Klarinet Archive - Posting 000571.txt from 2004/03

From: "Matthew Lloyd" <Matthew@------.f9.co.uk>
Subj: RE: [kl] Re: Biologically Correct
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 05:44:44 -0500

IF homosexuality is deviant BECAUSE it isn't NORMAL (and I don't concede
it) then I think that makes all of us MORE "deviant" than homosexuals -
as there are fewer of us.....

I don't think we can deny that it isn't statistically normal - but I
don't really think that is what Bill meant. He is clearly making a moral
judgment - and statistics are amoral. Or is he prepared to make a public
statement that any minority interest should not be counted as "normal"
in the full sense of the word? Of course not.

When we use the word "normal" we mean more than statistically normal. It
has so many overtones of meaning that anyone who is going to use it to
mean purely statistically normal without the explicit clarification is
either deliberately misleading or very stupid.

As Bill is neither I conclude he doesn't mean normal to be purely
statistical.

Matthew

   
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