Post Praetorian

Danfun is but one

Of the fine poets here

This thread is ahead

When you all appear

Nothing quite like it...unless one might have been doing the cleaning blindfolded without the benefit of gloves perhaps...?

DominicCobb said:

Monogamy is not normal sexuality. Waiting til marriage for sex is not normal sexuality. This is a two way street. Whatever "normal sexuality" is or was doesn't matter anymor. Open your eyes and get over it. Homosexuality is normal sexuality now.

You may be making a "scientific" argument but you're basically just repeating the typical homophobic "slippery slope" argument more eloquently. 

Maybe something like transsexualism is technically a "disorder" but who gives a fuck. If a guy feels like he should be a girl, then why not let him be a girl? It's a victimless act.

Having sex with children and animals is not victimles, however. That's the difference.

 My good DomnicCobb, I believe you are 100% correct...yet at the same time at least 50% wrong. The distinction is among what is morally, ethically, and psychologically correct. A child might prefer chocolate to peas for psychologically understood and rational reasons, yet is it in the child's best interest to pursue a life bereft of peas?

To clarify, dear Ender is putting the point that although we may believe that homosexuality is a correct lifestyle (as I do), it may not actually make psychological sense based on the hard-wired preservation of the species assumed to be nascent in all human beings. Given this anomalous situation, therefore, is it truly justifiable to refuse to study the contradiction based solely on political feelings of the time?

To clarify still further: should science consider the prevailing political views of the day in deciding for itself what might constitute symptoms of psychological behavior?

And certainly you do present an interesting argument with regards to monogamy and premarital sex, however there are fairly reasonable aspects behind the two choices that might yet make them more and more advantageous in an adaptive species. 

1) There is a vastly reduced risk of contracting and/or passing on contagious diseases to one's offspring.

2) The children seem to grow up in a less anxious environment and so tend to have improved developmental outcomes.

3) Fewer resources are expended in the pursuits of mates so that these same resources might be better spent establishing a safe and secure environment for ones progeny.

Further, such choices seemingly must often be borne with a certain difficulty and so must needs be at the very least considered quite apart from an apparent driving need to avoid the production of offspring altogether. In other words, such remain choices rather than imperatives of the psyche. 

We agree with Possessed...Dr, heal thyself...then give us an update...!

RicOlie_2 said:

Have you tried inserting a cell and then not deleting it? :P

Haha!

 Thank you for the board update, Ric. You would have both laughed if you had seen my setup. Somehow I had 3 ranks of troops and on off-center garden...?

Anyway, my move: 

P jk9-kl10

Well there is progress...now it is simply the fault of a pawn that your knight cannot land there...

Ric can you send me your board? Mine is off center for some reason. Thank you.

Well, dclarg, good job indeed!

You have certainly raised the bar,

And though others may proceed,

But they may not go as far...!

FanFiltration said:

I have some of those myself...haha...!

darth_ender said:

Had some trouble getting the file back, but I'm good to go now, so my first move is:

N-9xy

 Maybe my board is skewed, but which knight are you moving? Right now I see a Bishop at 9xy?

Shhh do not remind him or he will leave again...! ;-p

OK, no problem... ;-)

I was thinking more like being left in our parlor while we Skype within earshot...but yes, it could be like Facebook...except perhaps with far fewer interruptions...

Let's keep it as it is...but I was sure you were on the upper right before...?

We are off to a solid start!

And you all are pretty good!

You make with words an art...

As I just knew you would!

Yes dear citizens of Topic Off,

Here a rhyming thread...do not scoff!

Write in rhythm, write in rhyme

Or wax poetic all the time...

The only rules within are clear:

If you cannot rhyme do not post here!

Haha! I knew it...now you are in trouble...I am getting on the next flight home...!

OK sounds good...!

I am sorry to hear about that! I hope you get over this soon...you likely know this, but if you stop kissing all the French girls and you will probably not catch as many colds...

Whatever makes you happy...well, no, strike that: as long as you are happy...please make the first move while I find my board...

Yes, it is time for a rhyming thread...

ATMachine said:

One grey thread. Grey goes with every colour, they say.

 ...every color save pink. For to think in pink is to wish the gray away...so they say...

I am secretly afraid that Wedge Cyan will never return to find out that of which I am secretly afraid...of course now that I have posted this it is no longer a secret...

The organization that hosts the dance competition meets in the fall to discuss song picks, so you will have to hang onto your hat until then my squirlish friend...

This message is going to appear absurd once you change your avatar so I will preserve it as it appears now, below:

Which game will we play? If it is either of the two we did previously I might even recall the rules!