J K Rowling Invites Police To Arrest Her

[naomi24]

Backed by Rishi Sunak, the author took to social media to hit out at the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act, external which came into effect on Monday.  Under the new law, "stirring up hatred" relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex is now classed as a criminal offence.  The maximum penalty under the new act in Scotland is a jail sentence of seven years.  

 

The prime minister said: "We should not be criminalising people saying common sense things about biological sex, clearly that isn’t right.  Football pundit Ally McCoist has also given his support to JK Rowling, calling the legislation "madness".

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmmqq4qv81qo

 

I don't know why anyone needs a judge to tell them that men are men but would arresting J K Rowling and dragging her before the courts for telling the truth go a long way to stopping this lunacy once and for all?

[New Judge]

"First of all can we dispense with this ridiculous terminolgy? There is no such thing as a trans woman/man."

I think that's where the problems began.

There are men who pretend to be women and women who pretend to be men. Nothing wrong with that - live and let live.

The problems began firstly when the labels mentioned above were applied. This was swiftly followed up when everybody else was (firstly) encouraged to go along with their pretences and (more recently) castigated, intimidated and, if the Scottish government's scheme is successful, forced by law to do so.  

I don't know many countries which supposedly enjoy free speech, where the statement of a simple biological fact can land one in prison. I know that the law is framed to prevent "stirring up hatred" but simple statements such as "a person with a penis is a man" have been interpreted as "hate speech." 

[youngmafbog]

They wont arrest JK Rowling, they know that massive pressure (and big shot briefs) will be bought to bear.

No, the first person will be some poor working class sod that accidentally bumps into someone and says "Sorry mate".

Straight of to chokey.

[youngmafbog]

I used to drink in what the Brits called "The Tranny Arms" in Bruxelles (On what was known as Tranny Alley.

Pascale once flashed my mate his bits.  Horrid sight.  It was said the Tranny Arms didnt have an umberlla stand just a hod stand as most of the Tranny's wer built like brick out houses.

The thing is no onee cared, no once was insulted and it was generally a good crack with the pee taken on all sides.

 

[ToraToraTora]

Ellipsis: "> It's the modern day nazis

You said it. Take a look in the mirror." - you cannot be that unaware of what is hapenning. They've just passed a law to make you have the correct views, if that's not fascism I don't know what is. Wake up me old china and look at what is going on.

[douglas9401]

Since we're going with nazis, is Holocaust denial law not in place to ensure the right view is held?

Will there be similar law for denying the murder of aid workers in years to come?

[naomi24]

That women don't have penises isn't debatable.  They don't.

[DTCwordfan]

I lived in Brussel/Bruxelles/Brussels and never came across Tranny/Travelo/Tranny Alley - where was it?

Really, let them be and everybody be - anybody who has been out in the Belgian/Luxembourgois/Most of French countryside have come across their unisex loos - and holes in the ground surrounded by a bit of porcelain but no seat.

'wat is om te zijn is bedoeld om te zijn' - 'ce qui doit être est censé être'....

[sandyRoe]

The police are reported to have said they've no intention of getting involved with JKR.

[Atheist]

Naomi. Do we have to introduce penises here?

[DTCwordfan]

naomi - the clitoris comes from stem cells that make up the penis, so there is some linkage - and that's what allow surgeons in a trans/intersex op to reduce a penis to become a neo-clitoris in the 'new woman'.

On a lighter moment that may apply to trans-surgery either way when it comes to their future visual sexuality, I was up at the Duchy Hospital in Truro today and saw a sign that said, 'Thieves Operate Here' - the response being, 'Surely that's the surgeons?' But then what's the difference?

[douglas9401]

Tranny Alley was for a while the area where electrical hire shops set up, chiefly Radio Rental and Rumbelows.

[DTCwordfan]

Atheist, it's all about what is essentially a penetrating debate.....

[Atheist]

Doug; Well done!

[naomi24]

DTC, do leave off for goodness sake.  Women don't have penises.  🙄

[DTCwordfan]

I didn't say that - the root 'stem' cells are the same, that's my point. Brush up on your biology.....

[naomi24]

Brush up on the OP.

[jackthehat]

dtc - I really don't think that having the same 'root cells' qualifies any man to invade spaces formerly set aside for women.

[DTCwordfan]

I agree JTH.....surprisingly may be - Maybe we ought to consider a third sex as practised in the Pacific nations, India and even countries like Mexico. Just food for thought?

[DTCwordfan]

And JKR is shitt-stirring, I suspect.... I back her though, as to the SNP trying to pull in the freedom of speech rights that we, currently, have...

[jackthehat]

dtc - There are only 2 sexes. Saying that is not s***-stirring.

JKR has said absolutely nothing wrong.