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Troy We have so many things adversely impacting brown people, more profoundly, lesbianism does not even register. Actually, if homosexuality is indeed increasing among people of color then it IS reason to be concerned because it COULD be a method to reduce the population. 3 questions must be asked and correctly answered: 1. IS homosexuality increasing among people of color (not just more people "coming out" but I'm asking is there an actual increase in the percentage)? 2. If so, WHY is homosexuality increasing among people of color? 3. And if the reasons for this increase are environmental, WHO'S BEHIND the changes in the environment that is causing this increase? 　 Del I cant say i am not a lesbian. If you are indeed a male, then I CAN say...unless you come from the Greek island of Lesbos....then you are NOT a lesbian.

Chev Jesus is just the Greek translation of the Hebrew Yashu or Yashua. Usually when you hear the suffix "us" or "is" on the end of a name....such as Is-IS, Osir-IS, Mos-ES, (or even Atlant-IS) it's a Greek translation of the original name because those stories came to Western civilization through Greece. The name "Joshua" is yet another translation of that same word "Yashua" Also, I liked how you broke down the connection between the words OPIUM, OPS, OPIUM, HEROINE, HERO, HERMES, ...SERPENT. I thought there had to be more of a connection between the words "heroin"and "heroine" besides the sound.

Let me make this simple.......... I've said and STILL maintain that African men and AfroAmerican men in particular tend to have higher testosterone rates than Caucasian and East Asian men. Again, I say ON AVERAGE because there are exceptions. So-called science ALSO backs this up. Most scientific journals will confirm that historically AfroAmerican men have had higher testosterone rates than Caucasian men. Testosterone is the primary chemical that governs a man's masculinity and govern's BOTH a man's and woman's sex drive. This is a biological fact that is also confirmed by science. If AfroAmerican men have a stronger sex drive and masculinity than both AfroAmerican women AND even Caucasian men....on average...then why should we allow either one of those groups tell US how and how often WE should be having sex?? Or with how many partners we should be having sex with? ONLY another Black man is qualified to advise, lecture, or instruct ME (or any other Black man) on my sexuality. I don't need someone who feels that an older man who loves having sex with multiple young women is a "predator", giving me MY morals! Read this loud and clear: In MY book of morals.....as long as he's not forcing himself on them.....I ADMIRE the fact that a 70 year old man CAN STILL HAVE SEX with and impregnate 19 and 20 year old women! Further, I HOPE I'm blessed by The Supreme Being to live, be healthy, and be able to do so too at 70+ years old and older! Black men (including one on this site....lol) should STOP accepting Caucasian's or women's values and morality and start using the brain that The Supreme Being gave them to develope THEIR OWN values and moral codes! As far as these other self-righteous groups who attempt to hold AfroAmerican men to some sort of arbitrary legalist or moralist standard..... When they start holding some of these wicked Catholic priests with their loooooong history of abusing children accountable and actually punish them, maybe THEN they may hold some credibility.

Ofcourse not. (see how easy it was to answer a question...lol....now YOU try it) This may come as a suprise to you based on your personal habits, but most men don't have to use their mouths on their partners first in order to prepare them for futher sexual activity......lol.

Being the heterosexual man that I am.......lol......I seriously doubt it.

Dorothy There is, indeed, a need to respond since you are admitting that you are not an expert on the subject of black sexuality, It's not an "admission" because I never claimed anything to the contrary. 　 and that all of the past assertions you made about the testosterone-fueled hyper-sexuality of most black men and their proclivity for polygamy, are just BS. Don't remember ever using the word "hyper-sexuality" except in referencing someone else's statement. I don't use terms like "hypersexuality" because what may be normam for AfroAmerican men may be seen as "hyper" to others with a weaker sexuality. Again, this just illustrustrates the importance of AfroAmericans developing their own sexual and moral values instead of adopting and incorporating foreign values from those outside of our community. 　 　 Plus, none of your explanations about European values being unnatural for Africans carry any credible authority. If observing the majority of AfroAmerican families that are broken or dysfunctional doesn't provide enough credible authority that imitating European values has led to disasterous results in the AfroAmerican community....I'm not sure what more credible evidence you need. 　 Bottom line, all of your afro-centric pontificating about the structured culture in this country inhibiting the true nature of its African diaspora is a bunch of drivel and should be disregarded. Glad we got that out of the way. The first thing we need to get out of the way is all of that damn straw and hay you've been dropping all over the floor whilst toiling away constructing your silly ass straw men to practice punching, kicking, and bullying around.......since you clearly lack the ability to challenge REAL opponents, lol.

All these AfroAmerican youth walking around with tatoos and many of them getting tatoos with various symbols even on their faces isn't just some "fad"......it's clearly being instigated and encouraged.

They say SELF awareness is the first step towards enlightenment.....lol.

It could have been MUCH "harder" if I were dealing with any other woman besides YOU.....(if you know what I mean)....LOL.

A reaction IS a response......albeit an involuntary response at times.

Cynique My argument is not a straw man one. You are, and always have been, coming from a place as the "expert" on the sexual behavior of black men which you contrast to that of European men who you claim don't have the hearty sexual appetite of black men. Yes your argument IS a strawman, because you are attributing words and positions that I have not said or endorsed. Can you find anywhere me "claiming to be an expert" or White or Black male sexuality? If not, how can you attibute that claim to me and then proceed to argue on it's validity? 　 That ongoing attitude is what i keep in mind when arguing with you. You continue to complain how this country's culture stifles the natural sexuality of black people whose African blood makes them polygamous, according to you. So you are focused on white people whose values you don't want imposed on black people in this society, because you assume their sexual habits are different from those of black people. It's more than just an assumption. If Africans and Europeans had the same sexual habits then you would find the same sexual and marital customs independantly between the two respective continents Africa and Europe. However historically before having major contact with eachother history has shown that MONOGAMY and HOMOSEXUALITY and CELIBACY were common sexual characteristics in Europe that were even encouraged in various European cultures and religions. While in Africa POLYGAMY was widely practiced and encouraged among men who could afford to do so and even African religions permitted this. 　 And, since you are aware of the mixed blood lines are people of color in this country then why do you continue to want to characterize them as polygamous Africans? Why don't you just mind your own business and stop trying to tell these assimilated slave descendants what comes natural to them. You're so busy trying to portray black men as super studs that you can't conceive of the idea of that sexuality varies from person to person and is a human issue. Did I say there was no difference between individuals INSIDE and OUTSIDE of different races and ethnicities or that all Black men were superstuds? Or is these more strawman arguments that you are attempting to pin on me to divert from the legitimacy of my actual focus? No need to answer/respond. That question was rhetorical as I already know the answer, lol. Carry on with your Scare Crow making......

Cynique And you are making the mistake of thinking that you can speak for married white men inasmuch as you are assuming that they don't desire sex with other women from time to time. Who claimed that married White men DON'T desire sex with other women (or men) from time to time? Did you read where I said that, or are you simply MAKING UP a statement and attributing it to me simply to argue against it, as usual? Despite your strawman assumptions, I'm not focused on what White men do or don't do sexually, as long as they don't try to FORCE it on my community. My focus is on what's best for AfroAmericans.....both male and female. Furthermore, what you refer to as "Afro-American" men are hybrid men of color who have mixed blood as a result of the miscegenation spawned by slavery Thanks for tell us what we ALREADY know. If you would pay attention to what I write instead of just cherry picking points for disagreement, you would have acknowledged the fact that instead of always using the terms "Black" or "African" for our people which suggests a pure racial stock......I usually use the term "AfroAmerican" as an ETHNICITY because it encompasses all descendants of American slavery who are of African descent regardless of the varying amounts of African ancestry they may have. so you aren't qualified to speak with authority on this subject since you insist on applying what you have decided are African customs to these men. And it's not like black men are so oversexed that they are harassing women in the work place more than white ones are. The fact that you call being polygamous "oversexed" is a clear example of the problem with AfroAmericans taking on the Caucasian mindset and moral code. How do we know that men who desire sex with multiple women are the ones who have a problem that need to be fixed? Who's to say that men who only desire ONE woman may infact be the ones with somethin wrong with THEM? ....like a weak physical disposition or imbalanced hormones that may be affecting their sex drive? It' s a known fact that for most men, when they get elderly their sex drive tends to diminish as well as other aspect of their health. So it could be that NATURE says a strong sex drive in which a man wants to run around having sex with multiple women is actually a GOOD thing and a symbol of robust health.

Delano Merry Christmas Thank you. But I don't celebrate pagan holidays; nor do most of the people I roll with. Now will you please and kindly answer my questions. Those being, and I will repeat: 1. Is the Hansel and Gretel story a myth? 2. Is the Oedipus story a myth? 3. And if NOT, can you please share with us some CLEAR EXAMPLES of myths? 　 Cynique There is no difference between the nouns "response" and "answer" unless an adjective such as "right" or "wrong" modifies them. Wrong again....... Let me give you a COMPENSATORY EDUCATION on these two different words: The fact that "response" and "answer" are TWO DIFFERENT WORDS alone qualifies there being a difference between them. All answers are responses, but not all responses are answers. A response is merely a REACTION to a question, but it doesn't necessarily answer it....while an answer is a response that focuses on RESOLVING the question being asked whether that answer is correct or incorrect. For example..... If I ask a woman if she's married and she puts her hand over her mouth and blushes...that's a RESPONSE but it doesn't answer my question. However if I ask her if she's married and she says "no" then that is an ANSWER.

Cynique Depends on who the person is. In your case, you being yourself is so mediocre that you "wanna-be" something better. But you don't have what it takes. So, the compound adjective "wanna-be" applies to the self who you are stuck with being If that is the case......lol....then there is no need for you to criticize or insult me nor anything I post. Why waste time criticizing and insulting a person who is stuck where they are and can't do any better than what they'e doing? The wisest thing to do with a person like that is to just compliment them and encourage them on any good that they manage to do.

Cynique All you had to say was "they" were either Correction: I didn't "have to" say anything. I CHOSE to respond to you because I know how frustrated you can get when I don't give you enough attention.

1. You didn't give me an answer, you gave me a RESPONSE.....there's a difference. 2. Librarians "git paid" to help people find books, not to educated them on their findings. Now are you going to answer my questions, or do I have to get Robert Mueller to fly out there and interrogate the answers out of you?

Well.....SHOULDN'T a person "wanna-be" self, since that's who they already are ???

I have one...... Lol, now what word do I have to look up to find YOUR answers to my questions?

Why would a library have YOUR answers to my questions?

Del..... Are the Hansel and Gretel and the Oedipus Rex stories MYTHS? I'd prefer an actual answer to that question rather than a finger wagging lecture, lol. And if not, can you give me some clear examples of myths that I may examine them and see the value in them for myself.

You said it was a fairy tale, but is the story of Hansel and Gretel an actual "myth"? And is the Oedipus Rex story also a myth?

Troy Has anyone read the epic Gilgamesh? I have. It's been awhile, but I remember it being a Sumerian text about the making of a monsterous human being and the flood that the "gods" brought to destroy a portion of humanity.

Exactly what statement did I make that {was so above your level of understanding that you didn't grasp it and } you THOUGHT was stupid?

Everything can be improved upon. I don't know about Troy's understanding, but can you make it a little more clear for me?

Lol, don't get too spooked out. I actually posted it BEFORE your explanation but I figured you wouldn't notice it so I deleted it and RE-posted it after your last post.