Homophobia: Fun Fact

[JakeStarkey]

In Some Species, Eating Your Own Is Good Sense - NYTimes.com

In Some Species, Eating Your Own Is Good Sense
By CAROL KAESUK YOON
Published: September 29, 1992

CANNIBALISM, at least among animals, may not be as bad as it sounds. Biologists once considered the eating of an individual's own species a behavioral mistake made by animals that were unnaturally overcrowded or hungry. But after new analyses, scientists have begun to see the consumption of one's fellow beings as a shrewd strategy for survival.

In fact, among some species, cannibalism is so common that it has molded some of the animal world's most elaborate social behaviors, including courtship and parental care.

In a new book, "Cannibalism, Ecology and Evolution Among Diverse Taxa" (Oxford University Press), described as the first comprehensive study of cannibalism, scientists argue that when animals eat their own species they are not just looking for another meal but also seeking to destroy competitors in the struggle to survive and reproduce.

"We humans think it's terrible for a species to eat its own kind," said Dr. Martha Crump, a behavioral biologist studying cannibalism among tadpoles. "But I think that in many situations, cannibalism is a very natural and reasonable thing to do. If food is limited and members of your species are the only thing around, why starve?"

 

[YoungRepublican]

Um, no, dear. There are THOUSANDS of species in the animal kingdom which exhibit the behavior of cannibalism in one form or another.

You need a dictionary.

Cannibalism is defined as "the eating of the flesh of an animal by another animal of the same kind", and as I said, thousands of different animal species do this under various circumstances.

I'm not even vaguely interested in your personal maunderings on life, love, and homosexuality, so let's keep this factual and scientific as much as possible, okay?

Ladywildlife's Canniblaism in Animals Page
Do you want more research or should I just continue to throw out stupid numbers like you? If I could ask you to keep your opinions as scientific as possible. I also have no desire to listen to your various forms of hate speech.

Research?! What are you, twelve, that you think throwing up some anonymous broad's web page constitutes "research"?

Try THIS instead, Junior:

JSTOR: An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie

(You'll have to actually go to the article and read it, because it doesn't allow for cut-and-paste.)

And that's an old article. The number is now accepted to be much higher.

This, of course, is the work on the subject most cited on academic websites, as well as many encyclopedic sites, so if you don't want to buy it, feel free to just look for the quotes all over the Internet.

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Cannibalism-Ecology-Evolution-Among-Diverse/dp/B003WL3W7W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356660268&sr=8-1&keywords=Cannibalism%3A+Ecology+and+Evolution+of+Cannibalism+among+Diverse+Taxa]Amazon.com: Cannibalism, Ecology and Evolution Among Diverse Taxa: Mark A., Crespi, Bernard J., Editors Elgar: Books[/ame]

Now run along, Junior. I hear your X-Box calling you.

My school allots me every EBSCO, Academic Search Premier, the whole nine and I could find a thing to support your claim. The fact that you are comparing homosexuality to cannibalism alone just shows me who should be running along. Keep insulting though, I’m sure that does wonders for your self esteem.. What’s the issue? Weight? Looks? Usually when people resort to insults like that its a pretty good indicator of an overwhelming insecurity. those coupled with your disdain for the gays..well its just about written all over you.

 

[JakeStarkey]

LGS is messed up for sure, but not include family remarks, please.

Only the sick minded social values ultra right link homosexuality and cannibalism and bestiality and such.

Shows just how the level of emotional sickness is among some of them.

 

[YoungRepublican]

LGS is messed up for sure, but not include family remarks, please.

Only the sick minded social values ultra right link homosexuality and cannibalism and bestiality and such.

Shows just how the level of emotional sickness is among some of them.

I edited it. These people just make me so damn mad and then they have the gaul to think that they are the face of the GOP and we should be proud to have them in the ranks. I just dont understand where it comes from.

 

[JakeStarkey]

The gall comes from a sense of libertarian and ultra right entitlement and superiority, in that they know better than everyone else because of intelligence or religious belief or whatever.

Such are smucks.

 

[RightNorLeft]

LGS is messed up for sure, but not include family remarks, please.

Only the sick minded social values ultra right link homosexuality and cannibalism and bestiality and such.

Shows just how the level of emotional sickness is among some of them.

I edited it. These people just make me so damn mad and then they have the gaul to think that they are the face of the GOP and we should be proud to have them in the ranks. I just dont understand where it comes from.

Its the extremist nutcases in the GOP that chased many of us out and made us independents. Same as the left wing frenziests who pushed mainstream democrats to independent.
If both parties keep catering to the special interest loons at the extremes of both of them the voting power will grow in the independent ranks, until the parties will HAVE to cater to the normal mainstream americans.

 

[daveman]

daveman is the 20 year old brat. I am a senior citizen just settled into retirement this last month.

And I just kicked daveman's ass on his sentence fragment post. Use Purdue's OWL system, daveman, to improve your writing. It needs some improvement.

You live a rich fantasy life, kid.

 

[JakeStarkey]

Says the fantasy boy.

 

[Cecilie1200]

Ladywildlife's Canniblaism in Animals Page
Do you want more research or should I just continue to throw out stupid numbers like you? If I could ask you to keep your opinions as scientific as possible. I also have no desire to listen to your various forms of hate speech.

Research?! What are you, twelve, that you think throwing up some anonymous broad's web page constitutes "research"?

Try THIS instead, Junior:

JSTOR: An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie

(You'll have to actually go to the article and read it, because it doesn't allow for cut-and-paste.)

And that's an old article. The number is now accepted to be much higher.

This, of course, is the work on the subject most cited on academic websites, as well as many encyclopedic sites, so if you don't want to buy it, feel free to just look for the quotes all over the Internet.

[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Cannibalism-Ecology-Evolution-Among-Diverse/dp/B003WL3W7W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1356660268&sr=8-1&keywords=Cannibalism%3A+Ecology+and+Evolution+of+Cannibalism+among+Diverse+Taxa]Amazon.com: Cannibalism, Ecology and Evolution Among Diverse Taxa: Mark A., Crespi, Bernard J., Editors Elgar: Books[/ame]

Now run along, Junior. I hear your X-Box calling you.

My school allots me every EBSCO, Academic Search Premier, the whole nine and I could find a thing to support your claim. The fact that you are comparing homosexuality to cannibalism alone just shows me who should be running along. Keep insulting though, I’m sure that does wonders for your self esteem.. What’s the issue? Weight? Looks? Usually when people resort to insults like that its a pretty good indicator of an overwhelming insecurity. those coupled with your disdain for the gays..well its just about written all over you.

Hoo, boy. Go annoy some adults XXXXXXX, little one. No one else is interested, or compelled to pretend they are.

"I don't like what you're saying, so YOU'RE FAT!" We have enough of that puerile nonsense from people who are nominally grown-ups without being stuck babysitting you.

Scram, kid, and tell XXXXXXX I'm going to start charging them.

 

[YoungRepublican]

Research?! What are you, twelve, that you think throwing up some anonymous broad's web page constitutes "research"?

Try THIS instead, Junior:

JSTOR: An Error Occurred Setting Your User Cookie

(You'll have to actually go to the article and read it, because it doesn't allow for cut-and-paste.)

And that's an old article. The number is now accepted to be much higher.

This, of course, is the work on the subject most cited on academic websites, as well as many encyclopedic sites, so if you don't want to buy it, feel free to just look for the quotes all over the Internet.

Amazon.com: Cannibalism, Ecology and Evolution Among Diverse Taxa: Mark A., Crespi, Bernard J., Editors Elgar: Books

Now run along, Junior. I hear your X-Box calling you.

My school allots me every EBSCO, Academic Search Premier, the whole nine and I could find a thing to support your claim. The fact that you are comparing homosexuality to cannibalism alone just shows me who should be running along. Keep insulting though, I’m sure that does wonders for your self esteem.. What’s the issue? Weight? Looks? Usually when people resort to insults like that its a pretty good indicator of an overwhelming insecurity. those coupled with your disdain for the gays..well its just about written all over you.

Hoo, boy. Go annoy some adults XXXXXXX, little one. No one else is interested, or compelled to pretend they are.

"I don't like what you're saying, so YOU'RE FAT!" We have enough of that puerile nonsense from people who are nominally grown-ups without being stuck babysitting you.

Scram, kid, and tell XXXXXXX I'm going to start charging them.

I was just pointing out the fact that insults like those are usually a direct link to ones own insecurity. Ya see, when people have this odd fascination with banning gay marriage I automatically dismiss all of those opinions as immature, which they are. Youre right, I dont like what you are saying because its counter-productive. You want to argue gay marriage, please, lets, but no need to resort to insults to try to prove a point.

 

[ShackledNation]

The gall comes from a sense of libertarian and ultra right entitlement and superiority, in that they know better than everyone else because of intelligence or religious belief or whatever.

Such are smucks.

Libertarians are not against homosexuals in any way, and are not against people of the same sex getting married if that is what they choose. Please do not group libertarianism with "the ultra right" as it makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

The gall comes from a sense of libertarian and ultra right entitlement and superiority, in that they know better than everyone else because of intelligence or religious belief or whatever.

Such are smucks.

Libertarians are not against homosexuals in any way, and are not against people of the same sex getting married if that is what they choose. Please do not group libertarianism with "the ultra right" as it makes no sense whatsoever.

Jake is so far left he thinks Barney Frank is extreme right wing, ignore his labels unless your intent is to mock him.

 

[JakeStarkey]

"they know better than everyone else because of intelligence or religious belief or whatever" is qualified by x or y or z. I said nothing about homosexuality in any way below. You have created a straw man argument that does not pertain here.

If you are libertarian or ultra right, you do not know better, but in fact, far less than the rest of the population.

The gall comes from a sense of libertarian and ultra right entitlement and superiority, in that they know better than everyone else because of intelligence or religious belief or whatever.

Such are smucks.

Libertarians are not against homosexuals in any way, and are not against people of the same sex getting married if that is what they choose. Please do not group libertarianism with "the ultra right" as it makes no sense whatsoever.

 

[ShackledNation]

"they know better than everyone else because of intelligence or religious belief or whatever" is qualified by x or y or z. I said nothing about homosexuality in any way below. You have created a straw man argument that does not pertain here.

If you are libertarian or ultra right, you do not know better, but in fact, far less than the rest of the population.

The gall comes from a sense of libertarian and ultra right entitlement and superiority, in that they know better than everyone else because of intelligence or religious belief or whatever.

Such are smucks.

Libertarians are not against homosexuals in any way, and are not against people of the same sex getting married if that is what they choose. Please do not group libertarianism with "the ultra right" as it makes no sense whatsoever.

Just read the post above yours, which you were responding to. "The gall" referred to linked homosexuality and bestiality/cannibalism, which suggests a position against homosexuality. You said that gall comes from libertarians, it simply does not. You group libertarians with the extreme right, when they are quite the opposite.

Either way, your statement is false.

 

[Cecilie1200]

My school allots me every EBSCO, Academic Search Premier, the whole nine and I could find a thing to support your claim. The fact that you are comparing homosexuality to cannibalism alone just shows me who should be running along. Keep insulting though, I’m sure that does wonders for your self esteem.. What’s the issue? Weight? Looks? Usually when people resort to insults like that its a pretty good indicator of an overwhelming insecurity. those coupled with your disdain for the gays..well its just about written all over you.

Hoo, boy. Go annoy some adults XXXXXXX, little one. No one else is interested, or compelled to pretend they are.

"I don't like what you're saying, so YOU'RE FAT!" We have enough of that puerile nonsense from people who are nominally grown-ups without being stuck babysitting you.

Scram, kid, and tell XXXXXXX I'm going to start charging them.

I was just pointing out the fact that insults like those are usually a direct link to ones own insecurity. Ya see, when people have this odd fascination with banning gay marriage I automatically dismiss all of those opinions as immature, which they are. Youre right, I dont like what you are saying because its counter-productive. You want to argue gay marriage, please, lets, but no need to resort to insults to try to prove a point.

Junior, you can point out any freaking thing you want. It won't matter, because I don't take instruction from arrogant little teenaged asswipes who just discovered the world around them last week and now think they're frigging experts who are going to lecture their elders about how they aren't handling things right. Maybe when your testicles have dropped and your voice has changed and you've gotten your first real job, you might have something to say to me, but that's still a good decade in the future. So sit up straight, drink all your milk, and pipe down while the grown-ups are talking.

 

[YoungRepublican]

Hoo, boy. Go annoy some adults XXXXXXX, little one. No one else is interested, or compelled to pretend they are.

"I don't like what you're saying, so YOU'RE FAT!" We have enough of that puerile nonsense from people who are nominally grown-ups without being stuck babysitting you.

Scram, kid, and tell XXXXXXX I'm going to start charging them.

I was just pointing out the fact that insults like those are usually a direct link to ones own insecurity. Ya see, when people have this odd fascination with banning gay marriage I automatically dismiss all of those opinions as immature, which they are. Youre right, I dont like what you are saying because its counter-productive. You want to argue gay marriage, please, lets, but no need to resort to insults to try to prove a point.

Junior, you can point out any freaking thing you want. It won't matter, because I don't take instruction from arrogant little teenaged asswipes who just discovered the world around them last week and now think they're frigging experts who are going to lecture their elders about how they aren't handling things right. Maybe when your testicles have dropped and your voice has changed and you've gotten your first real job, you might have something to say to me, but that's still a good decade in the future. So sit up straight, drink all your milk, and pipe down while the grown-ups are talking.

Haha yes my age discounts me because I am new to the world. Hers a news flash for you lady.. You are the modern equivalent to the opposition of the civil rights movement and that’s how youll be remembered. An out of touch idiot who went to their graves as an intolerant fool. The problem with the internet is that it gives people like you a voice, 20 years ago the only place you would have been able to spew your hate speech is at your local church. My age doesn’t appear to be the problem in this discussion, its yours. It is your generation that is doing the harm and it will be remembered that way, believe that lady.

 

[Cecilie1200]

XXXXXXX perhaps we could get back to the topic:

What does the normal behavior of other species mean to normal human behavior? Anything? Nothing?

As has been pointed out and not even vaguely refuted or even dealt with, many other things that humans would never consider doing - or are incapable of doing, in some instances - are completely normal to other species. Cannibalism is the big one that's been mentioned, but I myself also mentioned that many other species in the animal kingdom exhibit hermaphroditism as a normal genetic trait, while in humans it only appears rarely as an anomalous mutation.

So whenever you leftists want to stop dancing around the jailbait like a bunch of dogs around a ***** in heat, stop demanding that we can't discuss ANY other characteristics of the animal kingdom EXCEPT the one that you've designated as "proving" homosexuality is normal, and actually deal with this point, I will await your posts with great anticipation.

But I won't hold my breath, since I know what a bunch of uneducated chickenshits you all really are.

 

[YoungRepublican]

If we could move right along past Jake the Grungy Perv sniffing around the junior-high student who wouldn't know a real source if it slapped him, perhaps we could get back to the topic:

What does the normal behavior of other species mean to normal human behavior? Anything? Nothing?

As has been pointed out and not even vaguely refuted or even dealt with, many other things that humans would never consider doing - or are incapable of doing, in some instances - are completely normal to other species. Cannibalism is the big one that's been mentioned, but I myself also mentioned that many other species in the animal kingdom exhibit hermaphroditism as a normal genetic trait, while in humans it only appears rarely as an anomalous mutation.

So whenever you leftists want to stop dancing around the jailbait like a bunch of dogs around a ***** in heat, stop demanding that we can't discuss ANY other characteristics of the animal kingdom EXCEPT the one that you've designated as "proving" homosexuality is normal, and actually deal with this point, I will await your posts with great anticipation.

But I won't hold my breath, since I know what a bunch of uneducated chickenshits you all really are.

Haha Junior high..Im a college senior on his way to Law school.. Which Colege/Grad school did you attend? No one needs to adress your claims that cannobalism is even remotely close to homosexuality because its an asinine comment. Jeez the stupidity is everywhere

 

[Ernie S.]

If you feel homosexuality is wrong, it is not a phobia, it is an opinion. I have the right NOT to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off.

Well its not called homo-opinion, is it? Its called homophobia for a reason.

It's called homophobia because it's meant to be a pejorative. It makes people sound meaner than if you'd called them "people who think homosexuals are perverts"

People who think marriage is between one man and one woman are not afraid of homosexuals.

 

[Sunni Man]

Homophobia means to have an irrational fear of homosexuals.

I doubt that any normal man is fearful of a limp wristed gay with an effeminate lisp.

A better term would be something like disgust-phobia or pervert-phobia.