❝❝There's a vast difference between a character who happens to be X and a X character.

The emphasis should be on character, not the label. Character is about the human condition, the label is about the labeled condition.

Next, it's acting. Fictional. If the actor is good enough, they can play the heavy and the hero. They can play the pauper and the prince. And they can play whatever sexual orientation is necessary.❞❞
     — NeoWayland

Tags: maxims ∙ character ∙ label ∙ human ∙ condition ∙ fiction ∙ sexual orientation

Headlines that don't merit their own entry

Tags: U.S. Census ∙ sex ∙ sexual orientation ∙ gender identity ∙ Tom Carper ∙ Kamala Harris ∙ maxims

I've never agreed with the “hate crime" nonsense.

Tags: Crux Files ∙ hate crime ∙ assault ∙ murder ∙ theft ∙ punishment ∙ racist ∙ skin color ∙ sexual orientation ∙ red socks ∙ aren't good enough ∙ will never be good enough ∙ perpetual victim ∙ Christian Scientist ∙ conservative

Most of the problems caused by illegal drugs come from the drugs being illegal in the first place.

Tags: sex ∙ consenting adults ∙ sexual orientation ∙ alternative sexualities ∙ Christianity ∙ conservatism ∙ libertarianism ∙ paganism ∙ underwater basket weaving ∙ choice & consequence ∙ sexual norm

❝❝There I admit we get into some speculation. We can't isolate the culture from the genetics. Not to mention that Really Big Assumption that you are either straight OR gay forever and ever, amen.

We can't say how much a person's sexual orientation depends on their conditioning, religious beliefs, cultural standards, rebellion, stress, pain, or pleasure. These factors can't be eliminated.

Basically all we have to work with is observations and we don't know how much is because of the biology and how much is because of the mind. That means in turn that any discussion of sex is going to bog down really quickly in ideas that can't be quantified.

Thank the gods the same can't be said for the act!❞ class="ghoster">❞

NeoNotes are the selected comments that I made on other boards, in email, or in response to articles where I could not respond directly.

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Tags: straight ∙ gay ∙ pleasure ∙ sexual orientation ∙ pain ∙ rebellion ∙ stress ∙ commenting ∙ mind ∙ sex ∙ biology ∙ observations ∙ cultural standards ∙ conditioning ∙ religious beliefs

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