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[beatniknight]

So, with Holsinger's nomination for Surgeon General (you did know about that, right?) I've been rereading (I read it once for a project that never got the funding to continue.  Maybe some day) the ex-gay bible, "Homosexuality" by Dr. Charles Socarides (whose son is apparently a gay rights activist in Chelsea.  I can't begin to imagine what those

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[zhasper]

I think he's using the equals sign to mean "is associated with", or somesuch. Stool is associated with penis because (a) similar dimensions[1], (b) both utilise the same orifice. penis is associated with baby because it causes babies.. babies being associated with money, I don't understand at all.

I don't think the stool=money is valid, because he's using it in a way that has nothing to do with (mathematical notions of) money, and thus no reason to think that the operation in this cause would be commutative or associative.

I'm not saying he makes sense, or that his use of the equals sign to indicate an operation that has nothing to do with equality, and is not commutative or associative, is appropriate. Just saying I don't think you're reading the sign the way he intended it to be read.

The bit that really grabbed me was "anal-sadistic". I don't enjoy causing pain in someone's anus, nor do I like pain in my own. Does that exempt me from his definitions?