- 11 Jun 2018 12:58
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Personally I find the idea that human beings are "natural" very, very funny.
We have found out that our anchestors have eaten cooked food since at least about a million years. Since when is cooked food natural ?
We also know that human beings have used increasingly well made stone tools since million of years. Heck, apes dont process stones or sticks in any way, but when they see a danger like a tiger arrive, they will throw stones and sticks at them, too.
Also there have been hints that human beings used wooden spears about 700,000 years ago, and probably a lot longer, since these spears have been made from wood (the top was hardened in fire) and thus dont withstand the passage of time. To boot, no other animal is as good at throwing spears as human beings are, so we have adapted to that as well.
A quite large part of mankind has adapted to drinking milk so well, they can now process milk sugar, even as adults. About just ten thousands to years ago no adult could do that.
None of these things are natural.
Thus being obsessed with "natural" is unnatural for human beings. Intelligence has made us artificial, and this process is only accelerating. We have invented medicine, modern medicine, glasses, dental fillings, artificial hips, cardiac peacemakers, etc etc.
And yes as a heterosexual man I'm not comfortable seeing homosexual men in relationship related activities, not even harmless stuff like holding hands.
But why would that matter ? Nobody is comfortable in thinking about how their parents, siblings or children have sex. Does that mean that parents, siblings and children shouldnt be allowed to have sex ? Obviously not. And its the same with old people, or with ugly people.
Also obviously most heterosexual men dont have any trouble with two homosexual women having sex. Doesnt matter either. But shows that heterosexual men dont object to all homosexuality per se.
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