Sexual assault at high school in the State of Virginia.

Tis' a brave new world!

"When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show!"

I genuinely think, that some people's brains are hardwired to embrace all things weird and quirky. (and not the good kind of quirky either) It's like their entire view of what life should be, is taken directly out of a bad science fiction novel.

Trying to reason with people like this is rather futile. Just sit back and enjoy the show!

*Just to clarify, I know some people are inclined to seek out offence very easily. I am in no way suggesting that trans people are freaks. Just in case people interpret my remarks that way*

It's more a general observation on people's world/societal view. And their desire to embrace all things non conformist pretty much just for the sake of it. The more weird whacky or different the better - regardless of whether it's a positive development.

I would consider biological males in women's toilets/dressing rooms or sports/athletic events, to be one of these new strange whacky societal developments. But not one of the good ones.

It's not simply a case of people just getting used to it, and then it will become normal. I don't think I will ever get used to seeing a biological male destroying the field in a women's sports event for example.

Possibly a good solution to the toilet situation, would be for trans people to use disabled toilets. Or when building facilities for disabled people, simply add a small room right next to the disabled toilet for trans people. I don't think it would be a major problem, as trans people are a tiny minority of the population so it wouldn't be a big headache. And they could be used as changing rooms too.

I'm not saying trans people are disabled, but you could very easily extend the definition of special needs to include trans people. They would qualify as having slightly different needs to the rest of society.

That is because, of course, some do not want their deeply held beliefs in any way challenged, even if they are evidently wrong. It's why one cannot post down a biological reality without being accused of trolling and being transphobic.

Sick of hearing about these people in the media. Absolute tiny minority.

They may have an issue of some psychologial/psychiatric/physical imbalance which causes a disability to integrate into contemporary society. Fair enough.

We can afford to adapt, but only up to a point. And that point will of course be 'not good enough', in the same way things arent good enough for any of the rest of us.

Pick a group. Pensioners, unemployed, high tax payers, students, nurses, corporations, fathers, left, right, center, its always not good enough.

Use the disabled toilet.

Large public facility, the disabled toilet will have a shower. Use that.

Want to be called zee. Ask. If told no then ask to be referred to by name, or not referred to at all.

Im sick of underdog/minority groups/marginal groups milking their story for more than its worth. Like their problem is a bottomless well.

Oh i have one foot.

- ok we'll get you a prosthetic.

Thats a start, but I will need a house beside a train station too, and a chauffeur just in case.

Most of the people complaining about ideological beliefs and race theories I would bet fall in to one of two categories. They know that history has been favourable to their kind and doesn't want that to change. Or they are like this guy.

I find this very hard to understand - why was nothing done after the first attack, why was he wearing a skirt (there's no mention of trans in the links)? Was this just for easier access to victims? Not sure why trans is part of this discussion. TBH in school I think male toilets are for biological males and female toilets are for biological females end of - unless you have had a sex change which at those age should not be happening

He just sounds like a sexual predator which at 14 years old is pretty scary

What? How can you declare yourself the opposite gender with no proof?

Can you go two posts without insulting those you don't agree with?

Where's the insult?

The reality is right there in front of you.

Would it be an insult to say you're reacting all very snowflakey to having someone point out this reality? You've all started to try to run with the narrative that any disagreement of your position is an insult.

Report the posts if you think they are such, or get over it.

You don't see any hypocrisy in you seeing in constantly claiming I am insulting posters (just because I counter their points) and being the only poster who thanked a post on another thread yesterday where the poster called people on the Left 'Utterly evil human beings'?

Pick a lane.

It's not just prisoners though. What about female prison guards? Aren't they entitled to protection from someone like that too?

He's housed in the female estate, but has to be treated like a violent man. Staff, and indeed the whole organisation, on the female estate are not set up to do that.

The basic question here is, do you really believe he is a woman and if so, why? If he isn't, he shouldn't be there, full stop.

The court has no choice: in Ireland, the law on self declaration from 2015 means that anyone who declares themselves to be female is entitled to be treated as one, even someone about whom there are real doubts such as this person.

Do you agree that female prisons or sections are not geared up for dealing with the level of violence that male prison wings might have, and also that there will be a higher number of female staff in them, so that in practice female staff are less safe from a violent male in the female section?

That sounds unlikely (except in some specific instances, perhaps, who knows?) Do you have any examples? Is this a general thing or exceptional? Can a judge just express disagreement with the law and strike it down? Why doesn't that happen regularly?

We wouldn't even need referendums if it were that simple to get rid of a bad law.

And perhaps you hadn't seen my quote above, where the Law Society doesn't seem to agree with you. Unless you have higher legal qualifications than that, I think we can assume they can't just do that willy nilly, and couldn't do it in this case.