It seems that we are in an era of people wanting others to accept them for what they are. We have the transgendered community, with whom we are starting to cater to, with bathrooms and change rooms for them. I have a deep concern on where the line should be drawn.
How far are we going to let this go? If someone says they are gay and they cannot help it because it's in their genetic makeup we should all accept it, and for the most part we all do.
If you look on the opposite side of this spectrum what happens when someone starts to say that they cannot help that they like to murder other people because it's in their nature and they can't help it? What happens when pedophiles claim that their genetic makeup forces them to be attracted to little children? I will never accept this, and I imagine nobody else will either.
Why are we expected to accept one type and not the other, why do we expect one side to change their ways and control who they are but the other side is accepted into society? Isn't it the same thing, to some degree?
I have no problem with transgendered people or gay or lesbian, I even have a few friends who have come out as one. The difference is that they are not hurting anyone, and anyone they meet is consensual when they enter a relationship. What they are doing isn't for monetary gains or profit.
I have read a few articles now with "Bad" people claiming they can't help themselves because it's the way they are.
We are going to have a huge problem in very near future, there will be no more prisons but instead be hospitals, and everyone who has done a crime will be sent one because they aren't guilty of a crime but instead can't help themselves, it's who they are.
There has to be a way to diagnose these symptoms to prove they are not the same thing. One is a genetic condition while the other is an addiction. Which I believe to be true, and anyone can beat an addiction.
Scott Goerz
