I got involved in a lengthy debate in the news threads, regarding experimentation being done on gay sheep that is intended to de-gayify them. I'm going to link the article, but let me ask a favor first: just read the first two paragraphs, for now. Later, you can read the rest, but for now, just read the first two.
The reason I ask this is that the rest of the article is fucking insane. The technique being researched involves adjusting hormonal balances in the brain of the subject. Somehow, the article goes from there straight to alteration of fetuses to make them straight. I mean, what the fuck? The article is obviously designed to provoke gay and liberal readers, but all the gay and liberal readers on SG are too busy being provoked to notice it. Sigh.
Anyway. Ignoring the whole issue of altering fetuses, the basic concept is fucking neat. Think about it: if all it takes is a hormone adjustment to go from straight to gay, it stands to reason that adjusting your hormones could also make a straight person gay, right?
You know what that would mean? Sexual orientation would no longer matter, to those open-minded enough to accept it. Meet a person of the opposite sex that you really like, but you're gay? Take a pill. Break up with that person and meet a potential same-sex partner? Take another pill.
And another upside to this line of research: on the way to finding the on/off switch for homosexuality, I think it's pretty likely that they'll find the on/off switch for all kinds of bad orientations--pedophilia, necrophilia, whatever. Of course, there's the chance that someone will go around giving people a raging turn-on every time they see a dead kid, but, well,welcome to the future. Just think of it as the rat poison of the new millennium.
The reason I ask this is that the rest of the article is fucking insane. The technique being researched involves adjusting hormonal balances in the brain of the subject. Somehow, the article goes from there straight to alteration of fetuses to make them straight. I mean, what the fuck? The article is obviously designed to provoke gay and liberal readers, but all the gay and liberal readers on SG are too busy being provoked to notice it. Sigh.
Anyway. Ignoring the whole issue of altering fetuses, the basic concept is fucking neat. Think about it: if all it takes is a hormone adjustment to go from straight to gay, it stands to reason that adjusting your hormones could also make a straight person gay, right?
You know what that would mean? Sexual orientation would no longer matter, to those open-minded enough to accept it. Meet a person of the opposite sex that you really like, but you're gay? Take a pill. Break up with that person and meet a potential same-sex partner? Take another pill.
And another upside to this line of research: on the way to finding the on/off switch for homosexuality, I think it's pretty likely that they'll find the on/off switch for all kinds of bad orientations--pedophilia, necrophilia, whatever. Of course, there's the chance that someone will go around giving people a raging turn-on every time they see a dead kid, but, well,welcome to the future. Just think of it as the rat poison of the new millennium.
On another note, I saw your "Nukular" slam in the Pat Robertson thread. As loathe as I am to admit it, because it sounds a bit shallow... I actually broke up with a girl in November because she couldn't tell the difference between the proper way to pronounce it and the WRONG WAY. I even said it like I was talking to a little kid "Nu-CLEAR" is different than "Nuk-U-LAr". Nope, didn't get it... she had to go.
Anyway, I think you can Google for that weird sheep experimentation article, if you can't find it... let me know. I got it in a popular science journal.