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From: david@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Norris)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: homosexuality
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Date: Tue, 15-Nov-83 11:45:13 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 15 11:45:13 1983
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>W.r.t. homosexuality being unnatural: many animals exhibit
>homosexuality - I know for sure about ducks, dogs, and rats (these are
>the ones I've read about). The interesting thing about the rats was
>that it was observed in an experiment with overcrowding. The rats were
>given all the food they needed, but a limited amount of space. Result
>was pregnant rats re-absorbing their babies (this happens in rabbits
>too, come to think of it) or eating them as they're born, an increase
>in the number of violent encounters, an increase in the injury
>inflicted in these encounters, and an increase in homosexuality (which
>however, had been present all along). I think one might be able to
>draw parallels too our current crowded situation in cities. One
>hypothesis is that homosexuality is a natural and NEEDED method of
>birth control.

   Is eating our young a natural and NEEDED form of birth control, too?
Why don't we just have weekly street fights in which a portion of the
population is decimated?  That would do a good job of controlling the
population.  I would like to know more about this experiment.
  -- Dave Norris