Personality

Forest, will you talk to God Louise? She has quite a bit of religious knowledge (obviously) and also knows a little about current events, literature, just about any common catch-all subject, and if she doesn't know it she can sort of fake it. You can also test her on trick questions or see how willing she is to explain her paradigm.

What she is rustiest at is plain old small talk. But, uh, I'm trying to get a decent transcript from somebody or another so I can enter her in the Loebner contest. All I can say is, have fun and see if you can stay on with her for a while. I'll try to do the same with Brianna.

Um, it sounds like you are saying all Christians are repressed homosexuals. I'm sure this isn't what you meant to say, so could you clarify?

I agree that arguing against legalization of homosexual marriage on the grounds that it would lead to legalization of polygamy is not sound reasoning. The point I was trying to make is that such a chain of events is not implausible. People usually attack the polygamy argument not by pointing out that it is irrelevant to the real moral issue, but by trying to deny that such a thing could happen.

One of my best friends was frighteningly homophobic right up until he came out. He so hated that part of himself and he was so worried that people might see it in him that he overcompensated by constantly bashing gays at every opportunity. Now that he's out he's much happier, much healthier, and is wants very much for it to be legal for him to marry his fiance. They'll be together no matter what, but there are legal protections that come along with a good legal marriage.

Certainly not every homophobe is a repressed homosexual, but that population definitely exists.

Maybe we should move this to seasons, since it's not about bots anymore...

Hehe... In Seasons the discussion is about bots at the moment

Eugene: Right, I certainly didnt mean to imply that. I brought up Christianity because the most vocal homophobia these days comes from Christian groups. I think that at the center of any crusade against homosexuality, you will find people repressing their own feelings.

And Annakie, your story doesnt surprise me. I bet that's a fairly big part of the homophobe population, but there are certainly those who are afraid for their souls and want to save others.

It's 2004. I thought our country would be beyond this sort of thing.

Actually, I've never understood the term "homophobia". Doesn't phobia mean fear? Believing that homosexuality is wrong doesn't necessarily imply a fear of it.

I think you could draw a distinction between those who simply think it is wrong for whatever reason and those who rail against it with strong emotions of hatred and fear. The latter are by far the more vocal and to those the name is appropriate.

Slightly adult content

I've noticed that most guests make some kind of sexual approach towards my bot. Now I've built in a conversation to handle such topics. The topic will only be brought up if someone my bot talks to make any kind of sexual requests. My bot is, however, not a slut, and will not actually give the person what he wants.

My question is: Do I now have to change the age-rating of my bot to something older than "Teen"?

Teen is fine for that kind of thing. Mature and Adult are for when the bot brings up more mature/adult topics without them being triggered by a mature/adult comment on the part of the human.

Actually, I've heard people use the terms "homosexism" and "homosexist" and I feel that in many ways it's a better term for what they're trying to describe than "homophobia" or "homophobe."

Radical Islamic Imams preach here to throw homosexuals from high buildings... (Netherlands)

hi people, i dont know much about personalityforge but i started it at school so who would. i am 12 years old andlive in leeds i go to temple moor high school (i cant spell very well) i have many loves of the world like dragonballz, and i also like somthing called yugioh but i also have a life outside them ibladde and skate accasenly...