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The main fuckup was at the end obviously. The safetry car closed the gap but if Merc put Lewis on softs he would have been fine. Nah, within the (previously understood) rules of restarting under the safety car and lapped cars, staying out was the only decision Mercedes could have made. Either (all)...

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https://globalnews.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/south-park-strong-woman-competition.jpg?quality=85&strip=all Hubbard’s personal best is 55 kg short of the world record. The article where I found this (today’s SMH) also describes Hubbard as “ post operative”. It seems most of the crap posted here i...

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Aylesford did it, didn't they? Which is more than Quins managed in all their years of medocrity before buying a franchise place. So I say again, well done Aylesford. When Aylesford won the premiership, they had already been effectively taken over by Harlequins. Whatever your opinions on the rights ...

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To clarify, I wasn't trying to close down debate or tell anybody they couldn't have a view on the subject. I do however stand by the word 'pontificate' because that's exactly what a lot of people (not just on here) do. It is incredibly frustrating to hear men talk about inclusion and dismiss any po...

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To clarify, I wasn't trying to close down debate or tell anybody they couldn't have a view on the subject. I do however stand by the word 'pontificate' because that's exactly what a lot of people (not just on here) do. It is incredibly frustrating to hear men talk about inclusion and dismiss any pot...

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A gentle reminder that while you’re all pontificating about fairness and inclusion, most of you will be entirely unaffected, both in terms of safety and opportunity to play sport, whatever way current or future rules and regulations go. Most of you have the luxury of talking about this from a theore...

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Well the stats for the pill aren't comparing like with like. Also they aren't anywhere near as fatal as what we're seeing with these rare blood clots where the fatality rate has been above 50%. Well the chances of getting a blood clot with the pill are also greater, so the chances of getting a fata...

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I think when presenting the risks it's misleading to present them the way they have. There are lots of things you can do to avoid the non vaccine risks and some of the risks that are presented, primarily the pill, are voluntary risks for personal benefit. Since we have the right to refuse treatment...

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Not really sure how anyone can actually be defending the EU's behaviour on this. (Long post- well done if you read the whole thing...) Call it vaccine nationalism if you want, but the UK government took a pragmatic rather than an idealistic view on vaccine production. This was based on the predicted...

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I mean, the main point of the 'man curfew' is to make the point that expecting ~50% of the population to restrict their behaviour and to sacrifice basic freedoms as a result of the poor behaviour of a minority of men is grossly unfair. Unfortunately, idiots like Mark Drakeford talking about it as a ...

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Just a quick follow up, because I realise my last post probably also reads like a laundry list of excuses. I'm not saying that there's nothing I could have done to keep the weight off. Clearly that is untrue, and, honestly, I'm kicking myself for letting myself put on the weight I have done (althoug...

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Pretty exasperated by some of the comments on gyms here. Frankly I think it's pretty symptomatic of any discussion to do with this pandemic. Everyone wants simple solutions and it's far simpler to pretend there's no problem. So the people who would benefit from losing weight aren't the people who wo...

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I don't usually get (publicly) involved in this sort of debate, largely because it's so toxic and I don't really think my thoughts and opinions on it will serve any positive purpose. However, there have been some posts bemoaning the lack of input from female players. This is a complex issue (not jus...

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After England v Australia, we stayed on to watch England Women v Ireland Women. That game was of a different class to the Varsity match, which was little better than some of the low level men's matches where I assess. Nonetheless I am happy "we" won. This. Oxford and Cambridge aren't even particula...

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Well done the women! God that was a dire game (and I'm a supporter of women's rugby) I scrolled through the match on youtube to see the score, and it did seem boring by the result. Glad I didn't bother to watch. As a supporter of women's rugby, too, I'm disappointed to see so many teams grinding it...

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I suppose I should also give the RFUs response as per the article too, since that will also be behind a pay wall. An RFU spokeswoman said yesterday: “We have a good relationship and regular dialogue with the group who represent the women’s XVs players. Our position has been consistent and clear- our...

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Full article behind a paywall. Wondered if anyone can do a cut and paste? https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/3aac815a-963f-11e8-85e3-d844d3177259 Starts with ... England’s women have lost trust in a union that claims to support them new Owen Slot, Chief Rugby Correspondent This morning’s story in T...

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The more I read it the more I think Ewinkum's post was a perfectly crafted troll, designed to lure in the unwary. If so, hats off to him. Thanks, but you can put your hat back on. I wasn’t trolling. I was following the story yesterday and I couldn’t help feeling some sympathy, not for the man or th...

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There seems to be a bit of an appetite among the politically correct for going after the Incels. The words “Violent”, “misogynists” and “woman haters” all had a trot around the ring on the news today. You’d think in this age of lefty inclusiveness and general wonderfulness there might be room for t...

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Thanks :) 1. I think you’re right about ambition- the club clearly had a plan for where it wanted to be and how to get there. However, they did explicitly express frustration and irritation at how things had been at Richmond immediately prior to their move away. I don’t know any details though. I’d ...

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A couple of things from me: 1. The Richmond to Quins migration: if i remember/heard correctly from a conversation I had with a couple of the players when Aylesford had just moved to Quins (but were still called Aylesford), prior to that season the Richmond coach/one of the coaches left Richmond in l...

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I agree that the idea that coming out as pro-Remain was a massive error doesn't really pass muster, there was no other position they could have adopted - not doing so would have gutted their membership, and that's the real end of the party I do think that promising (or at least agitating for) a sec...

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I agree that the idea that coming out as pro-Remain was a massive error doesn't really pass muster, there was no other position they could have adopted - not doing so would have gutted their membership, and that's the real end of the party I do think that promising (or at least agitating for) a sec...

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So, based upon this, I assume that any man claiming to be transgendered can now play rugby in woman's sides? Taking your tragically awful analogy at face value for a moment, what would be the problem with that? I'll give you a serious answer because this is something I've actually had a little expe...

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Apart from in today's conditions kicking for territory is the exact right thing to do. I didn’t say that kicking for territory inherently the wrong thing to do. I agree, in today’s conditions, it’s not a bad strategy in general. However, my point was more execution, which can be broken down into tw...

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MOC continues to steal a living anyway. So as usual you are commenting random nonsense on a game you didn't see. Tigers actually put in a great performance considering they had nothing to play for but pride. They were crap I’m a fairly die-hard tigers fan, and even I agree they were crap. And you c...

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ah, you want to count coins in her pot of Gold at the end of her rainbow yep ? #6 looks like a fecking Bond Villian ! She also has great taste in women and is gonna be an awesome prop. Steady on!! I know her Dad, he was a very good hooker She is going to be an absolutely outstanding prop!!! Already...

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Maybe? Lock up the series and then go experimenting? I'm keen to see more of Tuima! Fire fighting, eh? I noticed that Ceri Large is headed down that route (wondered what she was up to recently, thinking she should still have years left to be eligible at this level). https://twitter.com/CeriLarge10/...

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Disclaimer: I will be talking specifically about harassment by men against women here, but I do know that it can and does happen the other way round, as well was by men on men and women on women, and that this can have a serious impact on the victim. However, I want to explain in part why it's 'such...

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That makes sense. I did assume that Hunter may have got a job at the Uni, though I hadn't heard of anything and she had a quite custy RFU job as well. She could of course be also setting herslef up for a post-Rugby career as well. But I always assumed she was highly regarded by the RFU and earmarke...

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As for people defecting, I also wonder if it's a simplicity of travel thing. I imagine some people have been making long trips from their place of residence to play for the best club in their region (like Ceri Large to Hartpury from Worcester?). When I was at Clifton - coaching kids, not women - th...

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Lichfield got so badly f**ked over. I'd love to know more of the behind-the-scenes of that whole drama. I feel for them and it seems unfair that these upstart clubs like Loughborough, Waterloo and Hartpury can 'buy' their way in, but I also wonder why so many (heard upwards of 15, so not just their...

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I wasn't actually saying that there are no biological differences between men and women beyond the obvious physical. What I was saying is that in many cases- and women's representation in tech is only one- there are so many other variables at play that you can't at present make any valid conclusion...

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I'm unconvinced. I don't think it's a controversial theory, as far as cold hard science goes, that men and women are genetically and hormonaly different and as a result, are broadly pre-disposed to be better at some occupations than the other sex. I don't think you need to be a doctor or undergradu...

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Take the plain white shirt that cost $120 and sold out because it had Kanye West's name attached to it. Comparing rugby to a KW T-shirt :lol: Missing the point, I assume deliberately. Your argument is that the most important thing in the value of something and its popularity is having a superior pr...

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I like this response on Reddit also RE: The issue that women are so underrepresented in tech. I work for a small, established Silicon Valley company of about 25 people. There were about 22 men and 3 women. But I felt the company is unbiased fair in its hiring processes. And of those 3 women, one wa...

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where did people get the notion that Google (or any other company with a large workforce) is some sort of democracy? I don't think anyone is under any other impression. It's like here: freedom of expression doesn't apply, for obvious reasons. It's just a kind of reminder about where the lines are d...

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And who might that be? And does that invalidate the points that are raised about inherent biological differences between males and females? Considering that there's still an awful lot of social conditioning, intentional or not, going on so it isn't at this point in our history possible to say wheth...

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Popularity is mostly due to established brands existing for a long period of time and exposure. No it isn't. It's about having a good product first and foremost. Bollocks. There are absolutely countless examples of demonstrably inferior products having huge popularity because of the brand they belo...

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The RFU is partly relying on the goodwill of the player base and the lack of professionalism of their rivals. That won't be the status quo forever and at some point a rival will hope over England to reach the top and we'll be asking them how they did it before implementing what they do when it's al...

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