Anybody up for boycotting Barilla Pasta?

@BillRM,

You are aware, aren't you, that there was no scientific basis for ever considering homosexuality a mental disorder in the first place--it should never have been in the DSM.

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@firefly,

firefly wrote:

You are aware, aren't you, that there was no scientific basis for ever considering homosexuality a mental disorder in the first place--it should never have been in the DSM.

there is no science to back most of the DSM, it is a political document, so what is your point?

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@hawkeye10,

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there is no science to back most of the DSM, it is a political document, so what is your point?

LOL however whatever it is or is not it is a misdirection of the sexual reproductive system of an individual on it face.

Not that anyone should be punished or otherwise harm over the matter or force into any treatment program and so on.

A sexual disorder is just that a sexual disorder with no moral elements connected with it and homosexuals should have the same rights as all the rest of us.

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@hawkeye10,

My point is that it was appropriate to remove homosexuality from the DSM because there is no evidence that it is a mental disorder.

I have no idea what point BillRM is trying to make regarding homosexuality and the DSM. He seems to think there was no scientific data to justify removing it from the DSM. The work of Alfred Kinsey and Evelyn Hooker do not support his view.

Homosexuality should never have been regarded as a mental disorder in the first place. It was entirely appropriate that gay-activists were instrumental in having homosexuality de-classified as a mental disorder.

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@BillRM,

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it is a misdirection of the sexual reproductive system of an individual on it face..

So is masturbation, oral sex, anal sex, and even the viewing of pornography. Do you want everyone who engages in any of those behaviors classified as mentally ill?

Homosexuality isn't a "misdirection" of anything. It's a naturally occurring expression of the sex drive involving a species member of the same gender. It occurs in other animals beside humans and is simply a variant of non-pathological sexuality. It causes no impairments in functioning--something that is essential for a condition to be considered a mental disorder.

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@tsarstepan,

yes is a right decision! does not discriminate!

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@chai2,

this is true!

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@Mame,

Mame wrote:

What's bugging me is how this became another gay rights issue.

Yep. Perhaps I, too, should be complaining that we Germans are so palpably absent from pasta commercials. And I bet that if you confronted any producers about it, they'd tell you that Germans can always eat other pasta. The discrimination is just unbearable.

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@Thomas,

Thomas wrote:

Perhaps I, too, should be complaining that we Germans are so palpably absent from pasta commercials.

I miss those times, too, when Steffi Graf made commercials for B*rill*.

Thomas wrote:

And I bet that if you confronted any producers about it, they'd tell you that Germans can always eat other pasta. The discrimination is just unbearable.

And Germans even can select between numerous fresh varieties ...

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@roger,

Who would have ever thought of food quality and nutrition as criteria for choosing pasta!? *grin*

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It just shows you how recently the Brits got to know about pasta.

Here's an old black and white film, showing an April Fools hoax played on peak time TV.
A lot of people seriously believed it! (Oh the shame).

Get past the laborious intro, as it's well worth it....

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@Lordyaswas,

Vast spaghetti plantations..... Laughing

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@hawkeye10,

hawkeye10 wrote:

this thread has moved passed the subjects of rights and choices, into criminal activity.

Were you not the same jackass that was defending drinking and driving not too long ago? And let me give you a little advice on restaurant etiquette, popcorn should never be served as an appetizer. Razz

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@jcboy,

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Were you not the same jackass that was defending drinking and driving not too long ago?

LOL....Are you Firefly here when you are in drag?

He like I seems to think that the DUI cut off limit is now set too low at .08 let alone the campaign to get it down to .050 that does not mean that he or I support driving drunk as you are trying to imply.

An there is nothing wrong with having a drink and driving anymore then the driving when ill, or emotional upset or under any other set of conditions that might slightly reduce your driving abilities from the ideal.

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@BillRM,

BillRM wrote:

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Were you not the same jackass that was defending drinking and driving not too long ago?

An there is nothing wrong with having a drink and driving anymore then the driving when ill, or emotional upset or under any other set of conditions that might slightly reduce your driving abilities from the ideal.

But it is something, that by law that can be controlled.

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@chai2,

chai2 wrote:

Vast spaghetti plantations.....

Just curious, not that I care, but I can't help but wonder why Lordy's original video, which is a joke gets 2 thumbs up, and my laughing at what was the main joke of the video gets thumbed down?

Seems pretty arbitrary is all I'm saying.

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@chai2,

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But it is something, that by law that can be controlled.

You mean that because it is simple and cheap to test for the level of alcohol in a person blood compare to the kind of blood tests that would be needed to get an idea of how tired you might be and no way of testing for emotional upset it make sense to punish someone severely for being mildly impaired by alcohol that is similar to other common types of impairments that can not be tested for?

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@chai2,

I really don't understand all this thumbing business. Tell me, did A2K have all that during the previous fun, with Gus, Kicky and the old gang?

What happens with all the thumb points? Does a member get some sort of Christmas bonus if scores over fifty are achieved?

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@Lordyaswas,

I've just thumbed you up on that post Chai, and feel all the better for it. Very Happy

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