One of my FBs who is very into gay themed movies made a list on IMDb that is supposed to be gay themed non-porn movies that have unsimulated gay male sex in them.
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls088513722/
Do you think Noel Alehandro movies fit this category? Aren't they porn movies?
What about Antonio da Silva / Bruce La Bruce?
Does anyone know any other movies that should be on the list ?
You (and most other covid conspiracy theorists) wilfully misunderstand is the whole concept of transmission in immunology.
They are not talking about the prevention of a vaccinated infected individual's capacity to transmit to a non-injected person but the FACT that vaccination reduces rates of infection and therefor transmission because obviously (to most but not to you), UNINFECTED PEOPLE CAN'T TRANSMIT THE VIRUS.
You are still obsessed with the protestant Christian notion that religions are defined by "Holy Texts".
You do realise that Christianity existed before the New Testament did?
You observe that Christians "Cherry Pick" from the OT and the NT and Muslims basically ignore the Quran, but you don't get that YOUR understanding of the relationship between religion and "holy texts" is wrong, not their's?
As I said earlier, one of the weirdest things you find on social media is "atheists" insisting that Christians and Muslims be religious fundamentalists. In other words, atheists who have a purely fundamentalist (mis-)understanding of Religion.
At most, a literal interpretation of the Quran (and the Bible) only condemns anal sex between men. However:
1. Girls are publicly caned in Malaysia for kissing in public (not men and not having anal sex).
2. Men are arrested and imprisoned in Egypt for dancing together at a party on a boat (not having anal sex).
3. A boy is expelled from school in the USA for wanting to bring his boyfriend to the school prom (not wanting to have anal with his boyfriend at the school prom).
4. A B&B in the USA refuses to honour a booking made by two men (to stay in a room, not a booking to have anal sex) because it is against their "Christian Values".
If religion is based on "holy texts" as you insist, how do you explain this discrepancy?
“Several studies have provided evidence that vaccines are effective at preventing infection,” it states, “Uninfected people cannot transmit; therefore, the vaccines are also effective at preventing transmission.”
Believers will always use mental gymnastics to justify their position on their religious beliefs.
"I only eat halal food because that's what the quran tells me to do." and the same person "Fuck what the quran says, I want cock up my ass".
"The quran is the perfect word of god." and the same person "Fuck what the quran says, I want cock wrapped in bacon shoved up my ass."
And? Whoever said religious faith is rational and consistent? In fact the famous Christian theologian Thomas Aquinas (the author of the five proofs of god that Richard Dawkins dismally failed to understand let alone refute in his God Delusion book) said that if people were forced to believe because of reason, then they would not be saved because they hadn't made the choice. An Islamic philosopher who's name escapes me at the moment said about the same thing.
If you believe in the kind of god Christio-Muslims believe in, it is not subject to reason. Strangely, many pseudo-atheists remain embedded in Western Christian culture and so believe that an idea based on facts and reason can itself be a truth. Presumably these ideas/truths float around in the universal supernatural mind (but don't mention the word "god").
Of course ideas only exist in one place that we know of in the entire universe; human minds. Only facts (primarily phenomenological facts) are truths.
The idea that the rollout of vaccines didn't reduce transmission is obviously laughable.
The main reason for covid vaccination was to prevent the collapse of the health system which would have been catastrophic.
That it succeeded in doing and we didn't have the situation Italy had early in the pandemic where doctors had to decide who lived or died because of a shortage of ventilators and beds.
Vaccination clearly reduced to excess death rate and saved millions of lives.
Making stuff up, calling people names and bleating conspiracy theories into the echo chamber no longer constitute convincing arguments. The trump era is over.
@raphjd Clearly the word "transmission" is being used in (at least) two different ways in different contexts. Unsurprisingly, those with a conservative mentality are confused.
Vaccines are proven to reduce rates of infection. If you're not infected, OBVIOUSLY (to most), transmission has been prevented to you and from you. You are not a link in the chain of transmission. You HAVE protected your grandmother.
However, if you ARE infected, does being vaccinated reduce you ability to infect others? PROBABLY if it reduces the viral load, but it is basically unknown in the case of covid vaccines.
The doubt around 2 doesn't impact 1 AT ALL.
You (and most other covid conspiracy theorists) wilfully misunderstand is the whole concept of transmission in immunology.
They are not talking about the prevention of a vaccinated infected individual's capacity to transmit to a non-injected person but the FACT that vaccination reduces rates of infection and therefor transmission because obviously (to most but not to you), UNINFECTED PEOPLE CAN'T TRANSMIT THE VIRUS.
“Several studies have provided evidence that vaccines are effective at preventing infection,” it states, “Uninfected people cannot transmit; therefore, the vaccines are also effective at preventing transmission.”
The idea that the rollout of vaccines didn't reduce transmission is obviously laughable.
Wrong
Re: Influenza (virus) vaccines from the CDC.
"The CDC recommends that all healthcare professionals receive an annual flu vaccination to prevent transmission to patients."
https://www.nfid.org/infectious-diseases/fact-sheet-for-healthcare-professionals/
Vaccines can prevent transmission. It is a function of how effective the particular vaccine is in reducing the viral load.
@Rotron There has long been an obsession with issues surrounding the sexuality of young teens in the USA but more recently the conservative right have weaponised and misappropriated words like "groomer" to try to push back against LGBTQIA acceptance. People have been called "groomer" just because they've had a pride flag in their shop where minors might see it.
It is however a very effective strategy and very difficult to fight. So effective that it has created an internalised homophobia in the gay community so that adults are afraid of having anything at all to do with young teens, let alone admit that sexualisation happens by puberty, not my some miraculous event that occurs at midnight on the person's 18th, 16th, 15th, 14th birthday (depending on where they happen to live) and certainly not by seeing a pride flag or a drag queen.
I'm guessing you're getting one stars because of that.
@raphjd Where and when precisely did Fauci say that the Covid vaccines absolutely stop transmission?
Here in Feb 2021 he said when asked that question that it's a "looming question" and that studies SUGGEST that covid vaccines might SLOW transmission.
The main reason for covid vaccination was to prevent the collapse of the health system which would have been catastrophic.
That it succeeded in doing and we didn't have the situation Italy had early in the pandemic where doctors had to decide who lived or died because of a shortage of ventilators and beds.
Vaccination clearly reduced to excess death rate and saved millions of lives.
Making stuff up, calling people names and bleating conspiracy theories into the echo chamber no longer constitute convincing arguments. The trump era is over.
"Murder she wrote" was the most irrational show on television. Most of the times I saw the culprits suddenly break down and admit everything when confronted with some flimsy evidence.
A good lesson that if you're ever accused of a crime, keep your mouth shut.
Angela Lansbury was good though. She was nominated a dozen times for an Emmy award for that show but won zero.
I grew up in Mysore in South India, a medium size fairly liberal city by Indian standards but still very conservative when it comes to sex, gender and sexuality. On the dating apps, it was rare for someone to identify as gay. There were a lot more bisexual guys than gay. Of course in Mysore it's basically impossible for an unmarried guy to have sex with a woman other than a prostitute.
However, statistically it is the other way around. In men (not in women), being truly bi is much rarer than being gay. 85% of gay men say they identified as bi when they were younger (that includes me even though I never wanted or tried to have sex with a woman). I read a study that on some dating app that accepts all genders and sexualities, men who identify as bi only ever made contact with other men.
I think this leads gay men to say that anyone who identifies as bi is lying or a half closeted gay. I don't agree. Bisexuality is real and people can identify as bi if they want to for whatever reason. I don't know why some gay people make it an issue.