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Originally Posted by Cantankerous
i don't see anything unusual or abnormal about being gay. you can't help who you are.
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but that's the same excuse numerous pedophiles and murderers have given to justify their behavior. Fortunately for you, your actions have not harmed anyone (so far as I know).
i don't know how old you are, where you live, etc., but here in western MA there's nothing abnormal about being gay, certainly, but head on out to Wyoming and I'm sure you'll get a different perspective.
and you certainly can "help who you are." we are biological organisms with a propensity towards learned behavior. need i remind you of pavlov and skinner's work? it's certainly been applied to humans since rats and dogs. if someone has a negative trait about themselves, they can work to change it.
jose delgado was an expert in brain surgery. it is alleged that he managed, via stimulation of electrodes in the brain, to change sexuality in both heteros and homos.
william burroughs has written some fascinating essays on the subject of sexual conditioning.