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_Robert_ replied to the topic Trans women in sports. What's fair? in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 5 months ago

Unseen wrote:

_Robert_ wrote:
Frankly, fuck the trajectory of sports. The commercialization, and the “win at any cost” and constant effort at cheating.

Right now, the main controversy isn’t at the pro level. It’s at the high school and college level. My daughter didn’t want to go pro (as a swimmer? pretty much not a “thing”). She just wanted a…

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Unseen replied to the topic Trans women in sports. What's fair? in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 5 months ago

_Robert_ wrote:
Frankly, fuck the trajectory of sports. The commercialization, and the “win at any cost” and constant effort at cheating.

Right now, the main controversy isn’t at the pro level. It’s at the high school and college level.

My daughter didn’t want to go pro (as a swimmer? pretty much not a “thing”). She just wanted a scholarship and…[Read more]
jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School May 25th 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 5 months ago

Enco,

From my vantage your post showed up originally and now is linkless. I was not familiar with that guy. Listened to him for an hour or so while i handicpapped equines. Just a little too verbose for my liking. So nothing against his analytical capability just not my cup of goat cheese. Reminds me of Rachel Maddow. She drives me nuts. Get to…[Read more]
_Robert_ replied to the topic Trans women in sports. What's fair? in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 5 months ago

I remember when Lance Armstrong was dominating bike racing, our CEO came out wearing a little bike racing outfit and gave a video speech to his thousands of employees about being a winner like him.

Two weeks later Armstrong was found to be cheating with steroids.

Frankly, fuck the trajectory of sports. The commercialization, and the “win at any…[Read more]
TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School May 25th 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 5 months ago

Jake and Unseen,

Here, Armin Navabi shows footage of Gazans getting aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF) and praising both the U.S. and Trump for the aid, as well as condemning Hamas:

https://www.youtube.com/live/o_R5qTijcpc?si=-fXBpm5SFSsfPCNw

Armin also gives a fair criticism of GHF that it has a logistical problem with organization,…[Read more]
TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School May 25th 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 5 months ago

For some reason, my post don’t show up initially and I end up repeating. Here below is my post.
Simon Paynton replied to the topic Trans women in sports. What's fair? in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 5 months ago

We’re all sympathetic with trans people, but it’s a difficult dilemma to resolve satisfactorily. In the UK it’s just been decided legally that for some purposes, such as women’s safe spaces, a person’s biological sex is what matters and not their social and psychological gender. So, in effect, we’ve decided that for some purposes, you can’t c…[Read more]
TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Sunday School May 25th 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 5 months ago

Jake,

Armin Navabi, who runs Atheist Republic, does a superb job of defending Israel, trashing the Mullahs of his homeland of Iran, as well as giving a balanced thrashing of Abrahamic, Vedic, and Oriental religions. Here’s his YouTube site, with links to the main Atheist Republic site and his other social…[Read more]
Unseen started the topic Trans women in sports. What's fair? in the forum Small Talk 1 year, 5 months ago

Before I begin, I recognize that Trump and MAGA come at this issue from a either a hate- or religion-based angle. Let’s set that aside and realize that it’s a real issue that would eventually come up without them.

How seriously to take gender identity is becoming impossible to sidestep in the world of…[Read more]
jakelafort replied to the topic Sunday School May 25th 2025 in the forum Sunday School 1 year, 5 months ago

This guy is pro israel and pretty much a straight shooter. “Tell me in what other war has a country supplied humanitarian aid to its enemy?” This thought has occurred to me repeatedly. When the allies were terror bombing the Germans they were sending food? When the Germans were killing civilians and causing the worst humanitarian conditions in…[Read more]
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