Humans can choose to curb harmful urges

Written by David Giesbrecht

Friday, July 31 2009, 10:47 PM

Letters concerning the gay debate are not going to convince either side because there are entrenched beliefs on both sides. My grandmother once said if you want to know if something is right or wrong, ask yourself what would happen if everyone did it. If everyone were gay, human society would die out because gays cannot, through normal interaction, reproduce. We all feel a propensity toward something but the beauty of the human being is that we can choose not to give in to urges that will be harmful to us or someone else in the long run. If we couldn’t choose, we would be no better than the animals that just run on instinct of the moment. Too many people choose not to curb their urges and that is what makes trouble in the end. David Giesbrecht Coaldale