It was absolutely a talking point of opposition to gay rights that permitting such rights would allow paedophiles & rapists to run rampant amongst the children of good god-fearing folk. Cultural … (View Post)

Fwiw, Cyclefree I think you are well intentioned & erudite. But I also think you choose not to place any weight whatsoever on the impact what you want would have on trans people. You seek to excl… (View Post)

You can always tell when Leon has lost an argument: he resorts to ad-hominem eruptions. Come on Leon, you’re an intelligent man, or at least you do a good job of impersonating one here. At least try … (View Post)

I do find it quite amusing that the Russians spent years bribing & co-opting UK governance, successfully buying their way into the highest levels & it achieved the square root of fuck all for… (View Post)

I think you’re going for brittle failure vs plastic or elastic deformation? Plastic deformation is when your material moves under stress & doesn’t spring back afterwards - it’s permanently deform… (View Post)