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12 minutes ago, sblfilms said:

I don’t think you can think of one because there are no good examples of this! Part of why your assertion falls flat is that many games we play are an amalgamation of games from many different cultures over a long period of time. So rulesets themselves have congealed around certain competitive staples.

 

But what we do see a TON of variance in from one culture to the next are the unwritten rules of the same sports. 
 

If this is your point of view, than certainly it does not matter. But shocker, many people don’t hold your view that high school and college athletics don’t matter. Parents and kids spend an awfully large amount of their time dedicated to athletic pursuits, and there are significant financial implications around the performance of youth and college athletics. It being unimportant to you doesn’t make it unimportant.

 

The only reason there are a substantial number of women athletes at the high school and college level, and the financial awards that come with them, is the sex segregated classification. Far fewer would articulate if they had to compete directly with biological male athletes.

 

If you are only looking to have fun as @b_m_b_m_b_m pretends this is only about, there are non-competitive sports organizations of which there are many to choose from.

It’s more than just fun but the stakes aren’t high enough for the fuss about trans athletes to be worth anyone getting upset about their existing and competing

Across the board conservatives just want to control everyone and everything around them

I’ve never experienced a more toxic environment than when I was an umpire for a high school softball game as a favor for a friend. And I’ve worked at a place that regularly talked politics in the break room (and they were all old right wingers)!

12 minutes ago, Anathema- said:

Like who measures flour by the cup? wtf

Sports in secondary school are so low stakes it literally doesn’t matter what team a trans athlete plays for because it’s just a game for kids

I want to believe

2 minutes ago, unogueen said:

An invisible fear is most dangerous. It may changes as time allows, unlike real dangers.

The invisible fear is what they’re afraid of yet these same chuds denied that covid was anything other than the flu or a Chinese hoax you can’t honestly believe this

they just need someone to hate and this is their target for now. 

2 minutes ago, unogueen said:

The fear is the breakthrough, like Caster Semenya. Nevermind logic.

The fear is misguided 

53 minutes ago, SaysWho? said:

This thread is now about pancakes:

 

Ingredients:

 

1 ½ cups all-purpose flour

3 ½ teaspoons baking powder

¼ teaspoon salt, or more to taste

1 tablespoon white sugar

1 ¼ cups milk

1 egg

3 tablespoons butter, melted

 

Directions:

 

Step 1
In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, egg and melted butter; mix until smooth.

 

Step 2
Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium-high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

 

 

This is the recipe I use and it’s a winner. Add some vanilla with the wet ingredients and cinnamon (not cinnamon sugar) to the dry, it literally doesn’t matter how much of each, and that takes it to the next level. 
 

also don’t use oil, use BUTTER to cook them.  Serve with maple syrup and a lot of butter plus fruit and whipped cream (home made or don’t bother) and a couple of sausage links. You’re welcome. 

No one is transitioning at any level to dominate sports especially with the vitriol and abuse trans people get just for existing so this whole discussion is fucking stupid

1 hour ago, sblfilms said:

It is very simple: it is easy for people to conceptualize how a biological male can have an advantage over biological females in athletics, even if the scenario is terrifically uncommon. It is the sort of thing that pro-trans rights people don’t have a compelling answer to those who don’t have a strong pro/anti feeling.

 

It is the same reason people bring up sex predators using the bathroom “loophole” as a reason to bar trans-women from female restrooms. It doesn’t really matter whether or not it is an issue, people can conceptualize it as a problem and then react because of it.

The answer is: it’s a game for children, get over it

40 minutes ago, sblfilms said:

FERPA gets violated more than Donald Trump’s toilet  

1 hour ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

should

Lordy club fed that aint

The parents should know because they would either have to consent to the release of their child’s PII or be notified of the release of the records due to a lawful order

per the DOE:

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Do parents and eligible students have to provide consent before a school discloses personally identifiable information from education records?
Generally, yes. A parent or eligible student must provide written consent before a school or school district discloses personally identifiable information from the student’s education records, unless one of the exceptions to FERPA’s general consent rule applies. (See Q&A 8.) FERPA requires that a consent form be signed and dated by the parent or eligible student and (1) specify the records that may be disclosed; (2) state the purpose of the disclosure; and (3) identify the party or class of parties to whom the disclosure may be made. 34 CFR § 99.30(b).
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What are the exceptions to FERPA’s consent requirement that would permit a school to disclose personally identifiable information from a student’s education records to an outside party in connection with a disaster?
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Judicial Order or Lawfully Issued Subpoena
Another provision in FERPA that permits disclosure without consent is a disclosure that is necessary to comply with a lawfully issued subpoena or judicial order. A school generally must make a reasonable effort to notify the parent or eligible student of the subpoena or judicial order before complying with it in order to allow the parent or eligible student to seek protective action, unless certain exceptions apply. 34 CFR § 99.31(a)(9). This exception could be used when an emergency no longer exists or the party seeking personally identifiable information from students’ education records would not typically be considered an “appropriate party” under the health or safety emergency exception to general consent.

Failure to notify parents may be a violation of the child’s civil rights and would risk a federal lawsuit! FERPA is very serious business

and in combination with identifiable information needed to check the records for a specific individual makes gender PII

6 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

These are state charges.

lol would he be going rikers?

31 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Five months for 15 felonies is a pretty sweet deal!

Federal or state felonies?

A simple way national dems could fix this is by amending FERPA to not allow directory information regarding gender or gender identity to be disclosed for the purposes of investigating the gender or gender identity of a student

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Ephesians 6:4 tells parents to “bring [children] up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”

Grooming!

25 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

The New Testament is libertarian, not Marxist

I wasn’t aware there was anything in the Bible about the age of consent 

People like this suck the joy from everything. It’s just a fucking game! For kids!

Thank you Brandon

Shot:

Chaser:

My houses lmao

1 hour ago, Greatoneshere said:

 

As an ex-attorney at least, I'd say we simply don't know enough yet to make a determination. Saying: "based on the public evidence to date". Well, yeah, we don't know much. It's quite clear the DOJ and the FBI knows more than we do. 

 

And, adding political analysis to this, Merrick Garland is a very moderate lawyer and now attorney general. And Democrats, on top of that, are loathe typically to go so hard after an ex-president. The fact that Merrick Garland pulled the trigger on this, after already giving Trump a chance earlier this year in February/March (this is when Trump returned 15 "boxes" but kept 11 "boxes" of stuff). That means what Trump kept, and refused to return after March, was important enough for all this shit to go down. A federal judge signed off on a search warrant, and not just of anyone, but an ex-president of the United States, confirming probable cause. That's no small deal, so it must have been very highly sensitive information. Does this mean it's some slam dunk that Trump gets indicted and either a) can't run for office and/or b) goes to jail? Absolutely not. But something is up for sure. 

 

Additionally, this is the DOJ and a Trump-appointed head of the FBI (Christopher Wray) and his department working together to do this. This could have very easily been stopped at numerous points between two federal departments working together on something so high level, but everything went through. That tells me this is serious business. 

Also we don’t know what doj saw on the surveillance footage which was apparently the impetus for the warrant for search