dunno001 said:
pizzahut451 said:
dunno001 said:
pizzahut451 said:
As for the Ancient Greece go on youtube and type ''Ancient Greeks Homosexuality Myth'' and watch it. It clearly says that city-states in Greece had strict laws against homosexualty. I would post the video here myself, but it wont allow me to copy and past links
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Ah, something new! But really, Youtube? Where anyone can upload anything? That's not a way to make your point. Let's analyze the entire ancient Greek structure, shall we?
To start off with, yes, homosexual marriage was not permitted; this was because in those days, marriage was for the sake of having kids. And homosexuality, as a declared sexuality, was also shunned. But it would be daft to say it didn't go on. Boys were trained from a young age to fight in the military, and it was not only normal, but expected, that the trainee would stay with, and sleep with, his trainer. The idea was that the trainee would need to form a close bond with the trainer, be like him, think like him, etc. And the most common way of bonding was seen to be having sex, at ages sometimes as young as 9. This boy would later finish his training and learning, probably go off to fight a war or 2, then later be responsible for being the trainer, again, needing to form a bond with his new young trainee. This life, coupled with the inherit dangers (and short lifespans) of being a soldier in these days means that they didn't have time for women. Who you were attracted to, male or female, didn't matter. Men in the military would have sex with other males. Some units would even do mass orgies to try to bond as a unit, though this was not as common.
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Ah thats cute. so now your response is ''Your source suxxxx''? Well, at least you're trying. But did you even watch those 3 videos??? I dont think you did. The guy said that ancient greece allowed gay marrige(sort of) and i posted a source that dispoves him and says that city_states and greece had very strict laws against homosexuality. but then you come and argue about something that is barely related to the thing he said.
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For all I know, that could be a video you uploaded. What the videos say is irrelevant. I could upload a video to YouTube saying what I want to say, what you're saying now is that I could cite it as a source for why I'm correct? This is why I discredit YouTube as a source; I'm not a big fan of Wikipedia, but there is at least some fact checking there, which can not even be said for YouTube. There is no validity to YouTube. What I was discussing was based on your text on how the Greek culture shunned homosexuality. The only thing shunned was identifying as such.
Simply put, YOU need to make YOUR argument. Don't just put some video up (or link to) on YouTube, make your own point, in words, in the place of dispute. Is there something specific in them you want to dispute? Mention it here! I'm responding to you, not some video. If I were responding to the video, I'd post in the video's comment section.
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