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8trackdisco
Herf-A-Holic Topic Starter

10 years ago

Somewhere, there is a line between life style choices and mental illness.

Somewhere between standard, heterosexual, men and women getting married and brutal, necrofellia rape of animals is what our society considers okay.

Do you think that as our society "progresses" everything and anything will be celebrated as simply a lifestyle choice?

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99cobra2881
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10 years ago

If things continue the way they have been I don't see a line ever being drawn.

ZRX1200
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10 years ago

Your microagressive trigger words are sexist and hurtful.

ZRX1200
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10 years ago

Your microagressive trigger words are sexist and hurtful.

riverdog
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10 years ago

It sounded so nice, gotta say it twice.;-)

DrafterX
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10 years ago

Will we be able to marry our cousins..?? 😕

TMCTLT
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10 years ago

If things continue the way they have been I don't see a line ever being drawn.

99cobra2881 wrote:

Yup 🍺

Well excepting maybe hetero relationships....they will be Outlawed

[sarcasm]

Brewha
Herf-A-Holic

10 years ago

I think the line is where your life style messes up other people's lives. Or damages our physical or social environment.

I could don't give a Shiite if you're gay, an absolute moralist, or even which god you believe in- if one at all.
Just don't mess things up for the rest of us.

sd72
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10 years ago

#Ellen2016

DrafterX
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10 years ago

#10

Brewha wrote:

or warps our children's minds.... nobody ever thinks about the childrens... 😞

99cobra2881
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10 years ago

#11

or warps our children's minds.... nobody ever thinks about the childrens... 😞

DrafterX wrote:

or the puppy dogs, nobody ever thinks of the puppy dogs.

tonygraz
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10 years ago

#12

or warps our children's minds.... nobody ever thinks about the childrens... 😞

DrafterX wrote:

Not true, pedophiles think a lot about the children.

DrafterX
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10 years ago

#13

freak.... 😟

Brewha
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10 years ago

#14

or warps our children's minds.... nobody ever thinks about the childrens... 😞

DrafterX wrote:

Now that's a sticky one:
There are people who believe teaching children science, like evolution, warps them as it steers them away from God.
And there are also those who believe that teaching them religious ideas, burning in hell for example, warps them.

I suppose the only truly "safe" thing to do would be to teach them the high points of all world views, and let them reason it out for themselves. Of cource some people feel the the young should be told what to believe....sounds a bit warping to me....

fiddler898
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10 years ago

#15

Somewhere, there is a line between life style choices and mental illness.

8trackdisco wrote:

I'm sorry, but this makes absolutely no sense. May as well say there's a line somewhere between apples and hammers.

Lifestyle choices & mental illness? Do too many inappropriate (to you) lifestyle choices cause mental illness?

victor809
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10 years ago

#16

fiddler898 wrote:

Actually, I understand to some extent 8's meaning.
Let's look at transgenders as a pretty easy example. Someone born genetically female, who's convinced they are a male, and should actually have an appendage which they do not have (not to mention a whole host of secondary sexual traits)... If this weren't in any way related to sex, we would probably classify this as a mental illness (just look up "Body integrity identity disorder").

To some extent, anything that is not within the immediate range of "normal" becomes classified as a mental illness. Transgenders, homosexuality, bisexuality..... or to strike a little closer to home, obesity, addiction... anger....

Of course, even if you want to look at it as a mental illness, we generally try to accommodate members of our society who DO have mental disorders to ensure they can live as normal a life as possible (ie, making accommodations in schools for children with autism or ADHD...) so even if you chose to identify another person's sexuality as a mental disorder, that doesn't actually absolve you from anything.