[Matt10k]

Originally posted by Tom

Like I say, I've asked about to see whether it is just me thinking I've never seen a straight man use poppers and a hell of a lot more other people have also said no, and have said its for gays and women. These people are largely ones I don't know personally or ones I do know but live in different places around the country.

I didn't think so. So you are basically just going on your own experience- that isn't evidence.

Once again I think you rely far too heavily on stereotypes to give the answer for you without looking at the bigger picture.

You seem to presume most stereotypes are more right than wrong but don't bother to look for the evidence to see if that is true or not. How would you know if this stereotype is correct for example without actually having any evidence on amyl nitrate use between men/ women and gay/ straight?

I’m also not convinced by your “I’ve asked loads of people all around the country that I don’t personally know and they say they are for gays and women“.

For a start, I’d have to take your word for it and without any evidence, I am sceptical and also, you say these are people you don’t know from all around the country- have you done a survey or what?! How many people were involved? 100, 1000, 10,000?! lol. Or is this just something you typed into a couple of sites and got a few replies to?

And also, you’d have to ask the right people, not just a load of strangers that don’t really know what it is. I seem to find a lot of the people that think it’s “only for gays” are the ones that don’t really know what it is.

When I said ‘evidence’ I meant perhaps a link to a survey or something looking at use of the drug, not just hearsay.