29th March 2003, 11:25 PM
Likely it's a fear they might be that way and couldn't fight it. If it was accepted that it's a choice, via free will, then they wouldn't need to worry so much. Much like a favorite color, I think it's something they could just pick. To be honest, I'm rather tired of people treating it like it's a huge deal. I enjoy mayonaise, but many don't. I'm not going to get all upset just because someone walks up to me and tells me that stuff is disgusting and it's sickening to know I eat it (which by the way, I have family members who do, and often, even though I see it as a tasty treat :D), because it's not important. I'm not going to throw mayonaise pride parades, because I realize how stupid it is to have that. As another example, trekkies don't go around throwing trek pride parades. They go to cons :D.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)