Posted on 12/16/2004 12:10:14 PM PST by freespirited
Looks like there's a financial bonus in here for this dude, doesn't it!!
Sir, being born with a cleft lip or a hole in the heart hardly compares to one "choosing" to become a female/male physically. Plastic surgery is a miracle for many families with children that are born with physical deformities. I know because my own daughter has benefited from plastic surgery. I have no doubts that individuals that receive this surgery are obviously mentally ill as are the physicians that perform them. It is unethical and immoral. I'm sure the studies are interesting but I have very little faith in studies conducted by people (studies tend to be very self serving).
You completely missed my point.
To make such a ridiculous statement proves you know nothing of this nation's founders and their strongly held belief, almost to a man, in the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. They would have been repelled and disgusted by such an act.
I never said they would choose one way or the other, I just said that the Founding Fathers would give it a fair hearing.
Intelligent people tend to hear someone out before they make a desision on a subject, something you cannot even imagine doing.
By the way, the jury system of our courts is based on Norse Viking culture and our republic form of government is partly based on the English system of government, but parts of it are throwbacks to the Ancient Roman and Greek governments.
"Apologetics"?... No one has so far apologizied for anything here. And I use logic and reason to rule my opinions.
The money spent doing these procedures would be better spent going towards mental health counseling.
Actually, if you had researched this you would have know what that other things have been tried for twenty years (50's to 70's); everything from 'peer pressure' to lobotomies. The person either ends up dead, still feeling like they are in the wrong gender or a catatonic vegetables.
And 'peer pressure' only works at best temporarily.
I am not being a jerk,
I never said you were. Do you believe you are?
it is what I firmly believe.
Belief without reason, nor evidence is insanity.
Here's a thread, I know there's more.. off to find another, see you in a few minuets.
Yes, being transgendered and having one's body mutilated and castrated in order to fulfill one's fantasy is totally legitimate and rational. Umm hmm. Yup.
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