HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: E8007@vmcms.csuohio.edu
Subject: Re: Our attitude towards homosexuality
Organization: CSU
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 14:25:36 GMT

In article <1992Jul30.015105.29830@cs.yale.edu>
ahmed-shakil@CS.YALE.EDU (Shakil Waiz Ahmed) writes:
 
>
>
>In article <1992Jul30.010412.17306@udel.edu>, kazi@bugs.cis.udel.edu (Zunaid Kazi) writes:
>> Why can't the two be significantly different issues? Isn't morality a
>> matter of perception? What I perceive to be immoral may not be perceived
>> as such by another person. My views on adultery, or homosexuality, or
>> murder etc are governed by my own canon of morality. It is a set of
>> value system with which I am comfortable. To a major extent, this
>> set might overlap the set of morality as espoused by the major religions,
>> but, in many ways, there are irreconcilable differences.
>
>Indeed there may be.  And that is why I was careful to state that you
>are, of course, free to define your own set of morals.  What I was
>questioning was the logical basis to defining such a set, i.e. does it
>make sense to apply different standards to homosexuality than to
>adultery?  If the answer is "yes," my question is "why?"
>
>> >There is no provision in Islam for homosexual marriages.  In light of
>> >your friend's comments on homosexual marriages defying evolutionary
>> >goals, one could construct the argument that your definition of good
>> >human beings may look somewhat shaky.  After all, could one not argue
>> >that purposely engaging in acts that are evolutionarily
>> >counter-productive may be construed as harmful to mankind?  I suppose
>> >that would depend on whether you consider continuation of the human
>> >race an important and "good" quest.
>>
>
>> In each of 'whatever else falls in that category' I may or may not
>> have views diametrically opposite yours. In each of the category
>> I use my own value system to judge the morality of action.
>>
>> To many, they may appear inconsistent; but I am comfortable with my
>> beliefs.  However, I am not here to argue about my own belief
>> system. This sort of discussion never gets anywhere and leads to a mindless
>> exchange of unchangeable opinions. I have simply expressed my attitudes
>> towards homosexuals, and I am not here to justify my beliefs.
>
>I don't think it was really "justification" that I was looking for.
>You stated a set of beliefs and morals that you stand by.  What I
>would like to know is how you arrive at these beliefs and moral
>values.
>
>
>-- Shakil Ahmed
>=======================================================================
>Dept. of Computer Science     INTERNET: ahmed-shakil@cs.yale.edu
>P.O. Box 2158, Yale Station   BITNET  : ahmed-shakil@yalecs.bitnet
>New Haven, CT 06520-2158      UUCP    : {ucbvax,harvard,...}!yale!ahmed
>=======================================================================
I agree that one may have individual set of value system or belief. But accordi
ng to Islam, all muslims' values and views should/must be consistent with islam
ic values which have been mentioned in the Holy Quran. Right!
 
Ezaz Mahmood
>
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: hassan@bnr.ca (Abu Hassan)
Subject: Re: NEWS BRIEF
Organization: bnr
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 17:42:23 GMT

In article <1992Jul21.213208.6295@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> rais@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Abdur Rais) writes:
>In article <1992Jul20.185537.24105@bcrka451.bnr.ca> hassan@bcrka434.bnr.ca (Abu Hassan) writes:
>>
>>** BTV will soon start showing CNN everyday from 
>>   7.00 in the morning to 1.00 o'clock.
>
>I recently read that there will also be BBC broadcast for 4 (or 5?)
>hours everyday.
>Abdur

Yes, I also heard that. But don't know when they are going
to begin.
From: mermmzh@engvms.unl.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: Bangladesh in Olympics
Date: 28 Jul 92 23:23:27 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln

In article <1992Jul28.112837.24262@lut.ac.uk>, rahin@scs.leeds.ac.uk (M A Rahin) writes:
> 
> Some asked about Bangladeshi participants in the 25th Olympiad. They are :
> 	Shahana			Shooting
> 	Mokhlesur Rahman	Swimming
> 	Golam Ambia		Sprint
> 	Shahanuddin Chy		Sprint
> 	Mehedi Hasan		Sprint
> 	Shah Jalal		Sprint.
> 
> - Rahin

Bangladesh is participating in  Free Pistol, 100 and 200 meter sprint,
100 and 200 meter butterfly and 100x4 meter relay. BTW Shahana won a
gold meldal for Bangladesh in the South Asain shooting last month in
Colombo.


---Zakir
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: rama@cimbria.cs.rice.edu (Ramarao Kanneganti)
Subject: Re: Actually Sharat-chandra and others
Keywords: Sharatchandra, Jibanananda Das, Tagore
Organization: Rice University, Houston
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 15:17:18 GMT

In article <1992Jul17.131554.4581@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
bhattach@dip.eecs.umich.edu (sayan bhattacharyya) writes: [in reply to
my earlier article]
>
>Actually, I had always imagined that a non-native speaker of Bengali
>would like Tagore more than Jibanananda, and I must confess that Rama's
>reaction came as a surprise to me. I find Jibanananda very quintessentially
>Bengali, in a way that Tagore is not. Both , of course, are very rooted
>in Bengal . However, it seems to me that , from that starting point,
>Tagore essentially looks outwards , while Jibanananda looks inwards.
>One might call Tagore an extrovert, and Das an introvert. Tagore is 
>interested in universal truths, while Das, it has always seemed to me,
>constructed a more personal, more private mythology out of the sights
>and sounds of the Bengali landscape . So it is a delightful surprise to 
>me that Jibanananda speaks more to Rama than Tagore . 
>

You are right. Tagore, despite his bengali roots [vaishnavite
philosophy, and a personal approach to the creator], is not very
bengali. Whenever he describes bengali countryside, I get the feeling
that he is an outsider. His poetry is hermitic, his life could have
taken place outside the society. He does draw his intellectual
inspiration from the society, but his relation to the society is too
abstract. [I was told that his poetry in "Sick bed" is different from
others, I haven't read that.]

On the other hand, Jibanananda is very bengali. Fortunately, as
characteristic of any good poetry, his poetry has sufficeint
obscurities to be filled out. Creating my homeland in his poetrt is
the delightful aspect of his poetry.  There is something real,
something physical under all that poetry. I confess I do not get much
out of "Ruposhi Bangla". And, in his description of the rural bangla
or bangla society, he comes accross as a poet who was an insider. As a
poet, he becomes the outsider describing his beloved Bangla. In this
modern age, with our imaginary homelands, [streets of babylonia or
streets of culcutta] we can appreciate his poetry much more.

In conclusion, to appreciate Jibanananda requires more effort in
filling out the gaps to create your homeland, but it can be done,
because the poet sings of his homeland so distinctly.

>
>Sayan Bhattacharyya            bhattach@dip.eecs.umich.edu
>Artificial Intelligence Lab    bhattach@caen.engin.umich.edu
>The Unversity of Michigan   
>

Have any one of you read M.N. Roy? He was popular quite a bit in AP. I
read few books [in translation]. I came across his name in history of
china and Russia. I wonder how popular he is in Bengal.

Best wishes,
Rama.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: ali@tcs.com (Ali Ishtiaq)
Subject: Re: Our attitude towards homosexuality
Organization: Teknekron Communications Systems Inc.
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 23:25:02 GMT

In article <1992Jul29.004300.15155@cs.yale.edu>, ahmed-shakil@CS.YALE.EDU (Shakil Waiz Ahmed) writes:

|> You might want to look at Sura Al Nisa.  Check out 4:16.
|> -- Shakil

I am very curious to know that Sura Al Nisa says about homosexuality. Can you
post that section or email to me? Also, is that the only place in the Quran
where there is a reference to homosexuality?

Thanks

- ali
.
From: kazi@hercules.cis.udel.edu (Zunaid Kazi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Slangs. Was Re: What's wrong with you guys/ gals ????
Date: 24 Jul 92 12:17:43 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark

In article <23JUL199218074985@vax2.concordia.ca> debchat@vax2.concordia.ca (DEB CHATTERJEE) writes:

> Asoley, amar-i dosh ! Ami Kolkata'r maal ! Tai taal-gyan thik thakena !
									  ^^^^

KolkAtAr mAl, tAr promAn to eikhAnei. :)

According to the "Lexicon of Contemporary Bengali [Bangal?] Slang, Vol II":

maal: [mAl]
     1.(n) Goods, stuff, thingamajig. As in "Shab mAl shAbar kore dilo".
     2.(n) Non PC term for women. Chick, broad. "mAltA khArap dekhte nA".

Neither of the two definitions of <mAl> appear to be appropriate in this
context.

Some more from the lexicon:

"Master fight last night" : ostAder mAir shesh rAite :)

> - khoda hafez
>
>  deb chatterjee
>(a good samaritan)

- Zunaid Kazi
  kazi@cis.udel.edu
  302-456-3493
From: kabir@kabir.Eng.Sun.COM (Ihtisham Kabir)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: Humayun Ahmed's literature
Date: 27 Jul 1992 19:21:31 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Distribution: world
Reply-To: kabir@kabir.Eng.Sun.COM
NNTP-Posting-Host: kabir

Whether Humayun Ahmed's writings become classics of Bengali
literature will be decided by posterity. Too often we have
seen writers being dismissed during their lifetime only to 
be revered years later.

As for his contributions, I would like to make two points.
First, he was the first writer who gave us an unblinking
look at the trials and travails of the life of middle class
and lower middle-class (Muslim) Bangladeshis. His sensibility
and values are as pure Bangladeshi as any you'll ever get,
and his stories reflect their life with great accuracy. For
example, the story of Nondito Norokey, or another short story
(whose name I cannot remember offhand) that dealt with the
trip to his village home of a man who worked in Dhaka and
who got a day off to visit his family. He ended up spending
no time with his wife after talking to everyone else in
his family (parents, sister, etc.) This was a beautiful story.

The second point is his remarkable versatility. He has written
novels, short stories, science fiction, children's stories
and stories of the supernatural. Anyone who has read the super-
natural story about the pregnant woman (the name escapes me
again) is unlikely to forget it soon.

My main complaint against him is when his characters throw up.
They "hor-hor korey bomi korey dilo." I have never heard anyone
making a "hor-hor" sound when throwing up. I think that should be 
a "waaak."  :-)))))


- Ihtisham Kabir

Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: kazi@mercury.cis.udel.edu (Zunaid Kazi)
Subject: Bangladesh and the Olympics?
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 13:46:31 GMT

It must be my bad karma that caused me to be in the United States during
the Olympics. My question: Did Bangladesh send anyone? 

-Zunaid Kazi
 kazi@cis.udel.edu
From: ahaque@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Abul Haque)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: Bangladesh in Olympics
Date: 30 Jul 92 21:54:52 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

In article <1992Jul28.112837.24262@lut.ac.uk> rahin@scs.leeds.ac.uk (M A Rahin) writes:
>
>Some asked about Bangladeshi participants in the 25th Olympiad. They are :
>	Shahana			Shooting
>	Mokhlesur Rahman	Swimming
>	Golam Ambia		Sprint
>	Shahanuddin Chy		Sprint
>	Mehedi Hasan		Sprint
>	Shah Jalal		Sprint.
>
>- Rahin


	There are a few tens of events in the olympics; but how come Bangladesh
	just participated in only three events? I think there are many
	events that do not require physical strengths; why not Bangladesh
	participate in those events? 

	My suggestion is: Bangladesh Govt. should form a committee to look
	after the events of the olymics and recommend to the Govt. to
	establish facilities for those events in which the athlets from
	have the potential to perform better. Archery, shooting, fencing
	and many many other events do not require much physical strengths
	rather it needs special skills to perform. I think we have the
	potential to win many gold medals in future olympics if the Govt.
	put more money in the sports and build many facilities not only
	in the capital city but all major cities of the country and hold
	periodic competitions in all those events.
 
	Abul L. Haque
	ahaque@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu
From: a0h9342@zeus.tamu.edu (HAQUE, ANISUL)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Humayun Ahmed's literature
Date: 24 Jul 92 15:43:00 GMT
Article-I.D.: zeus.24JUL199210431736
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <1992Jul23.025458.12247@athena.mit.edu>, zrkhan@athena.mit.edu 
(Zeeshan R Khan) writes...
> 
>SCB -te bangla shahitto alochonai shamprotik-kalerjonopriyo lekhokder
>upore sherokom kinto alochono hoini. Goto koy bochorer Bangla Academy-r boi melai
>Humayun Ahmed akchetiya babsha korechen, tobe shahitto mohole tar mullayon holo
>tar lekhar shahittik mullo nitantoi kom. SCB-pathokder der ki mot? Kodin age
     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I agree with this. 

>Bichitrai Syed Samsul Haque abong Humayun Ahmed -er ekta besh bhalo tulanodhormi 
>protibedon chilo. Amar motamot halo, kotha shahitto hishebe Humayun Ahmed -er 
>lekhar mullayon howa uchit. E hishebe Sharat Chandrer lekhar shathe tar lekhar 
>tulana Kora jete pare.

Yes, we can compare Humayun with Sharat. But IMO, Sharat, as a  writer, demands 
much more respect than Humayun. Sharat's portrayal of the contemporary society 
is very strong. It's almost photographic. On the other hand, Humayun is 
basically introvert. His characters don't interact with the society much. They 
live in a world of their own which is loosely attached to our society. His 
main drawback is that the same characters keep repeating themselves in all 
his writings. As a writer, he hasn't advanced much since 1969. Once you have 
read "Neel Dangshan" and "Shankha Neel Karagar", which I think are his best 
works, you have read all his novels. They are essentially the same. "Fera" can 
be considered as an exception among his later works. But I have to admit that 
his science fictions are excellent. The main appeal of his science fictions is
humanity. Although irrelevant here, I can't help saying that this same factor
has made "Star Trek, Next Generation" one of my all time favorite TV Series.

The most significant contribution of Humayun is that thru is light, easy to 
read novels (in large numbers) he has been able to develop the reading habit 
of Bangladeshis. In my personal experience, I have seen many people who 
started reading literature thru Humayun (I doubt if they would have read any 
bangla novels otherwise) and many of them have outgrown him.


Regards,

Anisul Haque
Texas A & M University
From: chandan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Ikramuddin Ahmed)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: Magical reality in Bengali literature.
Date: 29 Jul 92 15:56:33 GMT
Reply-To: chandan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Ikramuddin Ahmed)
Distribution: na

In article <26JUL199215070625@vax2.concordia.ca>,
debchat@vax2.concordia.ca (DEB CHATTERJEE) writes:
|>In article <1992Jul23.111159.11375@newstand.syr.edu>, 
|>fahmed@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Famin Ahmed) writes...
|>>....... (stuff deleted) ......
|>>present in our fairy tales (it's where the witches live), but can you tell
|>>me (or can anyone tell me) of any instances of canonized bengali literature
|>>that harbour this belief?
|>>hasta,
|>>Famin
|>
|> Bhibuti Bhusan Bandhopadhyay: Arannyak - just what you want !!! (I bet my
|> wager on that.)
|>

But in my humble opinion, Aranyak dwells in rather the beauty, although
fearsome,
of the forest; and there is nothing evil in Bibhuti's perception of the forest
at all, as "witches" usually tend to indicate.

IA
From: mermmzh@engvms.unl.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: Olympics: Shooting results, anyone?
Date: 30 Jul 92 20:53:28 GMT
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln

In article <1992Jul30.150447.21896@udel.edu>, kazi@hercules.cis.udel.edu (Zunaid Kazi) writes:
> Does anybody know how Shahana fared in her event at the Olympics? From what
> I know of the schedule, her event is complete.
> 
> This leaves the 4X100m relay to look forward to. Does anybody also know
> whether any one of our 4 sprinters is going to participate in the 100m
> sprint. Isn't Golam Ambia the current fastest man in Bangladesh?
> 
> -zunaid kazi
>  kazi@cis.udel.edu
> 
>

yes. Ambia will run in the 100m. Among the others , Shahanuddin
choudhury will run in 200m, Mehedi Hasan will run in 400m and
Shahjalal Mobin, who will only run in 4x100m relay with the above
three.

---Zakir

 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: naeem@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Naeem Mohaiemen)
Subject: Re: Stop Pak/Indo News in SCB
Organization: Oberlin College Computer Science
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 01:05:13 GMT
X-Posted-From: occs.cs.oberlin.edu
X-Posted-Through: sol.ctr.columbia.edu

In article <16824D8B0.R0701@vmcms.csuohio.edu> R0701@vmcms.csuohio.edu writes:

   Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Path: sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ninja.csuohio.edu!news.csuohio.edu!vmcms.csuohio.edu!R0701
   From: R0701@vmcms.csuohio.edu
   Sender: news@news.csuohio.edu (USENET News System)
   Organization: CSU
   Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1992 20:24:31 GMT
   Lines: 3

   Who are those people bothering us all the time? We would appreciate
   if these news stays where they belong to. We have no interest on Pakistani
   and Indian politics.                      ^^        
---------

While it would be correct to point out that cross postings are adding
unnecessary volume, some people might be interested. You can point out
of course that they can always scan scp & sci. However, in some cases,
some of the news/discussions are of interest to some scb'ers (majority
this summer have not been)

Naeem
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: fahmed@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Famin Ahmed)
Subject: reply to replies....i'm too hassled to think of one now....
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 12:05:51 EDT

Phew!! i thought i'd never get here! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK
YOU to all the wonderful people who wrote back to me, telling me how to 
post news.... :} it is MUCH appreciated. i tried replying to you all personally,
but i screwed something up (again) and seem to be caught in some sort of loop.
so i'm having trouble replying from my unix account. :| but now, after many
wrong turns, i've finally got it (eureka!). :} someone else said the same
thing (ibrahim was it? sorry, i don't remember). who invented this UNIX 
anyway??!! :[ (oh no, do i have to appease the unix gods now too?) there
has got to be some sort of manual here..... :$ (frustrated smilie)
anyway...
deb, i will try and look up bibhutibhusan's arranyak. i haven't read it my-
self, of course, (my bangla isn't THAT good), but i'm sure my parents have...
you wouldn't happen to know of any english translations, would you?
hasta for now....
Famin
From: debchat@vax2.concordia.ca (DEB CHATTERJEE)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: What's wrong with you guys/ gals ????
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:33:00 GMT
Organization: Concordia University
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


 Dadara o' didira !

   Apnara ki sobai ghumochchen ?????? Keu-ki kichchui niropekhkho lekha
 likhtey chan na ???? Contemporary Bangla Shahittya/ Films/ Drama nieye
 to onek English/ Bengali discussion hotey parey ! Eta to marpit noi !
 Neutral thekey ki discussion kora-ta mohapap ????? Naholey to saradin tel,
 chal, dal nieye alochona kortey hoi !!!!! At least SCB'r kichchu distinct
 characteristics thak !!! Ki jey koren apnara !!!

 - ottyonto bitoshrodhdho,

   deb chatterjee
 (a good samaritan)
From: kazi@bugs.cis.udel.edu (Zunaid Kazi)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Re: The Joy
Date: 29 Jul 92 18:43:25 GMT
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark

In article <168339E87.R0701@vmcms.csuohio.edu> R0701@vmcms.csuohio.edu writes:

>For your information, as far as I know, Mr. Saidur Rahman Dawn, the fastest
>runner in Bangladesh, died in a car accident a few years back. 

I am sure it wasn't Saidur Rahman. The sprinter who died in a car accident
in 1989 was the fastest man in South Asia. He had just won the gold for
Bangladesh in the SAAF games the year before in Kathmandu, Nepal. For some
reason his name escapes me, but he was a Lance Naik in the Bangladesh
Army. He was returning to duty from his home in North Bengal when the
tragedy occurred. 

>HAQUE, CLEVELAND THEKE
>ALLAH HAFEZ

- Zunaid Kazi
  kazi@cis.udel.edu
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
Subject: Talking about ATTITUDES;......
From: shanto@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Date: 30 Jul 92 12:53:46 -0600
Organization: Mankato State University

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             	       M R .  W A I Z  G U Y . . . . .
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: fahmed@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Famin Ahmed)
Subject: Re: Tuki Taki from B'desh AND CALLING ALL UNIX WHIZZES! HELP!! 
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 11:27:34 EDT

Keywords: 

DAMN DAMN DAMN
firstly, to farhad, thanks for the news! i think. :} keep up the good work,
but isn't there any good news out there?? i guess the news about the 
journalists (for those of you out there who don't know already, i'm minoring
in journalism...) really threw me. :{ :{ :{   
PART TWO, HELP NEEDED!!
can somebody tell how to send news to newsgroups without having to do 
followups (like this one). in fact, this is the only way i know how to reply
to newsgroups. :{ the "help" doesn't seem to help much..... :{
this is so frustrating, i'm developing a new respect for all those comp.sci
majors out there....    
send to the above address, or better yet, send to my email address :} :}
(that i can handle. :} )
email:
FAHMED@sunrise.syr.edu
(yes, yes, i know, yet another fahmed on the net.... if it helps, i used to
be AHMEDF!!)
hasta and gracias in advance....
Famin.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.bangladesh
From: zmhasan@db.toronto.edu ("Masum Z. Hasan")
Subject: Re: Our attitude towards homosexuality
Followup-To: soc.culture.bangladesh
Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of Toronto
Date: 31 Jul 92 18:47:50 GMT

In article <29JUL199217503905@zeus.tamu.edu> a0h9342@zeus.tamu.edu (HAQUE, ANISUL) writes:
|: Just a few questions! 
|: 
|: i) Why do some people consider homosexuality as a psychological aberration?
|:    (I can understand the religious point of view) On the other hand, why do 
|:    some people consider it as OK? Is there any medical evidence on either 
|:    side?
|: 
|: ii) What are the factors that influence a person to become homosexual? Is 
|:     there any genetic or biological reasons?
|: 
   I've seen a program on TV sometime back on homosexuality. Some scientists
   were arguing (proving or whatever) that there are biological factors
   behind homosexuality. I don't exactly remember what those factors are,
   but I vaguely remember that it had something to do with some part of
   the human brain and perhaps with gene.

|: iii) Is homosexuality observed among other species, or is it unique to human 
|:      race?
|: 
   The same program, I remember showed that monkeys do engage in 
   homosexual activities. 

   sci.med or similar newsgroups would be the best place to ask this question.

|: Regards,
|: 
|: Anisul Haque
|: Texas A & University 

   subhechcha,
   Masum

   zmhasan@db.toronto.edu
   zmhasan@neumann.waterloo.edu