tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post1635380020260567768..comments2024-03-21T03:55:51.565-07:00Comments on Omniorthogonal: Gay cootiesmtravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02356162954308418556noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post-86506597978006989542009-10-02T19:50:55.975-07:002009-10-02T19:50:55.975-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post-22222770203438892252007-12-25T11:19:00.000-08:002007-12-25T11:19:00.000-08:00Good example, war has in fact been an important pa...Good example, war has in fact been an important part of a culture (a major driver of science and technology development for one thing). You don't have to like either of these two deeply-embedded human institutions, but you have to acknowledge their importance.<BR/><BR/>I suppose war is the straight male equivalent of the theater.mtravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356162954308418556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post-41192582195415954492007-12-25T00:54:00.000-08:002007-12-25T00:54:00.000-08:00Yeah, I've been reading Human Accomplishment recen...Yeah, I've been reading Human Accomplishment recently and Murray's appreciation for "culture" has been rubbing this subjectivist philistine the wrong way.<BR/><BR/>To play the Devil's Advocate though, couldn't one also say "it's been historically an extremely important part of human culture, which was the point, We wouldn't have anything like our current civilization without theater" replacing "theater" with "war"? Just because something is historically important doesn't mean I have to like it.TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post-42765912301754206562007-12-23T16:24:00.000-08:002007-12-23T16:24:00.000-08:00You may not care for the theater but it's been his...You may not care for the theater but it's been historically an extremely important part of human culture, which was the point, We wouldn't have anything like our current civilization without theater and without the gay contribution to it and other areas.mtravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356162954308418556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post-45425762498699166082007-12-23T00:16:00.000-08:002007-12-23T00:16:00.000-08:00No Keynes and theater? Doesn't sound bad to me!No Keynes and theater? Doesn't sound bad to me!TGGPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017651009634767649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post-69498708475991111632007-12-17T16:23:00.000-08:002007-12-17T16:23:00.000-08:00Thanks for the link!Thanks for the link!Jonathan Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post-13417776538859149592007-12-16T17:15:00.000-08:002007-12-16T17:15:00.000-08:00Heh, didn't mean to insult you by suggesting that ...Heh, didn't mean to insult you by suggesting that you'd publish anything less than controversial...I have edited the original posting to better reflect what I was trying to say.<BR/><BR/>While I have your attention, any speculations on why, if homosexuality is caused by a brain-affecting infectious agent, homosexuals are so over-represented in a variety of areas of intellectual acheivement? Not reproducing certainly frees up some time and energy, but that doesn't seem to be the whole story.mtravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02356162954308418556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post-28144134849303847352007-12-16T16:24:00.000-08:002007-12-16T16:24:00.000-08:00"That's very interesting but not especially contro..."That's very interesting but not especially controversial."<BR/><BR/> We'll see.gcochranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17752921901568851463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15644559.post-75685831287135720322007-12-16T14:06:00.000-08:002007-12-16T14:06:00.000-08:00Mel Brooks summed this up quite well in a perfect ...Mel Brooks summed this up quite well in a perfect (if politically-incorrect) punchline from his otherwise largely forgettable movie "To Be or Not to Be".<BR/><BR/>Brooks plays a Polish theatre owner during WWII. He's told that the invading Nazis are rounding up all the Jews, gays, and Gypsies.<BR/><BR/>Brooks, the theatre owner, is outraged and affronted by this, and decides he has no choice but to join an underground plot to assasinate Hitler, because, "Without Jews, fags, and Gypsies, there <B>is</B> no theatre!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com