sixt3 wrote:
Dave
Perhaps I am guilty of missing your point, and I apologize for my earliest post to you - I just could not figure out what you were intending to say:)
This last post was a kind attempt to show you how your post of the article link came across , to me at least... No intention of disrespect there.
WRT to you enjoying debate and discussion, perhaps more structure in your comments so that your point is made clearly.
Without that ...well.....your comments are left wide open for interpretation...and if folks interpret in a similar way...well....logically don't you think that it then must be the way it was written?
Peacefully, :)
h2ofun wrote:
sixt3 wrote:
Dave
The article you posted a link to seems to be arguing that if some women want equality in one vocation , that being the military, then in that writer's opinion all women ought to be forced to compete against men in all areas of life and sports.... I may have misunderstood the writer's intent, but that is my takeaway.
By linking to this article, it appears that you support his opinion... Hence, the questioning of your beliefs of how your daughters and granddaughters ought to be treated wrt equality.
Simply posting the link without a comment leaves your opinions open to interpretation...
h2ofun wrote:
Andrewmc wrote:
That is evidence of what?
I've two daughters. Till puberty they're likely to be able to go head to head with boys but at about 11 it's game over, they'll be physically slower, weaker, have a higher body fat percentage and will, for the purposes of competition, be different
Why would you think for one second it makes sense to mix them
You are one of the loudest individuals banging on about how you do for your age relative to your peers. Why would you deny your daughters and grand daughters the same privalege
I just love when a few try to say I said something I did not.
As usual, cannot have a discussion on all sides of an issues with some wanting to make it personal.
Oh well.
You and others, IMO, just miss the point I always try to bring up.
I watch Fox, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, etc. I want to hear ALL sides to an issues. It is not about what I "agree" with or not, since, IMO, all this stuff is just
folks OPINIONS, and really means nothing. I love to debate. I love discuss. I love to look at all sides of things without emotion. But so so few folks can do this,
let alone do this would accusing the other of what their "position" on a topic is.
I believe in todays world you have to talk about what being 'female" vs "male" is. Seems to me you cannot ignore what the government is forcing upon society.
Is it not legal that a "male" can play on a high school "female" team because they identify as "female?
All I think any of us want is things to be "fair". Problem is, life is not fair. I have NO idea the solution, never have suggested one. I just tell my kids be the best you can
be, life is way to short to get all worked up on most of this stuff.
I have learned a long time ago on social media, let alone ST, that no matter how you write something, some will ALWAYS take it half empty.
Something I have been taught, and need to do a better job using in my life, is seek to understand, before trying to be understood. But, it took me lot of year to
get to this point. This is why I just ignore the bullies, since engaging in the mud with them only make two muddy folks. :)
I do think this is an interesting topic. Just too bad we cannot seem to be able to discuss all sides of it, thoughts about it, respect each persons ideas,
and keep an open mind. Oh well, I just pick the jewels out of the mud. And there are lots of great folks on this forum with great ideas. I am learning
new stuff all the time.
I posted the link to the article to just provide another persons thoughts. Never said I agreed, or disagreed, which does not matter. Every persons opinion
has the right to be respected. Or do we now have "safe places" on ST? :)
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