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I agree with foreign aid in principle. But to use a tired analogy, if it's the start of the month and I'm flush, I'll happily give a quid to a homeless bloke. At the end of the month, I don't. I would say the same principle ought to apply. That said, I'd agree with @Bigcol49. It is nonsense to...

It's the other way round with me and the Mrs. She's forever putting stuff down in silly places and losing them in the depths of her handbag. I'm the one who ends up retracing her steps and finding the damn thing. Three times in the last year she's "lost" her keys, and I've found them still...

Entirely possible, and if that's the case then I'm sorry. It appeared to me that you were agreeing with Ken's comments on sex and gender. If our disagreement is solely based on whether social sciences count as sciences, then I've interpreted this wrongly.

A social science is a science. You are making arbitrary distinctions in an attempt to undermine a conclusion you don't agree with. If you'd prefer, I'm happy to use the word "evidence" rather than "science" in this situation, but the point stands. If your position is not based on, or worse is...

I must admit, I do think the possibility of someone choosing to display as trans just to get a sneak peak in a toilet is very low. I have trans friends and I know a bit about the **** thwy have to put up with on a day to day basis; no one is going to choose that just get their jollies off. The...

No, it's the study of human behaviour, societies, and cultures, both past and present. It is a social science, but frankly the "distinction" between hard and social sciences and the subsequent undervaluing of social science is nonsense. And this coming from someone with a degree in the "hard"...

Incorrect. Or are you really going to sit there and argue that anthropology isn't a science?

That's fair enough, so I went back and re-read it. "It's written into the DNA in every cell in their body and it has been phenotypically expressed in terms of skeleton, muscle mass and brain development throughout their lives - they are a man." It's this bit I take issue with. It really isn't...

No, biological sex isn't that simple. Did you get to the line about gender being a social construct and just stop?

I didn't say it could, so I'm not sure what your point is. The study of social constructs is a perfectly valid science, though.

You can't just dismiss science because you don't like the conclusions drawn. Sex is biological, gender is social, and since gender definitions vary from culture to culture then they are by definition a cultural or social construct. This is simple fact, and there's scientific studies backing it...

"... if you have two X chromosomes, you play "women's" sport and if you have an X and a Y, you play men's sport." It's not even nearly that simple. http://www.who.int/genomics/gender/en/index1.html This is a genuinely interesting read, btw.

So to be clear, the prize money is in fact the same, and some people are whining because women play less sets but get the same prize money? Have I understood that right? Genuine question, I haven't been following this.

Shocker, that. It's almost like they were just doing their jobs or something.

My first BIAB, an APA. It's cleared beautifully, but no head and it tastes and smells very alcoholic. Work to do.

That's an excellent summary, well worth a read. Thanks for sharing.

Me too, but I do avoid carrying it in central London. Legal it may be, but it's just not worth the hassle of explaining why you've got it if I do happen to be searched. Not that I'm likely to be searched as a white middle class man, but I dont really need it in central anyway. Out in the...

It worked, didn't it?

I think drunkula is joking. My piece of advice would be to join this forum first. I lurked for a couple of weeks before getting my first kit, and avoided loads of newbie errors as a result.

Nope. Murder is the killing if another person with the intent to cause either death or serious injury. The "intent" part used to be termed "malice aforethought" but it was changed because that phrasing causes exactly the sort of confusion we have here. If you intend to kill or seriously injure...