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celibacy is even better!
by DrJaws 8y ago
celibacy is even better!
- User23 8y agoWrong on two counts. First because a monogamous couple has a virtually zero chance of contracting the virus and second because celibacy is evolutionarily indistinguishable from death.
- iSnow 8y agoDon't delude yourself, even the monogamous couple has to go to the hospital or could, via sheer bad luck, have contracted it from a former partner (I doubt you were talking only about lifelong monogamy). And the second comment, I don't even know what to make out of it - living also leads to death, where does evolution come into play in this discussion? By your logic, someone who gets infected and later dies from AIDS, but has had a child is better off than someone who never had kids. What kind of mental gymnastics is that?
- User23 8y agoI was talking about lifelong monogamy. This should be obvious from the "virtually impossible" descriptor. This is just basic logical reasoning. > someone who gets infected and later dies from AIDS, but has had a child is better off than someone who never had kids. What kind of mental gymnastics is that It's the kind of "mental gymnastics" where they propagate their genes and a celibate person doesn't. This isn't hard to understand so please don't be willfully obtuse.
- astura 8y agoProblem with this sort of moral policing is if your spouse is/becomes abusive then you can't leave them and if they die young you can't ever date/marry again.
- User23 8y agoLifelong ends with death. And it's not moral policing, I'm not advocating armed men to force people to not be promiscuous. I'm simply stating a fact based on sound scientific reasoning. Because promiscuous people are the reservoir for STDs, not having sex with promiscuous people, which is isomorphic to lifelong monogamy, is a highly effective way to avoid STDs.
- AnaniasAnanas 8y agoThe issue is that you might think that you are in a monogamous relationship while you are being cheated on, and this is not that rare. > celibacy is evolutionarily indistinguishable from death So? Also, this is not really correct, sperm donations are a thing after all.
- ben_w 8y ago> So? If your solution requires celibacy, the people who ignore you will be 100% of the population after one generation. (Your “Also” seems to be a separate and valid point)
- DrJaws 8y agoI was joking man.