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You prefer the evidence approach with everyone or just with trans people? If someone tells you they are right-handed do you also "resent any kind of compulsion to "accept right-handed individuals as they identify"? How about a person who says they have blonde hair? Do you insist on the "evidence approach" with them? What about the person who claims to be white, or a bit of an introvert? If your resentment and evidence approach only applies to people who identify as trans then perhaps you can forgive us for mistaking that for a type of prejudice.

Inhaled dust is excreted via mucous.

I think we need to add a new emoji just for "Citation?" so we don't have to type it so many times.

The difference between you and me on this issue is that you have decided a handful of trans-women will "set back women's sports", while I think we don't have the science, data and experience to draw that conclusion. At the hospital where my wife worked there was a big brouhaha going on between the doctors and nurses. The nurses were pushing hard to be allowed to perform tasks reserved for physicians and the physicians were none too keen to allow the nurses on their territory. About a year later the medical techs were pushing hard to be allowed to perform tasks reserved for nurses and the nurses were none too keen to allow the techs on their territory. It's always the same. Everybody feels justified going after a bit of what others 'above' them have, but cannot believe the temerity of of those below them attempting the same behavior.

Actually I believe ALL of us are of the opinion that if we see an unfair situation where one group is getting hurt by policies enacted by another group, we speak up and attempt to do something about it. If you believe otherwise I think you still haven't understood us.

From the article you linked... I'm not sure your article supports your claim as much as you think it does.

It's a rare occurrence to die via cosmetic surgery too. But we don't consider outlawing cosmetic surgery just because someone can get it when it is not warranted. Citation that psychologists often push for a sex change against the instincts of dubious parents? Citation regarding 'parents pushing' for a sex change against the wishes of the child? These are two really important citations I'm asking for. After all, you are arguing against doctor/parent decisions regarding a minor child and to do so I think it is important that you have some data to back up your claim.

Of course mistakes can be made, but I tend to trust the decisions made by parents along with their physicians and psychiatrists on behalf of their children, over that of third parties who are often guided by religion or politics rather than science. Do you think there are many parents who push or indoctrinate children into a sex change that the children do not want? That would seem to be an extremely rare occurrence.

I think the difference lies in the wishes of the individual. I'm no expert nor am I transgender, but it seems to me that transgender people often desire to change their physical makeup, while people who are not transgender (or otherwise LGBTQ+) wish to impose onto the LGBTQ+ something the LGBTQ+ is not seeking. Allowing an individual to do what they feel is best for themselves is generally considered a human right. Trying to force a change on an individual because you do not like them that way is indeed demeaning, insulting and abusive.

Don't you ever get tired of playing the victim?

The answer seems to be 'yes' depending on how you choose to look at things, under what circumstances, at what time, using which rules, with what training, in what sports, etc. The answer seems to be 'no' if we look at Laurel Hubbard. Perhaps it is not as simple as a 'yes' / 'no' answer. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/transgender-olympian-laurel-hubbard-fails-win-medal-olympic-debut-rcna1568#

Maybe the extra bonus is not money but an admission of what we did, an apology, a vow never to do so again, and the implementation of new laws that cement our vow.

Generally seems fine to me. They are addressing it with the police, the parents, and the parents of other children. The fact that it happened in a toilet seems irrelevant to me. Should receive the same response whether in the toilet, gymnasium, classroom or school yard.

Since it only address wealth, it seems to me this does not address reparations for the past targeting of black people. I don't necessarily object to a universal basic income program, but without explicitly addressing transgressions based on race I don't know if this will be seen by people who were so affected as a satisfactory solution. It feels to me like a way around having to do the hard part of admitting we were wrong. It also reminds me of the boss at work, when dealing with a bad behavior by a single employee, implements a new policy for ALL employees just because he doesn't want the confrontation with the one bad employee. If we targeted people by race, we should make sure that we loudly proclaim that race has to be addressed in the solution. Otherwise we'll spend the next 100 years trying to get the government to fully and unambiguously address the issue.

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Ah, I get it. Certainly seems a reasonable conclusion.

Fun article!! Well, fun for people like me who don't like Trump.

Was he just asking the same thing on two forums?

The latter. How about one from March of this year? https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/where-to-go-to-explore-pagan-culture

Certainly. A quick Google search turned up the following article supporting the claim that paganism is increasing. And to me it is not surprising as there is also an increase in nature practices such as forest bathing which dovetails nicely with some pagan practices. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/paganism-witchcraft-are-making-comeback-rcna54444

I thought it was a really well done and interesting video. I believe there are always people who are not satisfied with whatever spiritual environment they belong to, and are thus looking elsewhere. As it is no longer dangerous (usually) to refute the major religions it is not surprising that many people find that pagan practices correlate with their own beliefs. I don't think the movement of people from one set of beliefs to another is new, only that looking at historical practices is more popular than it has been in the past.

Welcome to the site Benjamin! Can you please summarize the video for us?