Would you cure homosexuality?

[Deleted]

Me and my roommate were talking nonsense while playing yesterday and he asked me a pretty tough question; "If you could, would you cure homosexuality?".

Now my response was obviously "No, why the hell would I do that?", but he continued and said that if you could cure homosexuality, you'd end a whole lot of suffering around the entire world. I thought about it and said that I'd rather cure ignorance and stupidity, as that would end nearly all suffering. He agreed, but he also made a really good point. It's nearly impossible to cure stupidity and ignorance, because to do that we'd have to cure greed first (everyone shares their resources = free education for everyone), but if homosexuality is indeed not a choice, it has to be genetic, and if it is genetic, it's just a matter of science to "fix" it.

I think I'm still sticking with my "No", it may be a bit selfish, but I like the variety gay people add to the world, and I think it's only a matter of time until gay-bashing is just another uncomfortable chapter in human history.

What about you? If it meant you could end the suffering of millions of people, would you cure homosexuality?



EDIT: I feel I should add that this is a hypothetical question. Assume that no one knows you have the cure, because as a guy stated, that could cause an overdrive of gay hatred which means the cure would be the only solution.

Also; if you think it's a "loaded question" (damn right it's loaded) and that's why you won't answer it, you just might be too dumb (you know who you are) to get the point of difficult hypotheticals. Hint: They're meant to be uncomfortable to answer.

EDIT2: I feel that this pertains to probably way more than 90% of you, but I'm just gonna leave this here in hopes that the idiots will read and maybe realize that their rageglands are overworked. Though, they probably won't. The internet is primarily a nest for people with poor attentionspans and a strong need to shout their opinions (regardless of how irrelevant it is to the discussion): http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...1#post33541058

p.s. I guess the idiots might not even have read past the title (EVERYONE KNOW'S IT'S NOT A "DISEASE", NUMBNUTS!) before they reply with their waste of words. Their attentionspan is probably why they clutter the internet with their verbal diarrhoea.

p.p.s. I know I'm not being very mature and I'm probably not helping the situation, but I just felt a need to vent (for the first time online; everyone get's one) and I think it's impossible for this thread to recouperate from the trolls and the angry politically correct kids (their motives are pure, but their brains are empty). Please have a good day, anyways!

[Jakexe]

Yes I would. They set an unobtainable level of fabulous that us mere mortal hetro's can only dream of.

[Deleted]

No, like you said I'd prefer to cure ignorance and stupidity and I believe that learning how to tolerate your fellow man regardless of the differences is one of the steps on the road to curing stupidity. Yes, homosexuals worldwide are going trough hard times, but I believe that it is important for us humans to learn to deal with differents on our evolutionary path and pro LGBT-rights are a challenge we as a species should tackle.

[Very Tired]

I'm not sure where you get this idea that homosexuality is the cause of suffering. There are plenty of homosexual people out there that are happy with their lives.

As for curing it, deciding that will be to much of me playing flying spaghetti monster.

[Deleted]

No. Erasure of a culture is never a good thing.

[Flutterguy]

This is actually one of the reasons I hope they are never able to isolate a "gay gene."

Although I would be very fascinated with what the views on abortion would be for the LGBT crowd if someone could abort a baby that was detected to be carrying said "gay gene."

[Deleted]

Yes if it was voluntary. However that would require genetic rewriting so I doubt it's achievable on anything that's not a fetus. In the future, with the advancements in genetics, children will be able to be programed to be born with various features and I don't think any parent will choose to put the "gay gene" into the makeup.

[Deleted]

I get that it's an uncomfortably mature topic for many of you, but if you can't discuss it seriously, you'd be better off looking at 9gag instead

EDIT: Referring to the first pair of posters.

[Rad1um]

Let me answer your question with another question

How many abadigitals do you see modeling?

[soulyouth]

homosexuality is indeed not a choice, it has to be genetic, and if it is genetic, it's just a matter of science to "fix" it.

If this was found to be the case then 100% I would, as well as all other gender identity mental disorders.

[Very Tired]

Simply having a voluntary cure available would really drive the hatred of gays into overtime, pressuring them into getting it. A cure would just be a permanent solution to hatred, a temporary problem we are facing.

[taliey]

Oh yeah, let's imagine for a moment if we could make pain and suffering cease for a large subset of a population.

This question couldn't be any more loaded.

[FuxieDK]

You cannot cure something, which is not a sickness.

[Deleted]

1) Using the word "cure" is a rather distasteful choice.

2) "genetic" is a lot more complex than that. There are lot fo genetic disorder that we d'ont know how to cure. Also, see epigenetics.

3) We know the cure for a lot of diseases. Guess what, they still exist in country where they can't affort it. Because, well, greed.

4) Getting rid of ignorance and hatred would not only make the world better for gay people, but also for the all lgbt umbrella, women, people of color, poor people, religious minorities and so many people I won't be able to name all of those so I'll just stop there.

EDIT: the way your roomate sees the world is very disheartening. If your answer to people getting threatened and harassed is to make them disappear and not make the abusers stop, you'll end up with an awful world.

[Deleted]

I'm not sure where you get this idea that homosexuality is the cause of suffering. There are plenty of homosexual people out there that are happy with their lives.

As for curing it, deciding that will be to much of me playing flying spaghetti monster.

Homosexuality in itself isn't generally a cause for suffering, when it is, it's mostly because someone's been brainwashed from childhood to hate themselves. My roommate was more referring to gay people being threatened, abused and killed around the world (and yes, it does occur in the west as well), just because of who they are.

I don't think the idea of a gay "cure" is as farfetched as the idea of a god (at worst it's sci-fi), but I guess I know what you mean. It is a VERY hypothetical question.

[zubaja]

That depends on the gay person. I know people who were gay, and others who are "gay". The latter being the "Pay attention to me, I'm gaaa-haaaay!" sort of type.
Attention-whoring sonofa- They make me cringe so bad sometimes. They can be nice, sure; but when it comes to parties etc. it's a whole new story.

[Doctor Amadeus]

Nope at one time I would say make us all the same skin color. But I was real young when I thought that. The problem is with those not accepting those I wish we could cure.

[Very Tired]

Homosexuality in itself isn't generally a cause for suffering, when it is, it's mostly because someone's been brainwashed from childhood to hate themselves. My roommate was more referring to gay people being threatened, abused and killed around the world (and yes, it does occur in the west as well), just because of who they are.

I don't think the idea of a gay "cure" is as farfetched as the idea of a god (at worst it's sci-fi), but I guess I know what you mean. It is a VERY hypothetical question.

You are focusing on the wrong issue then. It's not the gay people that need to be "cured", what needs fixing is the hate filled people. A cure would just be letting hatred win.

[Acelius]

You cannot cure something, which is not a sickness.

I have nothing against homosexuals at all, but surely homosexuality is the result of a gene defect.

[Daedius]

Wth is there to 'cure'... it's not a disease.

That's like saying someone that doesn't like football is a disease...

Homosexuality is sexual preference. Nothing more.