Ernie: Very good questions. But the best answer isn't point-by-point but to tell you
what model of the future I am working with: Basically, for this issue, not other issues, the 1950s. The place is America. For now let me defer discussion of how Muslim mobs deal with things. Although maybe they have one thing right in terms of a deterrence effect. Back long before the current war, the Yemenis had a system in place that seemed to work well. Anyone caught in a homosexual act was taken for a plane ride. Crowds would gather below. Then the homosexual would be allowed to exit the plane -at 20,000 feet. No need for a parachute because that would spoil the fun. This is not what I have in mind, but just sayin'... The 1950s in the USA were the Eisenhower years. Homosexuality was illegal everywhere. No homosexuals employed by the FBI or CIA. No homosexuals employed as teachers. Generally it was a disgrace to be a homosexual, it was socially stigmatized. While there had been some lessening of legal penalty for homosexuality over the years, here in Oregon it still was a capital offense. The ACLU was opposed to toleration of homosexuality, the APA classified homosexuality as mental illness even as therapies to cure the illness were being developed. And so forth. You get the picture. And we had social stability, Hollywood was not a moral cesspool, and religion flourished as never before in US history -at least since the Great Awakening. OK, got a better model for the future? Billy ________________________________ From: radicalcentrism@googlegroups.com <radicalcentrism@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Centroids <drer...@radicalcentrism.org> Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2019 12:40 PM To: RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com Cc: Billy Rojas Subject: war on homosexuality Re: [RC] Lessons in Practical Philosophy #2 Hi Billy, > There is no excuse at all for toleration of homosexuals or of homosexuality. I assume you mean intellectual toleration? How do you feel about hate speech against homosexuals? What about a Muslim preacher telling an angry mob that specific homosexuals in their community should be stoned? These are non-rhetorical questions. I am trying to understand what level of war you are hoping for... E -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Google Groups<http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism> groups.google.com Google Groups allows you to create and participate in online forums and email-based groups with a rich experience for community conversations. Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org [https://secure.gravatar.com/blavatar/becade87f4704f1f93c3ca0278c4fda6?s=200&ts=1549227114]<http://radicalcentrism.org/> Radical Centrism | A Unifying Paradigm of Civil Society<http://radicalcentrism.org/> radicalcentrism.org A Unifying Paradigm of Civil Society --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to radicalcentrism+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Google Groups<https://groups.google.com/d/optout> groups.google.com Google Groups allows you to create and participate in online forums and email-based groups with a rich experience for community conversations. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to radicalcentrism+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
