if they are <BR>> separate. Not all natural
things are desirable; nor is this a black and <BR>> white area. For example,
hermaphrodites may decide that they do not want <BR>> to choose one sex over
the other.<BR>> <BR>>><BR>>> In the natural habitat, when sexual
deprivation is not enfoced upon <BR>>> animals, are there same sex
cohabitions? <BR>> <BR>> Every piece of research I'm aware of has
discovered that about 8%-12% of <BR>> animal populations prefer same sex
relationships under any circumstances <BR>> -- in other words, some of it is
hard wired.<BR>> <BR>> Then, of course, there are also things like
prisons, where same-sex <BR>> relationships are enforced by
circumstance.<BR>> <BR>> And then, there are cultural/social circumstances
where same-sex <BR>> relationships are preferred because women are so
devalued that it is not <BR>> possible to have any kind of reciprocity with
them and therefore sex <BR>> isn't as pleasurable as it could be. (Pleasure
shared is pleasure <BR>> doubled....) Societies like Afghanistan where, as I
mentioned before <BR>> "Women are for babies and men are for
pleasure."<BR>> <BR>> So, yes, homosexuality may increase as a result of
historically <BR>> distorted relations between the sexes.<BR>>
<BR>>><BR></STRONG>>> <STRONG>Fashion is another nonsense that is
connected with the affair. The <BR>>> fashion has driven the youths here
so silly that they no more know <BR>>> where to tie their trousers. They
all publicly display now their naked <BR>>> back, nearly up to their
anuses.<BR>>> Is that as well to be passed as natural--freedom of choice.
<BR>> <BR>> Fashion is often about power. If the west is perceived to be
powerful, <BR>> then one gains power/status by behaving in a "western"
fashion. If that <BR>> includes homosexuality, then one might ape that
"fashion." If freedom <BR>> matters, then you should not bewail the absence
of heroes and idols; the <BR>> absence of good role models however is a loss
which is unavoidable in a <BR>> "me-first" society in which men are set at
each other's throates.<BR>> <BR></STRONG>> </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>