Re: virus: Is morality a meme? and some implications of an

Nathan Russell (frussell@frontiernet.net)
Sat, 02 May 1998 11:02:24 -0400


Kristy wrote:

> >As AIDS
> >becomes more common, it occurs to me that morality may become more
> >traditional and restrictive due to the counterselection of memes.
> >Homosexuality (and the subtle influences which promote it, both genetic
> >and due to environmentally transmitted memes i.e. contact with
> >homosexuals) would now be selecte4d against for multiple reasons.
>
> I'm confused; does this mean you think that contact with
> heterosexuals would make me for suspeptible to have sex with men???

No, I am saying that if one or the other orientation is not present in a
child's environment at all, it is possible that the developing psyche would not
be able to experess that orientation due to lack of partners or subtle
suggestions during development; also, I was only hypothysizing.

> Hmm, I
> work with a lot of heterosexuals, and live with them; hell, I even am one!
> But I don't think this influences my sexual orientation.

It most likely doesn't, for you, and I can't picture myself as anything but
hetrosexual (and, being 15, have a hard time picturing myself as that), but
there may be people who are vulnerable to being influenced.

> Since the reverse
> of what you say isn't true....well, maybe I misunderstood what you said.

Maybe I don't know what I'm saying-Nathan Russell

> Just wondering.
>
> ~kjs