I would think that the taboo has its roots in health reasons. (people drinking the blood of animals, that is) All carnivores and omnivores consume at least a little blood of the other creatures they eat. Uncooked meat is potentially unhealthy though. (That's why gravy isn't taboo.) The taboo with people drinking the blood of other people probably stems from a fear of being attacked by another person. It also may be linked to the cannibalism taboo, and linked to the nonhuman-animals-are-lower mentality. You don't eat your own kind, only that which is lesser than you.
Just a guess.
Monday, August 27, 2001
fucking idiots
"I htink the general view on most transsexuals is that they are gay and that is why they are having the operation is to escape the stigma of being homosexual."
Anyone who thinks that being a transsexual has anything to do with being Gay is an idiot. Escaping a stigma?!?! LMAO Right, it's a lot less of a stigma to be labeled a transsexual.
...and yes, I was being sarcastic. One of those...
Right, it's a lot less of a stigma to be labeled a tranny than a homo.... AS IF!
(sarcasm is pretty tough to convey in writing sometimes)
Anyone who thinks that being a transsexual has anything to do with being Gay is an idiot. Escaping a stigma?!?! LMAO Right, it's a lot less of a stigma to be labeled a transsexual.
...and yes, I was being sarcastic. One of those...
Right, it's a lot less of a stigma to be labeled a tranny than a homo.... AS IF!
(sarcasm is pretty tough to convey in writing sometimes)
Sunday, August 26, 2001
ummmm.....
ok... leave it to me to be nit-picky, but.... by your definition, most people are Vampires. What do you think gravy is?
By my definition (although maybe incorrect in the books of some), Vampires are those who desire/need/consume the blood of their own species.
...unless you're saying that Vampires are not human... in which case...
that's a whole 'nother can o' worms.
By my definition (although maybe incorrect in the books of some), Vampires are those who desire/need/consume the blood of their own species.
...unless you're saying that Vampires are not human... in which case...
that's a whole 'nother can o' worms.
Saturday, August 25, 2001
Friday, August 24, 2001
(Insomnia)
I read somewhere that a scientific study showed that eating bananas or having sex will help quelch insomnia.
...figures, I'm allergic to bananas.
I've had insomnia (or some form of sleep disorder) since I was about 6.
What works for me? Nothing really. I can manage to pass out for a few hours if I drink enough though... and if I add drugs, I can get a whopping 5 straight hours! woohoo!
...figures, I'm allergic to bananas.
I've had insomnia (or some form of sleep disorder) since I was about 6.
What works for me? Nothing really. I can manage to pass out for a few hours if I drink enough though... and if I add drugs, I can get a whopping 5 straight hours! woohoo!
Friday, August 17, 2001
Wednesday, August 15, 2001
(My board) Stats (new record)
8/14/01 Visits 1288 Posts 133
The visits to posts ratio is normal. The number of posts is through the roof. Impressive on one level, I'm glad that the board is kicking some serious ass in so far as boards go... but it's a hell of a lot of reading for me to do.
I really miss being able to do some serious posting... and writing long e-mails to people I care about. I just don't get the chance to anymore. All I do these days is READ and run the board.
Hopefully things will mellow out a bit soon... or I'll get more used to it.
The visits to posts ratio is normal. The number of posts is through the roof. Impressive on one level, I'm glad that the board is kicking some serious ass in so far as boards go... but it's a hell of a lot of reading for me to do.
I really miss being able to do some serious posting... and writing long e-mails to people I care about. I just don't get the chance to anymore. All I do these days is READ and run the board.
Hopefully things will mellow out a bit soon... or I'll get more used to it.
Sunday, August 12, 2001
(on the outburst)
Sometimes getting the outburst out of one's system enables one to speak rationally.
I'll just quote myself here:
"For the record, if I was in a better financial place and had a wife, I'd love for her to carry my clone or splice her DNA with mine and carry the child. It's the ONLY way I'll ever be able to have a child of my own. Adoption is always an option, but it is WAY different. It takes a very special person to raise an adopted child, and it's possible that I may choose to take on that responsibility myself one day... but it's DIFFERENT. Being adopted adds challenges that aren't there with biological children. Challenges that I'm not sure that I could handle emotionally. Either way though, if it could be possible for me to have a child that was biologically mine, I'd want to have that option open to me."
...and by the way, it's not easy to adopt a child. It's just recently that Homosexuality ceased to be listed as a disease, and Transsexuals still lose custody of their own biological children because of who they are. Why complain? Because that's what people do when their rights are being denied them by people who have those rights.
...and by the way, it's not easy to adopt a child. It's just recently that Homosexuality ceased to be listed as a disease, and Transsexuals still lose custody of their own biological children because of who they are. Why complain? Because that's what people do when their rights are being denied them by people who have those rights.
Wednesday, August 8, 2001
on cloning (an outburst) - cont'd
ok... for the record, what I wrote previously was written in response to the government officials who want to make cloning human beings illegal. I wouldn't post an open topic and tell people to shut up. That's not what I'm about at all. It was sort of like yelling at the tv screen.
This is the way I see it...
This is a perfect example of 2 things. 1. Patriarchy, and 2. No separation of church and state.
People are talking about God and what they believe to be God's law in all of this. That should not be considered in law making. Laws should exist to punish people who willingly hurt other people. Cloning won't hurt anyone. There are plenty of "birth defects" in pregnancies already. Should we make pregnancy illegal?
I think that the boys in charge are damn scared of advances in the field of genetics. Why? Because one day it might be possible to not need sperm. They'll support research for an artificial womb before supporting something that might make sperm unnecessary.
For the record, if I was in a better financial place and had a wife, I'd love for her to carry my clone or splice her DNA with mine and carry the child. It's the ONLY way I'll ever be able to have a child of my own. Adoption is always an option, but it is WAY different. It takes a very special person to raise an adopted child, and it's possible that I may choose to take on that responsibility myself one day... but it's DIFFERENT. Being adopted adds challenges that aren't there with biological children. Challenges that I'm not sure that I could handle emotionally. Either way though, if it could be possible for me to have a child that was biologically mine, I'd want to have that option open to me.
I'd also love to see people growing new arms, legs, breasts, fingers, toes, vital organs.... people shouldn't have to suffer if there's an alternative... and most people I know would gladly risk new/unapproved methods in order to feel "normal" again and have a happier life.
It just seems as if the people in charge are making decisions based on what allows them to keep power, and not on what will most benefit people as a whole.
(and...)
Yes... it makes me nervous... and I DO think there should be some laws... again... to protect people from harm/abuse, etc.
For example, if you clone me without permission, you should be prosecuted. If you treat a clone as anything other than human, you should be prosecuted...
The possible organ market... the classist potential... the potential of giving people another "thing" to hate... yes, that worries me too... but...
I don't think that cloning should be declared illegal.
(and personally... I think they've already done it. It takes 15 years for the government to let new technologies hit the masses. In my opinion, they've already succeeded and this is ALL about power, money, and control.)
This is the way I see it...
This is a perfect example of 2 things. 1. Patriarchy, and 2. No separation of church and state.
People are talking about God and what they believe to be God's law in all of this. That should not be considered in law making. Laws should exist to punish people who willingly hurt other people. Cloning won't hurt anyone. There are plenty of "birth defects" in pregnancies already. Should we make pregnancy illegal?
I think that the boys in charge are damn scared of advances in the field of genetics. Why? Because one day it might be possible to not need sperm. They'll support research for an artificial womb before supporting something that might make sperm unnecessary.
For the record, if I was in a better financial place and had a wife, I'd love for her to carry my clone or splice her DNA with mine and carry the child. It's the ONLY way I'll ever be able to have a child of my own. Adoption is always an option, but it is WAY different. It takes a very special person to raise an adopted child, and it's possible that I may choose to take on that responsibility myself one day... but it's DIFFERENT. Being adopted adds challenges that aren't there with biological children. Challenges that I'm not sure that I could handle emotionally. Either way though, if it could be possible for me to have a child that was biologically mine, I'd want to have that option open to me.
I'd also love to see people growing new arms, legs, breasts, fingers, toes, vital organs.... people shouldn't have to suffer if there's an alternative... and most people I know would gladly risk new/unapproved methods in order to feel "normal" again and have a happier life.
It just seems as if the people in charge are making decisions based on what allows them to keep power, and not on what will most benefit people as a whole.
(and...)
Yes... it makes me nervous... and I DO think there should be some laws... again... to protect people from harm/abuse, etc.
For example, if you clone me without permission, you should be prosecuted. If you treat a clone as anything other than human, you should be prosecuted...
The possible organ market... the classist potential... the potential of giving people another "thing" to hate... yes, that worries me too... but...
I don't think that cloning should be declared illegal.
(and personally... I think they've already done it. It takes 15 years for the government to let new technologies hit the masses. In my opinion, they've already succeeded and this is ALL about power, money, and control.)
Tuesday, August 7, 2001
on cloning (an outburst)
There's been some talk in the news lately... people are planning on cloning a human within about a year's time.
So many people going ape shit about this.
Funny how most of them have had children or are capable of having children with their partners.
I say let the rest of us who cannot have children of our own without the assistance of modern medicine or some sort of divine intervention decide.
Advances in genetics may well lead to the ability to splice the dna of people... without needing eggs and sperm...maybe some day it will be possible for gay couples to have children who are biologically part of both of them. I say we ask the Homosexual population about all of this.
Cloning might well lead to the ability to grow new limbs... and other body parts lost to disease and injury. I say we ask some amputees and women who have battled breast cancer for their take on it.
I think the breeders should shut the fuck up.
So many people going ape shit about this.
Funny how most of them have had children or are capable of having children with their partners.
I say let the rest of us who cannot have children of our own without the assistance of modern medicine or some sort of divine intervention decide.
Advances in genetics may well lead to the ability to splice the dna of people... without needing eggs and sperm...maybe some day it will be possible for gay couples to have children who are biologically part of both of them. I say we ask the Homosexual population about all of this.
Cloning might well lead to the ability to grow new limbs... and other body parts lost to disease and injury. I say we ask some amputees and women who have battled breast cancer for their take on it.
I think the breeders should shut the fuck up.
Friday, August 3, 2001
90
Wandering aimlessly
Up and down
The bleeding paths
of my own mind
Getting lost
In my own
self
loathing
The feeling of emptiness
Within
Pain and despair
Akin to life
after death
Echo
Follow
Lead me
To you
Want to consume you
use you
abuse
Myself
Want to heal and fill
Myself
With your essence
Bleed you
Empty you
to satisfy
My tortured self
Instead
The cool metal blades mock me
Wandering aimlessly
up and down
The bleeding arms
of my body
Getting lost
In my own
Self
Dying
© 1995 (by JBW)
Up and down
The bleeding paths
of my own mind
Getting lost
In my own
self
loathing
The feeling of emptiness
Within
Pain and despair
Akin to life
after death
Echo
Follow
Lead me
To you
Want to consume you
use you
abuse
Myself
Want to heal and fill
Myself
With your essence
Bleed you
Empty you
to satisfy
My tortured self
Instead
The cool metal blades mock me
Wandering aimlessly
up and down
The bleeding arms
of my body
Getting lost
In my own
Self
Dying
© 1995 (by JBW)
Thursday, August 2, 2001
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help?
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Average Posts per day: 59 (including 8/2)
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