OMG, I'm offended thread

Post by **think positive** » Tue Dec 18, 2018 5:18 pm

It says primary school, you think they need or understand this in primary school?

Post by **David** » Tue Dec 18, 2018 5:41 pm

Well, yes? I presume you support sex education in primary school, right?

Post by **stui magpie** » Tue Dec 18, 2018 6:45 pm

David wrote:Disagree. Many schools have one or more transgender students, and children need to learn to interact with each other now, not when they're in university. As I said, there are better and worse ways of handling that, but as neither of us have actually attended the classes or know the precise wording of the lessons (what's quoted in the article is a council directive to the school, not what teachers are actually going to be saying in class), I'm going to lean towards the presumption that they've thought carefully about this and know what they're doing.

It's tricky wording though, because you don't want biological boys thinking they can have periods.

Teaching it in primary school is OK as long as it's later on, grade 5 or 6. In my mind you'd need to first introduce the concept of transgender in the same way you'd establish gay and lesbian as different versions of normal. I'm not sure it's actually necessary to do the "boys can have periods" bit, as the transgender kids should be fully aware and, barring an accident, no one should know when it's happening anyway.

ronrat · Post by **ronrat** » Tue Dec 18, 2018 11:38 pm

All this bs about boys having periods. Onve again South Park is in front of the pack.

Post by **think positive** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 12:03 am

Post by **David** » Wed Dec 19, 2018 6:37 am

Post by **stui magpie** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:41 pm

Post by **David** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:12 pm

Post by **stui magpie** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 5:28 pm

No one said it was easy, but I can think of 4 ex Nicksters off the top of my head who all had gastric band surgery to do something about their weight. Not out of vanity but for health.

Proto Dave has dropped near 100kg and interestingly only realised after the surgery that his problem had been diet all along. He ate too much crap.

The average overweight person doesn't need to do something as drastic as that, but something as simple as seeing a GP or a dietitian, keeping a food diary and being more physically active can all help.

Bucks5 · Post by **Bucks5** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 7:00 pm

More faux outrage, reportedly by an Australian over a non Australian racial reference

http://www.ladbible.com/news/food-mum-s ... g-20190113

Post by **David** » Wed Jan 16, 2019 8:03 pm

ronrat · Post by **ronrat** » Thu Jan 17, 2019 9:24 pm

Bucks5 wrote:More faux outrage, reportedly by an Australian over a non Australian racial reference

http://www.ladbible.com/news/food-mum-s ... g-20190113

kkk could mean killer karl kox. what sort of irresponsible parent gives a 15 month old baby a choke size toy associated with a sugar laden sweet. i doubt the baby has the genetic nous to be able to research the meaning of kkk , certainly not at a library, which would be a foreign notion to the parent.

Post by **stui magpie** » Sun Jan 27, 2019 6:31 pm

Ran into this video, Australia's own Sir les patterson in concert.,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... i-QmwvN_gM

This would fly like a wrought iron hanglider these days.

And I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

Bucks5 · Post by **Bucks5** » Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:19 pm

One complaint is backlash these days:

http://www.ladbible.com/news/sport-jd-s ... k-20190208

And more claims of racist fashion items:

https://qz.com/quartzy/1545010/this-wee ... onth-shoe/

Post by **David** » Sat Feb 09, 2019 11:44 pm

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