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  1. Augustus

    Democrats only: Are there lessons to be learned for team Harris?

    You mean the shrill "if you don't agree with me you are a stupid, ignorant bigot" gambit isn't in fact a shrewd rhetorical stratagem? Shocked I tell thee :openmouth: It's amazing the number of people who find this hard to comprehend and prefer to focus on things like "Russian disinformation"...
  2. Augustus

    The Baseless and Inaccurate Attacks on an Algerian Female Boxer

    The old one? Yes, somewhat telling along with the reluctance to challenge the initial IBA sanction (and the fact her own coach confirmed her test results were anomalous). I expect any lawsuit about the new leaked results to similarly avoid addressing the elephant in the room.
  3. Augustus

    The Baseless and Inaccurate Attacks on an Algerian Female Boxer

    I agree there is a possibility the report is not genuine, and I’m not putting much stock in it as the probability has long been that the IBA tests were indeed correct rather than a hare brained conspiracy. If she proves otherwise in a court of law I’ll accept my error, but I won’t be holding...
  4. Augustus

    The Baseless and Inaccurate Attacks on an Algerian Female Boxer

    The best thing to do with bad, ideological punditry is ignore it and look at more useful information such as the scientific and ethical discussions that have been ongoing for years with this issue. Thinking the entire issue was caused by her "looking like a man" is to be as poorly informed as...
  5. Augustus

    The Baseless and Inaccurate Attacks on an Algerian Female Boxer

    You have things the wrong way round. Before any right wing pundits had even heard of the case, both boxers had legally accepted the IBA test results and their lifetime bans from most boxing events outside of the Olympics. They had an automatic right to challenge at the CAS, but declined to do...
  6. Augustus

    The Baseless and Inaccurate Attacks on an Algerian Female Boxer

    The main debate wasn't about her being 'trans', but about the fact that 2 'female' boxers in the Olympics had legally accepted that they were deemed ineligible for the female category after undergoing sex screening test at the world championships. The assumption was that this related to DSD and...
  7. Augustus

    The Baseless and Inaccurate Attacks on an Algerian Female Boxer

    Some recent updates: The president of the International Boxing Association has called for an apology from IOC boss Thomas Bach on behalf of the "beaten and abused" opponents of Imane Khelif, after leaked documents published in the French press alleged the Algerian gold medallist is a...
  8. Augustus

    The Baseless and Inaccurate Attacks on an Algerian Female Boxer

    She can sue JK Rowling in a UK court for libel, and has an easier and more lucrative case than “cyber bullying” (assuming Rowling is wrong).
  9. Augustus

    The Baseless and Inaccurate Attacks on an Algerian Female Boxer

    Worth a quick revisit: strangely enough, the person who was very outspoken after winning the Olympic gold about how this “restored her honour”, has still not yet taken up the opportunity to further restore her honour in the law courts while massively enriching herself at the expense of those...
  10. Augustus

    Women: What happens in the voting booth, stays in the voting booth

    Nothing to do with this advert, but I would personally find it very odd for someone in a healthy relationship (male or female) to choose to keep it secret from their spouse/partner who they voted for. In an unhealthy relationship I can see the value though.
  11. Augustus

    When a sitting president essentially states that half the country is "garbage".

    Oooo the other side is mean, look how mean they are. They are so mean while we are so munificent. Booo to the other side, 3 cheers for us.
  12. Augustus

    Atheists: does God exist?

    Nothing can be described perfectly using words (unless the other person has directly experienced what is being referred to) just like a map can’t perfectly replicate a territory. Some things can be described relatively easily to people who haven’t experienced them directly though. I can...
  13. Augustus

    Atheists: does God exist?

    Yes agreed. It’s just your claim that this makes it unique that does not follow. Just like “the scientific method” serves a good yardstick, albeit a very imperfect one. The term is unique because it functions like many other words in having many subjective definitions that are not agreed upon?
  14. Augustus

    Atheists: does God exist?

    The point is that the description cannot describe the concept in a way that conveys its main essence. I could describe a tree, a golf course and a frog as “a green thing” but this would not let anyone who had never seen one understand what they are or how they differ from each other. I...
  15. Augustus

    Atheists: does God exist?

    “Monotheists” seem to believe in anywhere between 0 and 3 gods per other people’s observations. Monotheism is not the only form of “theism” also. Many people will people will claim anything that does not follow “the scientific method” is not science. The point is not that one person...
  16. Augustus

    Atheists: does God exist?

    Words can describe just about anything, that doesn't mean they can meaningfully recreate the experience though. Words can't simply make people experience things they have never experienced in the same way as people who have experienced them. You can't know what it's like to be drunk without...
  17. Augustus

    Atheists: does God exist?

    Or Wittgenstein's "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent". Sort of like if you experience a sense of awe witnessing a beautiful natural environment, your description of this will never be able to recreate the same sense in others. The wordless intuitive appreciation of what you...
  18. Augustus

    Atheists: does God exist?

    The same is true for all kinds of abstract categories that we use without much trouble though. Where is the line that demarcates democracy from "not democracy" or science from "not science"? or religion from "not religion"? I personally could not clearly and consistently demarcate any of these...
  19. Augustus

    The dead are the problem (not animals)

    All humans are irrational animals, some are just more harmful than others. Being a bit more “rational” doesn’t necessarily make someone less harmful, it can even do the exact opposite. Rationality is value neutral.
  20. Augustus

    Australia: Senator Lidia Thorpe escorted out of the Great Hall after disturbance at the end of King Charles's speech.

    Ironically, a Presidential system is more 'monarchical' than a parliamentary system with a constitutional monarch is, it's just the 'king' is elected. I quite like the idea that the PM has to be deferential to someone to remind them it's not all about them (even if just a little bit). The only...
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