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<blockquote data-quote="Which Tyler" data-source="post: 812424" data-attributes="member: 73592"><p>Your latter scenario does not exist. It is a straw-man. No-one is forcing anyone to do otherwise. Each individual has the right to choose to abide by the rules, or to not abide by the rules, if the latter, then they don't get to compete.</p><p>Dr.s ARE forced to have medical degrees, Lawyers are forced to have law degrees etc etc. Semenya and others are not forced to be Olympic athletes.</p><p></p><p>There is no force involved anywhere here, there is no loss of agency. Trying to invoke outrage with echoes of rape and eugenics is pure strawman, and nothing to do with what's being discussed.</p><p></p><p>ETA</p><p>I think we all agree that requiring something permanent like surgery, or that effects her life away from the track is beyond dodgy, but that's not the discussion (unless someone has some information that no-one else here or in the media has seen)</p><p></p><p>ETA</p><p>You may well have some decent arguments in there somewhere, but I for one, can't see them through the clickbait bull****, so your hyperbole is doing your argument a disservice (for me at least)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Which Tyler, post: 812424, member: 73592"] Your latter scenario does not exist. It is a straw-man. No-one is forcing anyone to do otherwise. Each individual has the right to choose to abide by the rules, or to not abide by the rules, if the latter, then they don't get to compete. Dr.s ARE forced to have medical degrees, Lawyers are forced to have law degrees etc etc. Semenya and others are not forced to be Olympic athletes. There is no force involved anywhere here, there is no loss of agency. Trying to invoke outrage with echoes of rape and eugenics is pure strawman, and nothing to do with what's being discussed. ETA I think we all agree that requiring something permanent like surgery, or that effects her life away from the track is beyond dodgy, but that's not the discussion (unless someone has some information that no-one else here or in the media has seen) ETA You may well have some decent arguments in there somewhere, but I for one, can't see them through the clickbait bull****, so your hyperbole is doing your argument a disservice (for me at least) [/QUOTE]
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