Col. I have worked for over tens years with families, and their children with severe and mulitiple disabilities ( + CP).

You insult and denigrate these wonderful parents who love and nurture their child through life, by classifying their chid as "Abnormal".

Your postings say a lot about yourself!

Dear Kipp,

To be abnormal does not necessarily mean anything bad. It may only mean departing from some norm. Einstein, Darwin and Newton all had abnormal intelligence. Their mental ability departed from the norm. Bradman's ability as a cricket layer was abnormal. Sainthood is another indication of abnormality.

Kipp” Col. I have worked for over tens years with families, and their children with severe and mulitiple disabilities ( + CP).

You insult and denigrate these wonderful parents who love and nurture their child through life, by classifying their chid as "Abnormal".”

Well jolly good for you Kipp.

(I will mark that down on today’s list of things I hope I never have to be bored with again)

Now if you care to test your reading skills and open a dictionary,

Look up “abnormal” and show me where my description is any thing but 100% accurate.

Abnormal

“not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm”

"departing from the normal in e.g. intelligence and development;”

That you seem to believe we all have to be politically correct, and use only words of a superlative quality in description is entirely up to you.

Personally, I prefer plain English.

as to “Your postings say a lot about yourself!”

do you mean “he uses words bearing in mind the accuracy of their meaning, ensuring normalcy in communication”

Thanks for that, nicest thing anyone has said to me all day.

David f.. you have got it, and as I said, I believe in tolerance of the abnormal.

However to the comments to child rearing,

whoever rears the young makes no difference on any significant evolutionary scale,

Whilst the "carer" might contribute to the “socialization” of the cared for, that is it.

it is only the natural parent (through their genetic contributor) whose influence will impact the evolutionary development of future generations (much to the despair of those whose lineage carries an "abnormality" like Huntingtons Chorea).

To get back on topic, homosexuality is abnormal, The only thing which has changed in the past few millenia is a pendular fluctuation in social values and tolerance to the abnormality.

Semantics is often used to cloud negative or derogotry comment.

Kipp “Semantics is often used to cloud negative or derogotry comment.”

And an “oversensitivity” to the correct use of words reflects the immature and stunted mind of the intellectually challenged.

Grow up and get over yourself.

This is a very sad case. Sudden violence towards a sexual advance from a an older male would indicate the youth has issues with his sexuality and homosexual panic can easily result in that situation. He will have to live with the tragic consequenses for life. That the jury spared him a jail a sentence is to be applauded, for he will suffer enormously in years to come and rue the day he carried a knife.

On the matter of gay beats, there are many such places and very few legal sex on premises venues for gay and bisexual people. Councils battle developers wanting to open these venues with the result that public places remain the only option for men to meet up.

There is widespread denial by councils and the public about beats and and needs of gay and bisexual men. These guys need safe sex on premises venues where safe sex with condoms and showers is available to help halt the spread of sexually transmitted disease.