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Ok now the reply button shows up for this comment, weird, because before it didn't. Anyway. You have a valid point, but are we to stop discussion of all potent

by soheil 11y ago

Ok now the reply button shows up for this comment, weird, because before it didn't. Anyway. You have a valid point, but are we to stop discussion of all potential events that may occur in the future because it may appear a inappropriate to some? No study has suggested that anyone can just "turn lesbian" you are right, but that is before the current study was released and its impact measured on the masses. Why am I not allowed to think and speculate about what may happen as a result of this study?

nommm-nommm 11y ago
>Ok now the reply button shows up for this comment, weird, because before it didn't. Normal. HN has rate limiting. The reply link eventually does show up.
JumpCrisscross 11y ago
You didn't just speculate. You expressed a value judgement by "[hoping] this study does not encourage more women to become lesbian". Consider the racial wealth gap [1]. Would you find it appropriate to say "I hope this study does not encourage more white people to become asian"? [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/business/racial-wealth-gap-persists-despite-degree-study-says.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/business/racial-wealth-gap...
- soheil 11y ago
  Of course it's impossible to literally become homosexual. In your example there are people for instance who act black, but are not (think eminem). No one argues he has physically become black, but has adopted the many things that go with that. So please don't be under any illusion that when it comes to a topic as subjective as sexuality one must always be born homosexual or otherwise to claim to be one or the other.