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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th February 2023, 12:07 PM
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Posted By Distracted1
I find arguments based upon "safety" to be the...

I find arguments based upon "safety" to be the least compelling.
As you point out, safety(in its more limited scope of "safety from assault") is a concern in all circumstances where humans...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th February 2023, 06:05 PM
Replies: 2,479
Views: 198,357
Posted By Distracted1
The idea of having only one cop giving the...

The idea of having only one cop giving the instructions seems pretty good. The second idea seems weaker and more prone to creating problems.

It seems so self evident that your first point makes...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 6th February 2023, 05:16 PM
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Views: 132,146
Posted By Distracted1
The "original labeling" worked from the...

The "original labeling" worked from the acknowledgment that gender and sex were identical in meaning.
Only relatively recently has the word "gender" been appropriated to mean "gender role" by some....
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 30th January 2023, 06:42 PM
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Views: 198,357
Posted By Distracted1
It's accuracy. "Beat him to death" is...

It's accuracy.
"Beat him to death" is hyperbole. Obvious hyperbole. Completely unnecessary hyperbole.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th January 2023, 04:54 AM
Replies: 2,479
Views: 198,357
Posted By Distracted1
FWIW, they did not actually "beat him to death" ...

FWIW, they did not actually "beat him to death"
They beat him- and he later died. Both involve a level of criminality, but are definitely different. They did stop hitting him after he was subdued-...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd January 2023, 08:01 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,146
Posted By Distracted1
"it" is the appropriate pronoun for an...

"it" is the appropriate pronoun for an animal.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd January 2023, 07:55 PM
Replies: 3,483
Views: 132,146
Posted By Distracted1
That has always been the "heart of the matter" to...

That has always been the "heart of the matter" to me. I respect anyone's desire to be addressed in the manner of their choosing (if Peppermint Patty wants me to address her as "sir", I will play...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd January 2023, 07:44 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 2,290
Posted By Distracted1
Radio should have been in the poll. For me,...

Radio should have been in the poll.

For me, NPR and the local "newsradio" KYW. Also right here- when circumstances allow me to spend time looking at the forum.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 23rd January 2023, 07:04 PM
Replies: 247
Views: 9,704
Posted By Distracted1
I grew up in Detroit. I can confirm the...

I grew up in Detroit. I can confirm the expectation to use "U.S" not "America" when asked by the Canadian border patrol at the Bridge where one is from. That is not a new phenomenon either- I was...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 23rd January 2023, 06:08 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 3,033
Posted By Distracted1
Your impression correlates with mine. When I...

Your impression correlates with mine.
When I first saw the images of the sculpture in the news, my impression was of a person wrestling with a large catfish, or eel, or just a large slimy fish.

A...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 24th October 2022, 02:47 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 3,844
Posted By Distracted1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSxihhBzCjk
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 5th May 2022, 10:47 AM
Replies: 536
Views: 15,406
Posted By Distracted1
I think I understand what you are asserting. Yet...

I think I understand what you are asserting. Yet it occurs to me that proceeding from there your assertion makes my preference for the banning of women from male private spaces one that is...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th March 2022, 06:57 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
Although we seem to agree that trans-women are...

Although we seem to agree that trans-women are not women, I find your arguments based in the same "woman as performance" as a TRA's might be un compelling.

Children learning to accept that a man...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th March 2022, 06:49 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
It seems the parrots are the topic of discussion...

It seems the parrots are the topic of discussion here though.
The parrots are what behoove us to consider a definition of what makes a man/woman, and they do exist.
Reliance on the social...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th March 2022, 05:57 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
"materialistically" Their performance of...

"materialistically"
Their performance of "cathood" and "doghood" are irrelevant to what they are.

In other words, if it quacks like a duck, and walks like a duck- it is a duck?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th March 2022, 05:52 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
Yet, if the definition for all those "fooled"...

Yet, if the definition for all those "fooled" people was "a man is who I think a man is", then they were not fooled at all. They were only fooled if one disregards the performance of "manhood" and...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th March 2022, 05:45 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
That would indicate that everyone who "knew a man...

That would indicate that everyone who "knew a man when they saw one" were wrong- and that the materialistic determinant was the critical one.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th March 2022, 05:43 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
Putting aside for a moment the issue of gendering...

Putting aside for a moment the issue of gendering large , muscled, "bepenised" individuals.
How does one gender small, nurturing, feminine individuals who have had their genitalia altered to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th March 2022, 05:35 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
What was the discovery? Was it a failure to...

What was the discovery?
Was it a failure to perform "manhood" convincingly? or was it the discovery that she was "materialistically" female?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 29th March 2022, 04:59 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
"I know it when I see it" is fine in many cases-...

"I know it when I see it" is fine in many cases- yet breaks down when challenged. The biological definition ("materialistic" definition, in Shuttits' vernacular) is therefore more reliable.
If I...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th March 2022, 05:00 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
WRT the highlighted, that seems to indicate that...

WRT the highlighted, that seems to indicate that you define "woman" based upon a performance of a role- much like TRA might. If a person passes a kind of "womanhood Turing test" they are a...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 28th March 2022, 04:55 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
Yet you seem to be fine going along with the...

Yet you seem to be fine going along with the redefinition of "woman" as a term. Choosing, instead to use "female" when you mean "woman".
I advise against that.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 18th March 2022, 06:36 AM
Replies: 209
Views: 6,466
Posted By Distracted1
Why should I consent to the will of an entity...

Why should I consent to the will of an entity with no intrinsic pragmatic worth? Or even a group of such entities?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2022, 08:39 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
a Gender role is a social construct- subject to...

a Gender role is a social construct- subject to changes and evolution. Personally, I am happy if they don't exist at all- but they are more often than not what is being talked about when "gender" is...
Forum: USA Politics 16th March 2022, 08:34 PM
Replies: 147
Views: 4,086
Posted By Distracted1
How does that make anything less complicated? ...

How does that make anything less complicated?

School starts at 8 sometimes, and 9 others?

I like DST. In the winter, it allows me to have daylight on my way in. Without it, it is dark both...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2022, 08:25 PM
Replies: 209
Views: 6,466
Posted By Distracted1
Firstly, thank you for spending all of your time...

Firstly, thank you for spending all of your time contributing to the common good. Obviously, if you were spending any of your time not doing so- you would just off yourself for the "dead wood" that...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th March 2022, 08:18 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
One is a classification of one of two categories...

One is a classification of one of two categories of Human beings, based upon their biology.
The other is a description of how society seems to have come to feel people in each of those categories...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th March 2022, 06:07 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
Indeed, it just backs up a step for no reason. ...

Indeed, it just backs up a step for no reason.
"transwomen" should then be "transfemales" and we begin the go round all over again.

Unless, of course, the goal is to separate words from their...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 15th March 2022, 06:06 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
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Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th March 2022, 08:20 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
This is a truly entertaining derail.

This is a truly entertaining derail.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th March 2022, 04:04 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
Are women known to widely feel that the presence...

Are women known to widely feel that the presence of a three year old boy accompanied by his Mother to be an invasion of their privacy?
Does that three year old boy have another option for where to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th March 2022, 03:24 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
I find that line of argument more logically...

I find that line of argument more logically compelling than the "danger=men" one.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th March 2022, 03:23 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
Does that not also apply then to elevators,...

Does that not also apply then to elevators, conference rooms, stairwells, taxicabs, libraries, and alleyways ?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th March 2022, 05:11 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
Yes. A female human cannot become a Man, nor can...

Yes. A female human cannot become a Man, nor can a male human become a Woman. Interests of advantage, modesty, and privacy all have a part.

The consequences are greater, however, in the area of...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 16th February 2022, 06:18 PM
Replies: 152
Views: 7,395
Posted By Distracted1
20,000 to 200,000. That could contextually...

20,000 to 200,000.

That could contextually be construed to mean they have few standards or data enough to reach a conclusion- let alone phrase the question properly.

"It could be this number-...
Forum: Education 16th February 2022, 05:51 PM
Replies: 163
Views: 6,453
Posted By Distracted1
A is A

A is A
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 10th February 2022, 08:28 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,132
Posted By Distracted1
90% of American veterans are men. A random...

90% of American veterans are men. A random sampling of adult American men would (assuming a roughly 50% men/women split) results in a number around %14 if the applicants are all men (likely, no?). ...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 9th February 2022, 07:34 PM
Replies: 43
Views: 2,132
Posted By Distracted1
Quick Google search shows a bit less than 10% of...

Quick Google search shows a bit less than 10% of the U.S. adult population is currently, or has a history of, military service.
That percentage is undoubtedly much higher among the Male population-...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd February 2022, 11:17 AM
Replies: 182
Views: 7,374
Posted By Distracted1
A show that would do that would be worth watching.

A show that would do that would be worth watching.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd February 2022, 08:17 AM
Replies: 182
Views: 7,374
Posted By Distracted1
A distinction that could be debated. The "son...

A distinction that could be debated.
The "son of Sam" murdered people because the neighbors dog told him to do it is a valid interpretation of his actions. So also is that the killer murdered people...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 3rd February 2022, 06:52 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
I can see O'Brian explaining it just that way to...

I can see O'Brian explaining it just that way to Winston.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 2nd February 2022, 07:25 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
Women/Men has meant females/males for as long as...

Women/Men has meant females/males for as long as the words existed. Giving in to the practice of using the terms Woman to refer to a male, and Man to refer to a female under the guise of "gender is...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 2nd February 2022, 09:00 AM
Replies: 182
Views: 7,374
Posted By Distracted1
I don't give the Nazis much authority to dictate...

I don't give the Nazis much authority to dictate terminology.
Inasmuch as there is such a thing as a "race" at all, Jews are not one, nor are Jehovas Witnesses, Catholics, or Gypsies.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 2nd February 2022, 06:37 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 893
Posted By Distracted1
I don't require an apology for the holding of, or...

I don't require an apology for the holding of, or expressing of, a belief I find "inflammatory".
"I am sorry that your feelings are hurt" is the most sincere apology in those circumstances.
...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st February 2022, 05:33 PM
Replies: 117
Views: 4,817
Posted By Distracted1
Precisely. She only has to do so for a year, then...

Precisely. She only has to do so for a year, then she can de-transition for another 75 bucks. If she gets arrested in the interim for backsliding, she can at least go to a prison that will respect...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 1st February 2022, 05:27 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 893
Posted By Distracted1
Apologies are BS, and are excuses in another...

Apologies are BS, and are excuses in another form. "I would like you to "excuse" (i.e. "forgive") me because I feel bad that something I said or did had an effect that I would prefer it had not had....
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st January 2022, 06:44 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
del again

del again
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 31st January 2022, 06:40 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
del

del
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st January 2022, 12:33 PM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
Isn't the argument "nobody should be getting...

Isn't the argument "nobody should be getting assaulted"?
And is that sufficient reason to preclude creating conditions that might reduce the number of assaults that happen anyway?
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 21st January 2022, 11:23 AM
Replies: 3,700
Views: 122,667
Posted By Distracted1
How about we cover all the bases and focus on...

How about we cover all the bases and focus on juvenile detention facilities instead. The bathroom/changing room discussion must take into account the possible presence of boys and girls- not just men...
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