Comments on: On sex, gender, sexual orientation and a world champion

By: gangadher teddu

gangadher teddu — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 03:58:55 +0000

I have nothing against the gender or sex tests per se. My problem comes when those tests reveal that a person is not a woman even if she has a vagina only. What recourse does that kind of a person have? She can’t compete as a woman, and can’t compete as a man either. Isn’t this some kind of discrimination?

By: Security of Sex: Martyring the ‘Ballbreakers’ – women in and beyond the global

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:50:29 +0000

[...] this young woman, but has likewise conflated several unrelated and yet entirely related issues: sex, gender and sexual orientation. The latter two categories are not actually relevant to the IAAF’s argument of fairness. The [...]

By: James in Germany

James in Germany — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:03:30 +0000

Respected bloggers, as I live in Germany, I should have refined my post to say that the majority of Germans are anti racist. When I say the majority, I mean the educated, for it is the uneducated minority here that cry “Auslander raus” under the premise that (we) Auslanders are taking their (the uneducated) jobs. This is of course nonsence because we feel that they don’t want to work anyway. Why should they when they basically get everything for free on the social system.

The Germany’s problem with allowing Turkey into the EU is that they have a dismal human rights record. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU), want them in because they see possibilities for aquiring a cheap labour market, which may well be the alterior motive, but I don’t think it’s the Islam card as STUDENT mentioned earlier.

About Europeans on the whole being racist, well, the 6% that voted BNP in the UK is a tiny fraction of the whole and fits closely to the unemployment figures in the UK. Illiterates led by one or two intelectuals.

I can’t comment on the French situation, but one thing is for sure, no one likes radicals marching down the road with signs like this

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00170/F_200602_February04_170813a.jpg

This subject is very off topic, so let’s get back to the more important constitutional issued that need debating!

By: Leigh

Leigh — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:26:52 +0000

Yes, on considered reflection it seems I may well have overlooked the spirited contribution that Mr Malema has made to South Africa and yes, to humanity in general. Might I hereby add my voice to the startlingly wise appeals for Mr Malema to save us from this evil – as only he can

By: Michael Osborne

Michael Osborne — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:17:31 +0000

Leigh, with utmost respect, it pains me very deeply that you view my suggestions as mere “drivel.” But I am sure you can appreciate that a very serious situation has developed in Berlin. Racist and sexist allegation have been made; these cannot go answered. A solution must be found. Our golden girl must be defended. South Africa’s honour must be restored. A spirit of Ubuntu must reign. It is solely in that spirit that I propose that Mr Malema be deployed without ado.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:33:41 +0000

Student, very nice to make your acquaitance. I would be interested to read why you think that the regrettable point that French people of Arab decent suffer much in the way of discrimination premised on race amounts to a debatable topic. That is, I agree with you that it does. But I would like to read your reasons if you have the time to reduce some of them to writing.

Apart from that, I am certainly enjoying your posts

By: Leigh

Leigh — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:26:44 +0000

Mikhail, I am quite sure you are familiar with the saying: the best lies have a bit a truth in them. If you are, well then it seems that many of your sentiments reflect much the same theme.

With all respect – and yes, I do sincerely mean respect and not some thinly veiled slight – you sometimes speak just enough sense to almost conceal the drivel contained in many of your views. True, racism is a prevalent problem. But Mr Malema providing a solution – where’s the camera.

But introductory sentiments aside, my question to you is this: why go to all the trouble of construing points made by other bloggers only to take potentially interesting discussions into directions which will probably lead to dead ends?

By: Michael Osborne

Michael Osborne — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:16:06 +0000

Yes, Mpho, about 6% of Britons voted for the BNP in June.

But I am note sure that we in SA, — where about 100% of us seem to base our vote on candidate’s skin shading — should be too quick to cite this figure to show that Britons are racist …

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:06:34 +0000

The Telegraph is running a story that I hope is not true. Just seems too much of a coincidence.

“A source close to the investigation into the 800 metres gold medallist has confirmed that tests carried out before the start of the World Championships indicated that the runner had three times the normal female level of testosterone in her body.

Telegraph Sport can also reveal that the head coach of the South African team is Dr Ekkart Arbeit, the former East German coach who was accused by a female athlete of giving her so many anabolic steroids that she was forced to undergo a sex-change operation and live the rest of her life as a man.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/6078171/World-Athletics-Caster-Semenya-tests-show-high-testosterone-levels.html

By: Dumisani Mkhize

Dumisani Mkhize — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:20:16 +0000

Refer to page 9, epcially section C of this document. Mokgadi Semenya should be on the clear.

I am celebrating already.
http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/imported/42028.pdf