From: eczcaw@mips.nott.ac.uk (A.Wainwright)
Subject: Re: New Study Out On Gay Percentage
Reply-To: eczcaw@mips.nott.ac.uk (A.Wainwright)
Organization: Nottingham University
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In article <F3ZB3B1w165w@codewks.nacjack.gen.nz>, system@codewks.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall) writes:
|> > brian@gab.unt.edu (Brian "Drakula" Stone) writes:
|> > 
|> > >Just because someone is gay doesn't mean they have no morals.  Just because 
|> > >someone is heterosexual doesn't mean they do.  Look at the world....  
|> > >Statistics alone prove that most criminals are by default hetero...
|> 
|> Hmmm, what statistics are these? Can you offer any references. The only
|> studies I've seen indicate a higher proportion of homosexuals in prison
|> than in the general population, but I don't think that allows for the
|> "default" you refer to. Prison is not a normal situation...
|> 
|> But I haven't seen anything that suggests that the "default" proportion is
|> lower than in the general population (although it seems plausible).
|> 
|> Anyway, as I say, can you provide any references?
|> 
|> 

Is this an arguement against or for?  Or simply a statement of agreeance/
disagreeance.  The fact that there are more homosexuals in prison does not
mean that homosexuals are immoral and more liable to commit crime.  And one
must remember that prison is not necessarily a reflection of the type of
people who are criminals.  What are the statistics for unsolved crime?



|> -- 
|> 	This posting is definitive. bljeghbe'chugh vaj blHegh.
|>   Wayne McDougall :: Keeper of the list of shows better than Star Trek(TM) ::
|>             Ask me about the Auckland Festival of Missions, 18-25 April, 1993
|> I always change my mind when new evidence is available. What method do you use?
|> 

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