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On 12/4/24 13:11, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 12/4/2024 10:42 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> BCFD 36 <bcfd36@cruzio.com> writes:
>>> On 12/3/24 11:17, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>> Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> writes:
>>>>> On 12/3/24 08:40, Paul S Person wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     Actually a lot of statistics around the issue are simply 
>>>>> speculative as
>>>>> are rumors of crimes done by Transgender people
>>>>> in bathrooms belonging to any sex. Criminal men have been free
>>>>> to enter women's toilets despite it being a crime.
>>>>
>>>> Most of it is either political firewood (hatred/division) or
>>>> religious nutters pushing their vision of morality on the rest
>>>> of the country.
>>>>
>>>> Back in the 80's, before they remodelled the facilities, one
>>>> would routinely find ladies in the men's room at the Hollywood
>>>> Bowl (just to avoid the hour-long lines for the few stalls
>>>> available in the ladies).  Nobody complained.  Nobody was
>>>> arrested.  Nobody tried to make it illegal.
>>>
>>> I can remember seeing women in the restrooms of several sports stadiums
>>> e.g. Stanford and Candlestick. I can also remember seeing a whole line
>>> of men peeing under the railing and down the slope below the Stanford
>>> stadium when there weren't enough restrooms.
>>>
>>> No one seemed to care.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Unisex lavatories aren't uncommon in Europe and have been
>>>> for decades.
>>>>
>>>> Much ado about nothing.  Speak out in public, expect criticism.
>>>>
>>>> Doxing et. al. is illegal and abhorrent regardless of the target or the
>>>> reason behind it.
>>>>
>>>> OTOH, verbal and written criticism should be expected when any
>>>> high-profile individual airs their opinion(s) on a controversial topic.
>>>
>>> I don't think the debate about people with Y chromosomes competing
>>> against XX people is over yet. Consider that Serena Williams (I think)
>>> who was #1 in women's tennis said that the #200 man in men's tennis
>>> would beat her.
>>
>> I do remember the Billy Jean King match with Bobby Riggs.
> 
> Bobby Riggs was 26 years older than Billy Jean King so it was not an 
> even match.
>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sexes_(tennis)
> 
> Lynn
> 

	Riggs took the chalenge under the impression that Billy Jean
would be easy to beat.
	
	bliss