Klarinet Archive - Posting 000376.txt from 2004/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@------.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fwd: [SMB] Dont Amend Protest
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 14:04:44 -0500

At 09:56 AM 3/6/2004 -0800, Ormondtoby Montoya wrote:
>Rat populations were put in cages with varying population densities and
>with varying ratios of male to female. The amount of homosexual
>behavior (according to the experimental write-up) increased when (a)
>population density increased, and (b) the ratio of sexes was especially
>far removed from 1:1.
>
>What does this suggest? It suggests that external forces control part
>of our behavior.

It suggests to me that
(a) Homosexual behavior is a psychological response to stress, and
(b) Rats (at least) turn to it when they can't get any the other way.

Maybe they (the rats) should take up playing the clarinet as a form of
stress relief!

Bill Hausmann

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is TOO LOUD!