You're either straight, gay, or lying?

Of course, Catholic Scientist, you've just declared you're gay:So tell us...what sort of man turns you on? You into the big, burly bears or the twinks? Suits? Sweatsocks? Tightie-whities?

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Rrhain

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The example of this is simply to look at who are normally more unfaithful? Men.

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No, not really. Women are just as likely to be unfaithful. After all, those men are sleeping with somebody.And when it comes to the relationship, it's the men who usually propose while it's the women who usually seek the divorce.

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in fact look at our sperm count and the fact that we can get a "new load ready for battle" within minutes of having "deployed the last load".

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The second one is usually not that good as far as insemination value goes and it takes longer to produce.

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This is a clear sign of multiple sexual encounters being the norm.

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And women have multiple orgasms and have a much easier time with "round two." By your logic, this is biological proof that women are more "hard wired" to be promiscuous.

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Rrhain

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Just face it, Rrhain: I'm not going to have sex with you.

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Of course, by bringing it up, you only prove that you want to. Such overcompensation. Who here is going apoplectic in his attempts to prove that he isn't gay?Methinks the lady doth protest too much.C'mon...you can be honest with us. You're never going to get what you want until you admit what you really want. All you need is a man to give it to you hard and deep but no honorable man is going to throw you a pity fuck.And as the studies show, those who make the biggest deal about not being gay are the ones who actually are. To continually obsess about the sex lives of other people of the same sex is pretty conclusive evidence that you're getting something out of it. As the joke goes, "You're not in this for the hunting, are you?"C'mon...you're among friends. You can tell us. Sweetie, honey, baby, pussycat.

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Rrhain

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Onifre writes:

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Catholic Scientist replies...

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And Broadway responds. First come the denials:The protestations then escalate:Until finally it comes out:

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Rrhain

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Drugs: heroin, crack-cocaine, cocaine, crystal meth, tylenol, prozac, viagra, etc.

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Plants, belonging to the kingdom Plantae: cannabis, coca, ferns, moss, etc.

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We can call it whatever we want, but a drug it is not, it's a plant that's deemed illegal - for some reason?

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Um, by your logic, then, neither heroin nor cocaine is a drug as both are derived from plants. You even make mention of this in your list of plants: Coca.Are you about to say that the refining of the active ingredient somehow makes it something other than a plant?Does that make honey and sugar a "drug"? Does salicylic acid become something other than a "drug" when you extract it from bark as tea as opposed to chemically producing it in a vat and making a pill?Why does it matter where the chemical comes from?

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Rrhain

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Are you about to say that the refining of the active ingredient somehow makes it something other than a plant?

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Yes...it makes it a drug.

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Huh? Why?Besides, you just contradicted yourself. Perhaps you should back up a second and state directly what you mean by "pure" and "not pure."

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Coca leaves, all though do boost your energy similar to actual cocaine, is still just a leaf and not a drug.

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And why do you think chewing coca leaves do what they do?Because they contain cocaine alkaloids.You're pointing in the direction of saying that there is something different about a molecule of ascorbic acid made inside an orange when compared to a molecule of ascorbic acid made in a test tube.Why does the fact that other chemicals come along for the ride change anything?

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What chemical is extracted from cannabis?

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(*blink!*)You did not just say that, did you? You seriously don't know?

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Marijuana is pure, it's the bud from a flower.

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See what I mean about defining what you mean by "pure" and "not pure"? How can a substance made of literally hundreds of chemical compounds be "pure"?

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I choose science.

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(*chuckle*)Yeah...sure. Whatever. If that's how you justify yourself....

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Cannabis is a plant. Coca is a plant.

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How does that make the chemical inside the plant something other than a "drug"?You're pointing in the direction that leads to the claim that a molecule created through a biological process is somehow different than the exact same molecule created through a synthetic process.What is it about cellulose walls encasing the chemical that makes it different from when it is surrounded by a gelatin capsule?

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Because it stop being just a plant.

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So? Why is that important? Why does the fact that other chemicals come along for the ride change anything?

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Or just explain what you mean?

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Nice try, but you're the one making the claim. Therefore, you're the one who needs to explain yourself. I'm simply asking why you're making a distinction between a chemical wrapped up in cellulose and the exact same chemical wrapped up in gelatin.

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Pure, as in just the bud from a plant.

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How is that "pure"? It's got myriad other chemicals coming along for the ride.

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Cocaine is not pure, the leaf is pure and again just a leaf from a plant.

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Huh? What do you mean by "pure"? How can something that is a mish-mash of hundreds of different chemicals be "pure" compared to something that's made of only one?Why does the fact that other chemicals come along for the ride change anything?

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do you really think I seek justification for smoking pot?

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You wouldn't be making this distinction about "pure" if you didn't find a need to justify it.

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Explain what you mean...

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Nice try. That's your job.You're the one making the claim.

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