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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th January 2024, 05:04 PM
Replies: 971
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Posted By Rolfe
I haven't entirely left. I still read some...

I haven't entirely left. I still read some threads. But I don't see any point in posting any more.

Thank you for remembering me.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 15th February 2023, 10:39 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 9,651
Posted By Rolfe
I absolutely agree with him about the Salmond...

I absolutely agree with him about the Salmond affair and I don't know enough about the Salisbury thing to agree or disagree, except to say he made a complete fool of himself over the business of the...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 15th February 2023, 09:02 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 9,651
Posted By Rolfe
I agree with a lot of this, but as for it being a...

I agree with a lot of this, but as for it being a politically sensible time?

Tell me something I don't know (https://wingsoverscotland.com/tell-me-something-i-dont-know/)




There's also...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 15th February 2023, 05:17 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 9,651
Posted By Rolfe
You're on Stewart McDonald's side? Novel take,...

You're on Stewart McDonald's side? Novel take, but OK.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 15th February 2023, 04:55 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 9,651
Posted By Rolfe
It was all over the news last week. I'll see what...

It was all over the news last week. I'll see what I can find. He was claiming to have been hacked, but when he described what had happened it was obvious he'd given away his own login details to a...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2023, 04:50 AM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Someone has just won a sex discrimination case...

Someone has just won a sex discrimination case here because the mixed-sex toilets at her work forced her to walk past men using urinals to get to the cubicles.

The Barbican theatre complex went...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 15th February 2023, 04:42 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 9,651
Posted By Rolfe
Mind you, Wings, who seems to have his finger on...

Mind you, Wings, who seems to have his finger on the pulse of what's going on, says that he thinks this has nothing to do with the emails and everything to do with the missing money.

There are all...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 15th February 2023, 04:39 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 9,651
Posted By Rolfe
A message appeared on the screen of his phone...

A message appeared on the screen of his phone asking him to input the login details and password for his email, into a web page.

The idiot did it.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2023, 04:38 AM
Replies: 742
Views: 36,696
Posted By Rolfe
I used to live in Sussex. It was quite surreal to...

I used to live in Sussex. It was quite surreal to watch the Adur flowing strongly upstream when several miles inland, and separated from the sea by a seemingly uninterrupted line of hills (the South...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2023, 04:14 AM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Tell me about large theatres, for example, when...

Tell me about large theatres, for example, when everyone wants to go at once, so large numbers of toilets are needed. How are these arranged, and how much space do they take up?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 15th February 2023, 04:06 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 9,651
Posted By Rolfe
The ship that died of shame...

The ship that died of shame (https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-ship-that-died-of-shame/)

This is Wings' current take on it, that it's related to the building story of the missing £600,000 in the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2023, 03:46 AM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
It's been said before. Wings has the emails, I...

It's been said before. Wings has the emails, I think from Craig, and it was about the first thing he said several days ago. Gavin Barrie is indicating that he's seen them too, which surprises me.
...
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 15th February 2023, 03:38 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 9,651
Posted By Rolfe
Nicola Sturgeon resigns as First Minister of Scotland

Even though I have little idea what comes next, I have one thing to say about this.

Whoopee.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2023, 03:28 AM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Dreadful how violent female sex attackers can be....

Dreadful how violent female sex attackers can be. Just goes to show how dangerous women are.

Lisa Jones sexually assaulted female stranger she followed in Melbourne...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2023, 03:06 AM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
There are certainly specific situations where...

There are certainly specific situations where these facilities work fine, usually small places, especially where there is no surge demand with everyone wanting the loo at the same time.

However,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2023, 03:02 AM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
LJ, riddle me this. BBC Newsnight ran a...

LJ, riddle me this.

BBC Newsnight ran a series of investigative reports about the Tavistock child sterilisation service a couple of years ago, which (I think) seem to have contributed to the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2023, 02:51 AM
Replies: 742
Views: 36,696
Posted By Rolfe
Don't imagine my opinion is well-formed. I've...

Don't imagine my opinion is well-formed. I've only been reading this thread and a few online BBC reports on the case. If others who have studied the circumstances in more detail think something else...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th February 2023, 02:50 AM
Replies: 742
Views: 36,696
Posted By Rolfe
That ain't no city. As villages go, it's on...

That ain't no city.

As villages go, it's on the small side.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 06:19 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
He's urging a solution that would deprive women...

He's urging a solution that would deprive women of the women-only spaces and facilities we value so much. He would force women to do things they prefer to do with only other women around, in places...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 05:03 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Your midnight check-in on the petition reports...

Your midnight check-in on the petition reports 81,533 signatures, so 122 new signatures today. Very quiet indeed.

The new magic number is 284.1.
Forum: Trials and Errors 14th February 2023, 03:36 PM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,151
Posted By Rolfe
I'd lock Paula Vennels up. I've heard people...

I'd lock Paula Vennels up.

I've heard people calling for the village postmaster here to be locked up, as he had a hand in the Association of Sub-postmasters blanking the postmasters who were being...
Forum: Trials and Errors 14th February 2023, 03:34 PM
Replies: 623
Views: 40,151
Posted By Rolfe
I couldn't agree more. Assume they're all...

I couldn't agree more. Assume they're all innocent and the way this is going the error rate is going to be tiny. It's monstrous to make people go through the appeal process now we know what we know.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 03:32 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Women do not hide cameras in public bathrooms,...

Women do not hide cameras in public bathrooms, funnily enough.

I have had it with this tone-deaf and insensitive attitude from men who will never be in that danger. Particularly with the ones who...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 03:30 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
You'd have to ask the right people. When these...

You'd have to ask the right people. When these people tell me this is a danger, I don't tend to say, unless you can show me the statistics then it's fine to build such facilities. There aren't that...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 03:19 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
I listen to people who work in law enforcement...

I listen to people who work in law enforcement and the judicial system.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 03:18 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Sorry, my mistake. I've got too many tabs open at...

Sorry, my mistake. I've got too many tabs open at once. Thanks.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 03:17 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
This is simply offensive. You can get raped other...

This is simply offensive. You can get raped other places, so let's make it easier for it to happen to you in the bathroom isn't the great idea you think it is. We police the communal areas in our...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 03:13 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
You said it better than me. Exactly. The Sacred...

You said it better than me. Exactly. The Sacred AGP Trans don't want to break down the barriers between the sexes, they want to reinforce them, but with them on the women's side.

Be as trans as...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 03:03 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Hold on, here's an archive link...

Hold on, here's an archive link (https://archive.is/2023.02.14-070700/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/14/tavistock-clinic-ignored-link-autism-transgender-children/).
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 02:32 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Some of you are dangerous monsters and we can't...

Some of you are dangerous monsters and we can't tell which by looking at you. Decent men stay out of women's single-sex spaces so women can spot the indecent ones and deal with them. Any man who...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 02:24 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Very few men see the problems, even after they've...

Very few men see the problems, even after they've been pointed out to them numerous times. It's as if inconveniences and dangers and loss of amenity that only affect women don't matter.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 12:58 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
I would quite appreciate a sensible rebuttal from...

I would quite appreciate a sensible rebuttal from LJ. So far all he's presented is his opinion that if the material in the book was reliable, Hannah Barnes's employer would have run another item on...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 12:48 PM
Replies: 742
Views: 36,696
Posted By Rolfe
I've only been following the story in this thread...

I've only been following the story in this thread and reading a few online BBC articles, so I haven't seen Paul Ansell interviewed at all. I was surprised at his vehemence that she wasn't in the...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 12:15 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Oh no, not that again. We've been round this a...

Oh no, not that again. We've been round this a dozen times in this thread and I really don't want another go.

Unisex (mixed-sex) toilets are an absolutely terrible idea, everybody hates them, and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 12:12 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
I know, I was just pointing it up. The...

I know, I was just pointing it up.

The narrative seems to be that gender-critical people are concerned that being trans is not a bed of roses. Cross-sex hormones are damaging even to an adult...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 12:02 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
The thing I find anomalous about the...

The thing I find anomalous about the circumstances surrounding Brianna Ghey's murder is the reports of bullying. It was said to be horrendous.

This is very much at odds with the narrative coming...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 11:44 AM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
The least safe thing you can do as regards public...

The least safe thing you can do as regards public toilets is to allow men to go into the women's ones.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 11:20 AM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
I think we are at cross purposes here. I wasn't...

I think we are at cross purposes here. I wasn't saying that the murder wasn't relevant to the thread. I was interrogating LJ's apparent implication that people discussing the matters we have been...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 11:00 AM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
As you well know, it's not the gendercrits who...

As you well know, it's not the gendercrits who have form in inciting the stabbing of people.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 10:58 AM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
I don't suppose there's any chance of LJ...

I don't suppose there's any chance of LJ explaining what the connection is between us discussing what we've been discussing and the murder of a teenager by, apparently, two other teenagers.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 09:11 AM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Ah, but that's in the Telegraph, a notoriously...

Ah, but that's in the Telegraph, a notoriously extreme right-wing newspaper. As is the Sunday Times of course. Not a shred of credibility between them.

Clearly the book is a pack of lies, and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 08:06 AM
Replies: 742
Views: 36,696
Posted By Rolfe
Fair point.

Fair point.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 08:03 AM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
:confused:

:confused:
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th February 2023, 06:01 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Yeah, that too. I'm being pushed more and more to...

Yeah, that too. I'm being pushed more and more to Emily's Cat's position on this. And being called intolerant and transphobic by another woman is accelerating this process rather than reversing it.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th February 2023, 05:58 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
EC reminded me I hadn't picked up on this post....

EC reminded me I hadn't picked up on this post. There are a number of subtly different points here which need to be picked apart.

First, I have never claimed that every transwoman is a predator,...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th February 2023, 05:18 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Your midnight check-in on the petition reports...

Your midnight check-in on the petition reports 81,411 signatures, so 212 new signatures today. It's fallen right back again.

The new magic number is 281.7.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th February 2023, 05:16 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Oh yes, that too. Except the ones who don't,...

Oh yes, that too.

Except the ones who don't, but we're not supposed to mention them. Or they don't count because reasons.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th February 2023, 05:11 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
You sure? I thought it had been out for a while.

You sure? I thought it had been out for a while.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th February 2023, 05:03 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
Get back to us when the author is sacked from...

Get back to us when the author is sacked from Newsnight for fabricating lies in a book.

The programme already did some digging on this and ran it at the time. Who was the lead investigator on...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th February 2023, 04:06 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,140
Posted By Rolfe
LJ, You still haven't dealt with the fact that...

LJ, You still haven't dealt with the fact that the investigative journalist who wrote the book in question works for Newsnight. That is literally her day job.
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