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Plum said:
Just read in the news that Musk and Zuckerberg have agreed to have a cage fight! What on earth goes through these people's minds? Have they nothing better to do with their time, power and influence?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65981876
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Musk has admitted he never exercises. Is over 50 and unfit. Zuckerberg trains for mma, exercises and is younger. Close call….
 
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dennisboothstash said:
To be fair the cat question came up after the teacher was discussing there being more genders etc and the difference between sex and gender.
As usual the headline (child claims to identify as a cat…or whatever it was) wasn’t the story at all.
I thought the teacher handled it very poorly and as you say unprofessionally
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Ye, I'm not sure anything regarding schools and pupils, who are still children, should be made public until some sort of official judgement is made. Not sure why the parent sold the recording to the newspapers rather than just pass it on to whomever is preciding over the situation (school governors?). I don't think a public backlash either way helps any of the children involved. Always spirals out of control, entrenches opinions and obligates ppl to take sides and go so much further than necessary.

It makes no sense that a relatively minor American issue has been politicised and brought over to Europe and is now is something else to divide us. Keep us all squabbling over nonsense whilst another $50 billion of European tax payers money is sent over to Ukraine.
 
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Heimdallr said:
Ye, I'm not sure anything regarding schools and pupils, who are still children, should be made public until some sort of official judgement is made. Not sure why the parent sold the recording to the newspapers rather than just pass it on to whomever is preciding over the situation (school governors?). I don't think a public backlash either way helps any of the children involved. Always spirals out of control, entrenches opinions and obligates ppl to take sides and go so much further than necessary.

It makes no sense that a relatively minor American issue has been politicised and brought over to Europe and is now is something else to divide us. Keep us all squabbling over nonsense whilst another $50 billion of European tax payers money is sent over to Ukraine.
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I agree with 99% of that
It’s just I suspect they’re wanting to keep us looking the other way about other things than funding to Ukraine. They seem happy to brag about that, whilst they desperately want other things not talked about.
 
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Heimdallr said:
Ye, I'm not sure anything regarding schools and pupils, who are still children, should be made public until some sort of official judgement is made. Not sure why the parent sold the recording to the newspapers rather than just pass it on to whomever is preciding over the situation (school governors?). I don't think a public backlash either way helps any of the children involved. Always spirals out of control, entrenches opinions and obligates ppl to take sides and go so much further than necessary.

It makes no sense that a relatively minor American issue has been politicised and brought over to Europe and is now is something else to divide us. Keep us all squabbling over nonsense whilst another $50 billion of European tax payers money is sent over to Ukraine.
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That was a weird last sentence!
 
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Heimdallr said:
Ye, I'm not sure anything regarding schools and pupils, who are still children, should be made public until some sort of official judgement is made. Not sure why the parent sold the recording to the newspapers rather than just pass it on to whomever is preciding over the situation (school governors?). I don't think a public backlash either way helps any of the children involved. Always spirals out of control, entrenches opinions and obligates ppl to take sides and go so much further than necessary.

It makes no sense that a relatively minor American issue has been politicised and brought over to Europe and is now is something else to divide us. Keep us all squabbling over nonsense whilst another $50 billion of European tax payers money is sent over to Ukraine.
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I had to try and find this story, and I did. I wish I hadn't bothered.

In a class of 13 year olds, the kangaroo made the cat cry, an act which the teacher deemed despicable. The whole episode being recorded.

Times move on. At thirteen years of age I was going to be, guitar hero/professional footballer/astronaut. The thought of being a kangaroo never quite came to mind. What are they teaching kids today? Oh yea, dont be unkind to cats.
 
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