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To: Woahhs
If you think kleptomania is a social problem and a mental problem.

The only thing being "begged" is your naitivity. Mental illness is defined as an abnormality in cognition, emotion,
mood, or social function. SOCIAL FUNCTION. A person who has an abnormal sexual/social (social=interaction) attraction where the units "do not fit" are acting against normal social action (consentual heterosexual contact).

Not to go off topic, but I am pretty sick of rationalizations that they cannot be mentally ill because of history's "brilliant" homosexuals, but then, there are "brilliant" autistic people and savants.

Second, homosexuality is clearly not a "sexual preference," per se, because it results in a net gain of "zilch" in the mating game, which continues the speciies.

Now please answer the question...why is it so terrible to admit one has a mental illness? Is it a way to justify a behavior which is adherrent and

You think incorrectly.

Next.
146 posted on 02/08/2004 3:14:52 PM PST by FUMETTI (Santorum was right!)
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