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[quote=GRIZ326,248684]I agree Paul that a percentage of homosexual behavior is genetic.  However, evidence of the gene is common to the entire human species, with minor deviations between races; indeed the gene is common to all mammals. Within tolerances it should appear in all populations at consistent levels. Again, the place the sample was taken should be irrelevant - especially since the results are being implied globally.

What is not common across all members of humanity is the political and media influence surrounding homosexuality on the population. A portion of the 10% you mentioned can be attributed to that influence. Do you consider prison sex an indication of homosexuality? Might you consider it hedonistic behavior? Or would it simply be a display of dominance? ...and homosexual behavior among young people today, does that represent genetic homosexuality? Youthful risk taking? Submission to peer pressure created by that political and media influence?  And are bisexuals homosexuals or are they heterosexual? And how do you explain the percentage of humanity that exhibits the gene but never displays the behavior?

The make up of humanity is complex. My limited understanding of these complexities comes from writing white papers for the biotechnology department of an American medical company many years ago. They would have identified your comment about differences in the effect of alcohol on different peoples as a red herring - at least without a tremendous amount of substantiating science to support it.  ...of  course the Irish and the native Americans also have a low tolerance to alcohol, so perhaps that trait is not Chinese-specific - I would speculate that the "alcohol anomaly" you've referred to is more common than the homosexuality gene.

Paul, we might never agree on a single thing...but we sure will have fun debating and drinking beer when I'm teaching in China with you!!!   :-)

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So if trust is the issue...can any government create a law that provides adequate protection against a betrayal of trust???

I think not....so very wealthy people are so protective of themselves that they cannot find love...even if it is within their grasp.[/quote]

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