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- From: howard@netcom.com (Howard Berkey)
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- Subject: Re: Showering in the Military (Re: Gays in the Military..what nobody is talking about: )
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.185146.5286@netcom.com>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 18:51:46 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.042419.2105@anasazi.com> <1992Dec30.154724.12695@m5.harvard.edu> <1992Dec31.153208.6085@anasazi.com>
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- In article <1992Dec31.153208.6085@anasazi.com> john@anasazi.com writes:
- >Keywords:
- >
- >In article <1992Dec30.154724.12695@m5.harvard.edu> borden@m5.harvard.edu writes:
- >]In article <1992Dec30.042419.2105@anasazi.com> john@anasazi.com writes:
- >]
- >]Gays constitute about ten percent of the population. This is a very
- >]significant percentage.
- >
- >This is a bogus number, also. It is based on a Kinsey study where the
- >subjects were self-selected, and where gayness was defined as anyone
- >who admitted any single instance in their life of any homosexual
- >activity. A better number is 2 - 2.5%.
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- Well, 23 and 42 are better numbers than 2.5. And I'm partial to 10^e.
- :-)
-
- Just kidding. I'm not disputing your statistic, but I'm curious as to
- where it came from.
-
- -Howard
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- Did you hear about the dyslexic devil worshipper?
- He sold his soul to Santa. -Herb Caen
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- Did you hear about the dyslexic devil worshipper?
- He sold his soul to Santa. -Herb Caen
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