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Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by Stroller, Jun 25, 2015.

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Should the UK remain a part of the EU or leave?

Poll closed Jun 24, 2016.
  1. Stay in

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  2. Get out

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  1. Goldhawk-Road

    Goldhawk-Road Well-Known Member

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    That's about right. <doh>
    Last week I spent nearly 25 mins filling out some on-line membership and I gave up in the end. All the gender questions.... Utter bollox. You are either Male or Female, people need to get over it. If they want this weeks colour orange, they should just add an ‘other’ option and let them get on with it. All this “how do I describe myself” bollox needs to be binned. People are actually mocking It all now.
     
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    Transgender support is incredibly vehement though. Ask JK Rowling. Say something like - only women have vaginas - and you'll have piles of wokies trying to cancel you for good
     
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    I think the majority of people dont really care either way. That caption did make me laugh though. Personally its not something i would be woke on or go all gammon about.
     
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    It has implications mostly for women. Your daughter goes into the local ladies toilet, followed by a six foot two bearded character called Doris. Happy? Men compete against women in women's sports by self identifying as women. Feminists are doing their nuts about it
     
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    Agree. It's all a load of bollox mate. Trying to change the name of a pregnant woman to ‘birthing person’ <doh> maybe these people should understand that the only reason they want to change the name is because the biology doesn't work out and hampers their goal?
    No matter how hard they try to change terminology they will never change biology.
     
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    Doesnt really matter in the grand scheme of things. More to worry about in life rather than who is what gender. Certainly not worth getting the blood pressure up and going all gammony. Each to their own though. By eck its red hot up here again!
     
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    Personal I don't care if some bloke wants to be known as Daisy and wants his bits used for dog food.
    What annoys me is 1. How they are trying to make it all sound right and some nine year old wants an operation because his uncle Daisy, who used to be a man thinks it's the best thing to do. Plenty of unessecary confused kids out there. The recent article I read was also disturbing.
    2. And most importantly... If these people want to be that way... So be it but don't make the whole World change over a few.
     
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    Taking the knee to BLM is political. Don't just ask me, ask the Olympic Committee that may ban it.
     
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    Why should anyone ask you? I'd say the people making the gesture are best placed to decide why they're doing it.
     
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    So what happens when football thugs raise their arms in a straight armed salute, and say it's Roman and not Nazi? Surely it's an objective test
     
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    Surely feminists don't have nuts <laugh>
     
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    It may be in some contexts but not from the England team or that GB news presenter. They explained, prior to doing it, why they were doing it. Good on them.
     
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    You never know now SM. <laugh>
     
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    :emoticon-0102-bigsm You're right, those that do must be infiltrators
     
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    The fact that you describe them as 'thugs' speaks volumes.
     
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    Yes, but using Strolls's test, since they say it's a Roman salute, we let them get on with it
     
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    I would be more concerned in normal people started doing it rather than thugs!
     
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    The point I'm making is that a subjective test gives thugs an excuse to use a Nazi salute
     
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    Oh, I get it now. When the England players say that they were making a statement against racism and that it wasn't in support of any political movement, you just don't believe them.
     
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