Wokeism of the day *Revised Mod Note in OP and threadbanned users*

They would.Their own decision I guess but not ideal if they wish to maximise performance I imagine.

I suspected the sports scientists and doctori etc wouldn't put up with this at elite level

https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/world-cup-ramadan-how-salah-pogba--more-are-preparing-for-russia-2018/1n12b9uxyxu9516ti8dmmjz1c6

"It's obvious that Salah's religion plays a big part in his philosophy as a footballer. The 25-year-old did not participate in fasting during the three days leading up to and including the Champions League final, though fasted at the team's training base in Marbella.

In Islam, you are allowed to break your fast “with anything that is adequate need” or if you are travelling during the day, which Salah had done."

From memory Michael Jones a New Zealand rugby player missed games on Sundays due to his religion.

Amir Khan missed out on a big world title fight as it was set for Ramadan.

The issue is as follows

It's being done purely for virtue sgnalling reason as there is no need for artificial stoppages to allow players to take some food or water as there are plenty of natural stoppages in the game where this could happen already.

Also there have never been any allowances made by the league for any other religions, games are played on Sundays, Good Friday, Easter Sunday and every other major Christian feast day except Christmas day (and game used to be played in England on Christmas day up until the 1960's) and thats for non religious reasons as Christmas is largely a secular holiday these days, the religious aspect of it most people don't bother with anymore.Games are played on Yom Kippur (as I pointed out in one of my earlier posts).Europe has done so well to secularize itself and stop pandering the religious concerns no need to take even the slightest backward step in that regard.

The squirming!

I assume you mean this is your evidence of JKR's transphobia?

When she said "violent, duplicitous rapists" she was specifically referring to Andrew Burns aka Tiffany Scott and Adam Graham aka Isla Bryson who without doubt are extremely violent, duplicitous rapists. Are you saying that she said transwomen in general are violent, duplicitous rapists? Do you believe that these 2 self identified transwomen are not extremely violent, duplicitous rapists and that they should be in a female prison with women, many of whom have been raped themselves?

Interesting that you say that she "fraternises" with women who campaign against same SEX rights when in reality she is very vocal in her support of gay people, particularly lesbians. Does it look like she is campaigning against same sex rights with this group of lesbians?

So the implication here is that I either know everything I need to know about JK Rowling, or I;ve been living under a rock and have no idea who she is..?

She has said that she does not accept transwomen as real women, has she not? Because transwomen haven't had the same fears as ciswomen? She has called them 'rapists', has se not? Stop me where I make a mistake.

You don't need to have an in-depth Twitter knowledge to know this - you just have read the news.

Or are you saying it's all a conspiracy and she never commented on trans issues at all?

She has called convicted rapists, rapists. She highlighted her disgust that two violent male rapists who self identify as female were to be housed in female prisons. What do you find offensive in this?

She often comments on issues that are highly relevant to women and girls and the consequences of letting any male who choses to self ID as a woman. To pretend there are no consequences is silly, the problem is though that no debate is allowed as it is automatically shut down with cries of transphobia. Women have lost their careers by trying to speak openly about such issues.

Transwomen are biologically male, they could not be transwomen in the first place without being so. That does not mean they should be treated badly or not have the same rights as every other citizen in the land.

Maybe you should try reading her own words rather than you "just have to read the news". It very much depends on where you get your news.

283k people agree with her.

She doesn’t have a phobia at all, in my view. She is simply saying that women have rights, including the rights to safe places such as refuges from domestic violence, etc. Read her blog where she sets out her views. Listen to the podcast.

A key point in this is trans people have a pretty difficult time from an early age and have an extreme issue with their identity that most people don't have. Typically someone with gender dysphoria will also have other comorbidities (depression, self harm. autism etc etc) and as such are a pretty sensitive group.

Their insecurity around their identity is the primary source of the unwillingness to engage in rational, nuanced and calm debate. Their need for outside validation is driven by angst and self doubt.

Rowling is arguing for the safety of women in the most vulnerable of place; domestic violence shelters, prisons etc. To state you need safeguarding isn't transphobic, part of any safeguarding starts with hard questions and it must be its focus on finding bad actors.

To suggest that no predator anywhere wouldn't take advantage of these changes in society is idiotic; therefore to not guard against it is a dereliction of duty towards vulnerable women.

As part of coaching young children I need to be Garda vetted i.e. we must check that you are not a paedophile. That's how safeguarding works, you don't get to be super sensitive and say how dare you ask me to be vetted. The children come before my sensitivities. Most well adjusted people don't have an issue with that.

The genesis of modern gender ideology is in post modernism and as such is anti science and indeed rational reasoned thought/debate. This has been reflected in the medical care at the Tavistock and indeed the way in which it is discussed in society.

A return to science based care, as suggested by the former clinical head, might be a good place to start for a very vulnerable group that need care.

Without that there is no basis for proper treatment or the continued evaluation of current treatments like every other field of medicine.

I'd still argue it's transphobic - it's a fear. Not to mention the idea that a transoman can't experience violence from men...? Pwhy not? Plenty of men in the LGBTQ community - as well as trnaswomen - have experienced violence at the hends of men.

And it doesn't explain the support of other tweets (at least one of which she apologised for, to be fair - but there's still a pattern).