Actually, its just part of the standard rules of argument. The asserter has to back the assertion.

In other words, no you can't. Thanks for trying to fob your responsibility to back your assertions on me, but no thanks.

1) Perfect? No. A reasonable facsimile? Certainly.

How?

You may deride Murray and Herrnstein's claims in The Bell Curve, but the consistent difference in SAT/ACT scores, and achievement, in spite of significant efforts to improve educational opportunities, does suggest they were on to something.

Remember the term 'Digital Brownshirts'? This branding has been going on for decades.

Didn't realize that Mexicans look just like anglos.

Shouldn't it be the opposite (ie, the null hypothesis)? There's been a lot of bad science, and a lot of lousy reporting, on the research examining the intersection of biology and sexual orientation.

Thank you. That was a well-reasoned response.

So reporters treated this much like the claims that homosexuality is genetic.

Yeah, this is just taking Malthus' ideas with a more sophisticated algorithm.

Some of these influences are circular. Food, religion, most certainly. New Zealand? A bit of a stretch (New Zealand currency? Sure).

I think the problem is more with the dyes and not the fabrics.

Battle Royal was already made into a manga.

I wasn't the original poster. I'm indifferent to teh gays.

You're right. I don't care, and I don't watch.

You shouldn't care about them. We don't whine (as much).

So? They're ~3-5% of the population. Why should I care?

You understand that they don't really exist. That maybe, just maybe, you misunderstood things.

It can reduce their already weak impulse control (assuming addicted = weak impulse control).