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When we say that women can't compete with men, the implication is that they're too delicate. It's absurdly sexist, and is a form of discrimination that just astounds me in this day and age.
It acknowledges the reality that men and women are built differently. The genders are not identical. Wishing won't make it so.
Don't have to be identical. Sports like baseball and football have a broad range of roles, and the performance ability of the athletes also covers a broad spectrum. No one is going to try to claim that female athletes, trained at the same level as male athletes, would not still fall within this spectrum.
Racist and sexist policies throughout history have shielded themselves with the excuse of "it's just biological fact." It isn't a defense, it's an excuse.
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LordofHats wrote: I'm all for sex equality, but equal opportunity doesn't mean equal success
It doesn't have to. There are certainly many other professions that see a certain degree of gender disparity, where one gender will outperform the other. But with very few exceptions (almost none that I can think of) we don't segregate or restrict those by gender.
There just isn't a physical role in most sports where the best woman available will beat the best man available. It's just the way it is. The best women will sure beat most men, but when you are talking about the absolute peak of physical achievement men win out.
trexmeyer wrote: Oh, this is more than just being an idiot. This is out and out racism and it isn't very subtly directed either.
Jingoistic maybe.
But we all must acknowledge that there is only one true sport.
Its insanely boring to watch. Nothing ever happens. You play hours to maybe score one goal and win. And it can end in a tie.
Sure, there is action, but its pointless action. It almost never amounts to anything, just passing the ball back and forth while making feeble attempts at scoring which might occasionally succeed.
And you've got entire countries who eat it up? People got nothing actually interesting to watch obviously.
She's like Rush Limbaugh, Bill Mahr, or Bill O'Reilly. She's says ridiculously offensive things she doesn't mean in exchange for a paycheck.
That being said, it's not like she's the only American celebrity to make jokes about soccer being the most boring sport in the history of ever.
Winner winner chicken dinner.
You guys need to realize that people like Ann coulter, Sean Hannity, Bill Mahr...etc..etc. don't necessarily believe the stuff they say. They say it partly to get people saying things like.."i can't believe they said that".....or to get themselves invited onto talk shows, or to get themselves invited to lecture halls...or to drum up book sales...It's all about money.
trexmeyer wrote: • Soccer is like the metric system, which liberals also adore because it's European. Naturally, the metric system emerged from the French Revolution, during the brief intervals when they weren't committing mass murder by guillotine.
The French Revolution was based on the ideas of what Revolution?
A. The American Revolution
B. The Industrial Revolution
C. The Agricultural Revolution
D. Potato
As an outsider, is there actually people that take this seriously? I mean, there has to be in order for them to make money, no?
For thirteen years I had a dog with fur the darkest black. For thirteen years he was my friend, oh how I want him back.
And the title of "biggest moron in America" goes to Ann Coultre. We thank all participants for playing, but it wasn't really a contest-after all, nobody else chances personal injury or looking like a fool. Ann wins by a landslide. There were many 'huzzahs'.
Reality is a nice place to visit, but I'd hate to live there.
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I'm with easysauce on this one: who the fething dakka is Ann Coultre?
Is it just me, but was that article a major dig at Hispanic Americans for liking football (soccer) and not speaking English?
"Our crops will wither, our children will die piteous
deaths and the sun will be swept from the sky. But is it true?" - Tom Kirby, CEO, Games Workshop Ltd
"Look at me! Don't forget about me!" said Ugly Ann.
That waste of space is like Old Faithful...always spewing forth right on time. She's the easily the worst of all of them, because her opinions are only ever loud, empty and ugly, just like Ann.
I can't believe people think Ann is hot. She looks like John Kerry in a fething wig.
Hey Easy Sauce here is Ann Coultier on the fifth estate mentioning how Canada participated in the Vietnam War, this was done after George W came to Ottawa a while back it is pretty funny.
Any sport where you can lose twice and still have a chance for the title is not a sport. Its guys running around kicking a ball. PLus no one dies or is permanently maimed (unless you count the fans beheading people).
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Frazzled wrote: Any sport where you can lose twice and still have a chance for the title is not a sport. Its guys running around kicking a ball. PLus no one dies or is permanently maimed (unless you count the fans beheading people).
Any sport where you can finish top of the league and then lose the league to the team in 6th place makes no sense at all.
Avatar 720 wrote: Isn't there enough proof by now to have her sectioned or something? I know people who are clearly more mentally stable than this person who have spent time in mental institutions.
I don't think she believes 1/10 of the gak she says.
Not for 1 minute.
You think her books would sell and she would get her own show and a prime-time talking head and the $$$ that goes with it by her looks alone?
"Doty's first problem with the law came just after the Pilgrims had begun constructing their settlement. The early eighteenth century notes of Thomas Prince describe an incident of June 18, 1621 when the first duel (with a sword and dagger) was fought in New England between two servants of Stephen Hopkins, Edward Doty and Edward Leister. The duel ended with one being wounded in the hand and one in the thigh. Their punishment was to be tied head and feet together for twenty-four hours without meat or drink. But soon their master Stephen Hopkins, apparently taking pity on their "great pains", made a "humble request, upon promise of a better carriage" and they were released by the governor."
hehehehehehe!
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Yeah yeah, it's MSNBC. But they did manage to sum up the Dakka OT quite nicely:
This certainly isn’t to suggest everyone should be interested in the tournament. But why in the world would someone go on national television to suggest the World Cup is part of some kind of plot to distract people?
The right’s willingness to see every possible development as a deliberate “distraction” from the news they consider important has gotten a little out of hand. Obamacare is a distraction from Fast & Furious, which is a distraction from the IRS “scandal,” which is a distraction from Benghazi, which as of last week is itself a distraction from Benghazi.
Swastakowey wrote: Once read a feminist blog claiming all sex was rape. Its stuff like this that provides a good amount of laughter during a long day at work.
Sounds like Andrea Dworkin. She was certainly controversial, but I think her craziness has been greatly exaggerated.
Frazzled wrote: Any sport where you can lose twice and still have a chance for the title is not a sport. Its guys running around kicking a ball. PLus no one dies or is permanently maimed (unless you count the fans beheading people).
I'm so glad to see support for the idea that baseball is not a sport.
There is no such thing as a hobby without politics. "Leave politics at the door" is itself a political statement, an endorsement of the status quo and an attempt to silence dissenting voices.
"Doty's first problem with the law came just after the Pilgrims had begun constructing their settlement. The early eighteenth century notes of Thomas Prince describe an incident of June 18, 1621 when the first duel (with a sword and dagger) was fought in New England between two servants of Stephen Hopkins, Edward Doty and Edward Leister. The duel ended with one being wounded in the hand and one in the thigh. Their punishment was to be tied head and feet together for twenty-four hours without meat or drink. But soon their master Stephen Hopkins, apparently taking pity on their "great pains", made a "humble request, upon promise of a better carriage" and they were released by the governor."
hehehehehehe!
Sactafied excrament, Batman! I'll have to check, but we might be very distantly realted .
On the other had, I've been awake for 25.5 hours, so my memory is a bit shaky .
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Homosexuality is the #1 cause of gay marriage.
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sebster wrote: Yes, indeed. What a terrible piece of cultural imperialism it is for me to say that a country shouldn't murder its own citizens
BaronIveagh wrote: Basically they went from a carrot and stick to a smaller carrot and flanged mace.
Whoever this Ann Coulter might be, I think she is insane.
Also, it is called football.
Also, people who say football is boring clearly have not been following the World Cup. Football is the best sport there is after icehockey.
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