Comments on: In the company of bigots: US opposes gay rights at UN http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/12/19/in-the-company-of-bigots-us-opposes-gay-rights-at-un/ Of sex and science. Elizabeth Pisani's blog about HIV and other sundry things. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:54:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roger http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/12/19/in-the-company-of-bigots-us-opposes-gay-rights-at-un/comment-page-1/#comment-1996 Roger Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:42:56 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/?p=1289#comment-1996 Immigrants tends to takes with them their prejudices. They become exacerbated as soon as they turn "ex-pats", so what when they become national values? Immigrants tends to takes with them their prejudices. They become exacerbated as soon as they turn “ex-pats”, so what when they become national values?

]]> By: elizabeth http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/12/19/in-the-company-of-bigots-us-opposes-gay-rights-at-un/comment-page-1/#comment-1994 elizabeth Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:55:46 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/?p=1289#comment-1994 Hmmm, let's see. What if we picked a nation with no natural-born residents, with just a single gender that dresses like the other gender? I'll write to NIH... Hmmm, let’s see. What if we picked a nation with no natural-born residents, with just a single gender that dresses like the other gender? I’ll write to NIH…

]]> By: Paddy http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/12/19/in-the-company-of-bigots-us-opposes-gay-rights-at-un/comment-page-1/#comment-1992 Paddy Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:43:10 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/?p=1289#comment-1992 On the other hand, it's something of a good sign that the issue was even raised at the UN general assembly - even ten years ago, it would be hard to imagine anybody putting this forward, and impossible 20 years ago. Also, note the usual weasel words and slippery slope arguments on the part of the opposing document: http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE4BH7EW20081219. The fact that they are trying to shift the battleground to making this about states' rights and paedophilia points up that they can't morally defend this discrimination on its own "merits". Maybe things will be brighter yet in another 20 years... On the other hand, it’s something of a good sign that the issue was even raised at the UN general assembly – even ten years ago, it would be hard to imagine anybody putting this forward, and impossible 20 years ago.

Also, note the usual weasel words and slippery slope arguments on the part of the opposing document: http://uk.reuters.com/article/usTopNews/idUKTRE4BH7EW20081219.
The fact that they are trying to shift the battleground to making this about states’ rights and paedophilia points up that they can’t morally defend this discrimination on its own “merits”.

Maybe things will be brighter yet in another 20 years…

]]> By: Lee Rudolph http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/12/19/in-the-company-of-bigots-us-opposes-gay-rights-at-un/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 Lee Rudolph Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:32:41 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/?p=1289#comment-1991 "Needless to say the Vatican"... It would be interesting to know nation-by-nation figures for the proportion of homosexuals in the population. Presumably for most nations the proportion is pretty much the same (at least, by some measures). On the other hand, a nation which is 100% a nation of immigrants, with no natural-born residents at all, might have a very atypical proportion. I can only think of one such nation at the moment. Do you think we could get a grant to study this? “Needless to say the Vatican”…

It would be interesting to know nation-by-nation figures for the proportion of homosexuals in the population. Presumably for most nations the proportion is pretty much the same (at least, by some measures). On the other hand, a nation which is 100% a nation of immigrants, with no natural-born residents at all, might have a very atypical proportion. I can only think of one such nation at the moment.

Do you think we could get a grant to study this?

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