World-experts? So you’re talking about the Olympics when they just ruled out an olympic-defining sport (wrestling) because not enough people watched it?

You’re talking about a medical association who gets it wrong whether people have 6 months to live or 10 years?

You’re talking about a psychology association that calls ADHD a condition to treat, when obviously the person was just born with more energy and a different style of learning?

You’re talking about the psychiatric association that used to shock therapy and lobotomise everything that walked?

I don’t even need to research to back-up what you are trying to say cause that is besides the point. In all those associations there are EXPERTS that would AGREE with you and there are EXPERTS that would DISAGREE with you, because those EXPERTS that you are trying to deitize are also split on the subject, like so many other subjects (cancer, bone growth, brain injury, etc)

Experts thought the world was flat.

Yes, I am talking about my own personal conviction based on the facts. Fact is no “woman” who was just a man 6 years ago would go near any female in my life, without being pummeled to shreads by a man stepping in “her” way.

However, neither you opinion nor my opinion gets to count. What counts is what the world’s experts have concluded.

Does she meet the International Olympic Committee standards for being female? Yes or no?

Does she meet the American Medical Association standards for being female? Yes or no?

Does she meet the American Psychological Association standards for being female? Yes or no?

Does she meet the American Psychiatric Association standards for being female? Yes or no?

If the answer to all of these is yes, give an evidence-based reasoning for disagreeing with with world’s experts.

If the truth is that you just don’t like it and that it’s just your opinion that she shouldn’t fight, then honestly say it that way. Don’t try to couch your opinion as a reasoned position that’s based on facts. Just come out and say that your gut feels wrong about this. Tell the truth that you know the world’s experts would disagree with you and that she was never really a man in the first place, but that you just don’t like it. That’s not what you did, though. You claimed that you felt that she’s a man because you found some unflattering photos of her. You made an appeal to emotion and not a reasoned argument.

I’ve no issue with anyone having an opinion. Just be honest and state up front that the opinion is based on your gut reaction and not any reasoned metric that would be accepted in the real world.

FACTS:

- She was a man 6 years ago.
- She has and is actively undergoing processes to turn herself female, as much as possible.
- She is transgender.

There is PROOF behind the fact that transgender people, whether male or female, are composed of a mixture that makes them, well, neither…or more accurately..BOTH, making her not “fairly” 100% female as her contestants are.

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022395610003250

You see what you want to see and you’ve made no actual argument. Explain to me in detail the exact – explicit – advantage you claim that she has. Is she taller that all the other women? Does she have more mussel mass than all the other women? Is her reach better than all the other women? What’s the explicit advantage she has? Did she start off as the incredible hulk 6 years ago? Exactly what evidence-based argument are you making?

When she does lose (and she will at some point) will you claim that the woman who beat her has an unfair advantage because she beat the woman who supposedly had an unfair advantage?

That fight is gone and done, four years from now; lets see if the failed candidate has enough heart to step into the ring again; and if he does, what are you doing to help him win, if he doesnt; I guess he has shown his heart and strength.

As for the reality of today and the elections that will be held in less than a week, our system of government has spoken, the the populas has named TWO candidates, and now you”get to choose” the one candidate who you feel will be the best fit to run our country for the next four years.

Whether Yomamma or Rummy, the choice is yours, as long as you make a choice and have the backbone to stand by that choice I will respect you.

In 2008, I voted my heart, I voted for Mr Obama, my reasons, I didnt believe McCain would navigate the course of getting out of Iraq or AFG, I felt Obama would, that was the most important issue laid on my heart.

As far as BinBaden, (yes intentional) I believe no matter who was in office, they would have “taken that shot” because it was the right thing to do for today, and the future. The search had NEVER stopped between the last three elections, but what took a while is Humint (yes thats correct spelling) Intel gathering, that requires infiltrating and befriending building a trust of those within a surroundings of a people that would not normaly trust you in order to gain information (Hmm sounds like spying to me). After the cold war ended, Humint Gathering became unpopular, and was all but abandond in this country, 09\11 changed that “outdated phylosophy”

As for this year, I will vote my heart again, based on what I see are todays issues, we have shunk our military force to the point of Embassys now have “conntract security” Contract security is NOT teh same as a military, and does NOT opperate on the same principles, nor requirements of the Military, Think about this the Military will NEVER attack an element with less than three times the size of the oposing force, the Military will quickly adjust levels of support based on neds, not $’s When a serviceman passes he will know that his family will be taken care of in the way of death benefits, not really so with a contractor, have you looked to see how many insurance companies will insure you WITH a war clause? And lets talk Equipment, our military WILL ensure that every soldier has as much protection as required, and or afforded by todays technology, and will also ensure by his leadership that PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) will ALWAYS be worn and with the Military what PPE you WILL wear isnt based on cost, then level of protection its based on level of protection and functionality, The days of contracted forses needs to end, so YES we need a larger force. OH ya, I must say EVERY soldier I have had in my command love their Bayonets, or a similar type blade.

Then the other issue is spending wisely, which is also right back to a stronger larger Military; do you know why Contract Security became so popular? because when Bill Clinton asked to send troops to Bosnia, Congress said “ok, BUT you can only send xxx # for this example I will use 1000,000. Well; Slick Willie said OK haha I know this guy Trickie Dickie Chaney who is CEO of this company called Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) back in the day just called Brown & Root) that was willing and able to hire contractors for EVERY facet of a military except the war fighter, and as Iraq expanded, so did contract security, and thus the birth of a new industry “privitized armies”Now these days a “contractor” working for a “privitized company” has the illusive string of money as they dangle 100,000.00 – 2000,000 in front of a soldiers face who just got out of the military, making less than a quarter of that. so now we have more contractors over in the war zones than we do military. and that is the real cost behind the war, NOT the soldier, Lastly think about this: the wounded warrior project is for wounded servicemen and women, what is out there for “wounded contract employees” of KBR (now Halburton)

So this time my vote will be different and NOT for the guy who didn’t deliver on the majority of his promises, even if he kept the course on one.

HAHA; OK TJ, so Ya I spoke my Heart too :o)