Paula Radcliffe Apologises For Transphobic Comment.

[vetuste_ennemi]

She'd previously criticised the decision by sports' councils to allow women with penises to compete in "women's" sports.

She's agreed to accept counselling, and has offered to do voluntary work at a sex-reassignment clinic.

[LadyCG]

Why do people apologise in this manner? It absolutely fuels this nonsense.

[ichkeria]

She has not apologised.
This is either a misunderstanding or a deliberate fabrication.
I’ll say no more :-)

[Calicogirl]

Well VE is somewhat of an expert on 'stupid simplification' Mamya so maybe he's just stretching legs in his field of expertise.

[Khandro]

I think v-e's second sentence is tongue in cheek. Geddit?

[Bazile]

Paula Radcliffe.
Slightly off topic - ok then - totally off topic

I wonder if she has got over the indignity of having to pee on the roadside , during a race on live TV

Every time I hear about or see her that's the first thing that comes to mind

[Spicerack]

Pooed?

[baza]

If she had the male bits she could have performed that deed standing up.

[Spicerack]

I don't understand the umbrage being taken on this thread. It's hardly a new thing for sportsmen & women to apologise for saying what they believed to be true. And I've never known VE to tell lies.

[Bazile]

Yes I did think it was a number 2 when I was writing it , but I couldn't be bothered to use a search engine ( notice I didn't say the g word ) before posting

[Calicogirl]

I asked very early on Spicey if anyone had a link to this and no-one so far has managed to find one. I'm not calling VE a liar, just asking for a link to verify what he's on about because I'm not in the habit of commenting opinions on things when I have half the facts or possibly in this case, no facts at all.

[Spicerack]

Some people don't read threads properly, Cali. Especially early in the morning(10:25) before they've had their coffee. ;-)

[Calicogirl]

No I read it Spicey ( before and after coffee ;-), I was just hoping that VE hadn't done what he appears to have done, but apparently he has :/

[Khandro]

I can't believe anyone could take the second sentence of the OP seriously, he even pointed it out to you at 00:22 afterwards.

[Spicerack]

Let's not argue, twinkle. We've been getting on like a house on fire lately.
I'm sure VE will be along later with a groveling apology for misleading people with his little joke. Might even volunteer to go on a PC course. x

[Spicerack]

Just to point out, I wasn't calling Khandro twinkle.

[joggerjayne]

I wonder how it feels to belong to one of the (increasing number of) groups whom no one is permitted to offend.

Paula R didn't say that she disliked trans athletes, or that they were bad. She expressed an opinion about the difficulty of running "fair" athletics events.

Take, for instance, athletes who "identify" with a different gender. What is Usain Bolt decided to identify as a woman. Would other women sprinters be happy to let him run with them (when, in the 200m, he would beat the world's fastest woman by 2.2secs ... about 20metres).

It's difficult. But, with someone like Paula R, the sports authorities should say ... "That's your opinion, but we don't share that opinion". Instead, they feel the need to artificially demonstrate some imaginary politically correct credentials, so that they can tick a box against their compulsory non-discrimination policy, and they do so by burning the witch Paula Radcliffe at the stake.

Before we know it, they will be sticking an elasticated carrot on the nose, Monty Python style.

[Spicerack]

Well said, jj. But surely you're far too young to have watched Monty Python?

[Calicogirl]

But none of this is true Jayne, VE jus made up the ridiculous headline for his own amusement. Paul Radcliffe is entitled to think as she does as long as she expresses her opinions respectfully, and she hasn't apologised.

See what I mean Spicey? Trump, King of Fake News, understands the power of just writing whatever you fancy, and he's thick as pig *** :) x

[Khandro]

spicey, I thought for a moment it was going to be the start of something big.
But re. Paula peeing or whatever, racing cyclists (and I was once one) and long distance runners take on lots of water and have to get rid of some of it, and the cameramen, in the Tour de France etc. like all well-mannered people do not ever dwell on these moments

It wasn't Paula's fault, just like all the other competitors, when she had to 'go'. It was bad-judgement on behalf of the cameraman and the producer to show it, I would have sacked him.

Honi soit qui mal y pense

[joggerjayne]

Aww, thanks, Spicey ...