I'm often struck my how inconsistently believers of the "unnatural is bad" meme apply their strictures.
A common example is that homosexuality is bad because it is unnatural (in the sense that gay sex produces no offspring and therefore serves no natural purpose).
Even if you accept the dubious proposition that evolution has no use for genders beyond the two biggies, the whole "unnatural is bad" equation is inconsistently applied. Is it "natural" to drive cars, write poetry, or electronically transfer funds to a disaster relief organization? Not by a long stretch. Yet those who rail against the unnatural nonetheless fill their lives with other, equally unnatural activities.
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A common example is that homosexuality is bad because it is unnatural (in the sense that gay sex produces no offspring and therefore serves no natural purpose).
Even if you accept the dubious proposition that evolution has no use for genders beyond the two biggies, the whole "unnatural is bad" equation is inconsistently applied. Is it "natural" to drive cars, write poetry, or electronically transfer funds to a disaster relief organization? Not by a long stretch. Yet those who rail against the unnatural nonetheless fill their lives with other, equally unnatural activities.