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Are you trolling me?

If you create a division in olympic competition that only includes individuals who are FtM, you may find you have no competitors.

Are you that naive or are you trying to make some sort of point?

What is fair about having someone compete against possibly no one?

If the goal is to route water into the pipe and have it flow through the pipe to an outlet, then the perforations would be on top. If you are installing a French Drain, then the perforations are on the bottom. Holes on the bottom and gravel all around both work to ensure soil does not work its way into the pipe which will eventually cause the drain to fail. Water rising above the level of the gravel beneath the pipe will enter the pipe and flow away. If the water doesn't rise above the level of the gravel then it will drain into the soil. Water draining into the soil is just like the water that flows away through the pipe; that is, both are moving away and thus no longer constitute a water problem.

Some are and some are not. I didn't mean to imply you were were one of those proposing a ban. I was using your post to further my argument. Sorry for the awkward segue.

I don't understand why we must have an outright ban of transgender people in sports. Is there really a big advantage for the transgender athlete in archery, badminton, artistic gymnastics, shooting, diving...?

It seems that your position is that there is no room for transgender athletes in sports, and my position is that we should try to find a place for transgender athletes in sports. It seems to me we are discussing which one of our positions is the one to follow. Do you mean to ask if I support pedophiles? I'm going to need you to be a bit more specific before I answer your question.

Well, NOT being an expert on transgender participation in sports, I am not willing to make that declaration, just as I would not have the hubris to tell you how to approach certain types of technical problems. What I am willing to do is lend my support to a minority who is dumped on every day, so that they will be heard and not prematurely dismissed, and if possible, be able to compete with the rest of their fellow human beings.

You are basing your expertise on guessing better than someone else?

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Usually we try an experiment prior to declaring it a failure. Your declaration that trans athletes are an infringement to fair competition is premature. In golf they have ladies tees and handicaps. Why must we outlaw transgender competition prior to seeing if we can find a way to make it work?

This time I didn't interpret your words, I based my statement on the literal words you used.

Yes, you are one of the people I was referring to, who while sitting on the sideline with no particular expertise, has decided the fate of yet another minority group.

Well, so much for biology, psychiatry, neurology, chemistry, medicine, etc. Our brain function defines us every bit as much as our reproductive organ function.

Please don't also share your opinions and generalizations about blacks, gays, Jews, women or anyone else who is different than you are.

Please provide a citation. Otherwise people may jump to the conclusion that you are simply making things up to support your world view. I'm sure you don't want people to get the impression that you are uninformed and full of shit.

I'm trying to think of a response that doesn't get me banned... Until I come up with something better, I'd just like to suggest that you do some research before speaking on this matter again.

Hmm, let's see. I guess my daughter-in-law could put off changing that diaper till tonight but my grand-daughter is not going to be too happy. She can also drop off the older child at school at noon instead of 7:30 am. And even though the infant wants to get fed three times during the night and wakes up for the day at around 5:30 am, my DIL can just keep hitting snooze because she is tired. Your ability to be obtuse knows no bounds.

I have no complaints against figuring out some equitable way to allow transgender athletes to compete. Science will help. Experience will help. What bothers me is the people who have already decided that it is "unfair" and shouldn't be allowed. Well, unfair to cisgender people anyway; to hell with the transgender people. This feels the same as the people who said gays getting married will destroy the institution of marriage, that women in the military will ruin the military, and that miscegenation will ruin our country.

What exactly is wrong with his post?

What is wrong with you? swansont and others were kind enough to make a genuine attempt to answer your questions, and rather than take the opportunity to learn something you become contrary and insulting. If you are unable to behave properly here please move on.

Can you please be more specific? How big is it? How did it evolve from what was before the starting point of the universe? Since it was empty, how did it gain energy? What evidence is there for this "dot"?

What is a "dot of empty space(time)"? Is that a physics term?