Klarinet Archive - Posting 000386.txt from 2004/03

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausmann1@------.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Fwd: [SMB] Dont Amend Protest
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 17:19:07 -0500

At 08:43 PM 3/6/2004 +0100, Joseph Wakeling wrote:
>Bill Hausmann wrote,
>
><< I did not make the rules of biology, I only follow them. >>
>
>As does every other living creature on this planet---including the
>homosexual ones. "Biologically correct" is a pretty meaningless term.

I'm afraid I must disagree. It is also biologically correct to chew food
with your teeth, and biologically INcorrect to open your beer bottle with
them. You CAN do it, of course, whether as a response to urging from your
drunken buddies or some other outside influence, but don't expect me to
declare it proper behavior just because you and a few others do it.

>We have genetic influences, and we have social influences, we learn and
>develop, and that leads some people to one type of behaviour and others to
>something different.

True enough. Sometimes those influences lead people to become murderers,
bank robbers, politicians, drummers, and all sorts of other
miscreants. Just because there is something to blame does not make the
behavior correct.

>Of course, whether you consider a particular class of behaviour to be
>advantageous or disadvantageous to you personally, whether you wish other
>people to behave in one way or the other, these are all things we could
>discuss. But these are your personal problems and don't have anything to do
>with the laws of biology.

As I see it, the parts were made to work a particular way, and that's the
way the system was designed. Yes, you can do what you want with them, and
I will not object, but I will also not accept the behavior as equivalent to
and equal in social status to the correct use. Sorry.

Bill Hausmann

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