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This kinda reminds me of the discussion about gay people. Historically being gay has always been seen as a psycho-disorder.

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I wonder how long ago (No, I do know [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ) the notion of psycho-disorders was actually coined. I just find your notion of history soemwhat lightweight.

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Gay people were simply regarded as abnormal or sick. Then the gay-movement hit on a brilliant idea. Why not stop discrimination by changing the definition of normality? Normal people don't get discriminated, so once the status of normality has been archieved, gays will be fully accepted by society. Finally on some US national congress of psychiatrists, being gay was VOTED as being normal.


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Is that the way you think it happened. Have you have researched the bercail of your civiisation and its attitude to gay people? Dude, you have either very little education, or at least a very selective one, it seems.

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Voting as scientific method of verification! Why didn't the pope hit on that before? There is a god, we have voted on it and god won 28:4!!

What worked for gays is now supposed to work for other minorities also. Historically the definition of races was absolutely clear.

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So now, you are equating gayness with race. Interesting (in the bizarre sense), but very odd view point, and probably correct [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (not that you would get it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ). LOL. Historically the definition of races was never very clear. It was a word that had no scientific or real meaning but could be used as a porte-manteaux for any prejudice.

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Nowadays the ethnic-lobby amongst scientists is trying to soften it up. Once they archieved their goal, the word "race" in it's historical meaning either doesn't exist anymore or it contains a mixture of everything so that you cannot define it anymore. If that happens, nobody cannot be discriminated based upon his race anymore, at least that's the logic behind it.


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It never did have any scientific meaning and science has caught up with the fact in its endeavours. But you need to watch language itself, it often lags understanding and wisdom.

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Isn't this a bit cheap? I mean, when will they vote that black=white and show Michael Jackson as proof? Aren't we betraying ourselves by adjusting our language for the sake political correctness? Does this really have anything to do with science or is it just a nice gesture?

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No reason for gestures, just look at the facts without blinkers, however culturally painful it may be to you.

You seem to have a development arrested somehow at the cro-magnon age. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] But there is hope, there is freedom of expression and science can publish its facts. It is for you to educate yourself, unfortunately.