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The NHS is pausing PB awaiting better research to be carried out. Yes, it's called quality research. Isn't that why you take advice from qualified experts... like the Cass review? Either way it's the CQC and the NHS dealing with this. The missing point here what has actually been happening these past few years. Kids and their parents were not well informed on the weak body of evidence around these treatments. Treatments were applied to children without contextual checks as to whether they were even appropriate or whether they actually had the intended effect. Any questioning or push back on these issues was shouted down as dangerous and "Anti Trans'. So the conclusion of Cass and the NHS is to do more research and to pause blindly handing out treatments until there is a better base of evidence. I'd be deeply suspicious of anyone who would disagree with that advice.

Very very funny.

I think the difference between the things you mentioned and this issue is that there is a universal acceptance that child poverty, mouldy homes etc are all bad. With this issue, there are a bunch of people who were defending the whole practice and are still playing the 'nothing to see here' game. Personally I have kids, I would much rather when they get older they receive appropriate medical care that isn't based on some ideological magical thinking. So yes that's a reason I care. The whole 'why aren't you more vocal about xxx' argument is just dishonest. Just because you don't actually care about children being medically mistreated, doesn't mean that people who do care have some ulterior motive.

How is this an argument? You are basically saying nobody can ever been concerned about anything unless they are equally concerned about everything else and loudly talk about it. Did you even think before you typed that?

Yes seriously. Not denying there aren’t some bigots out there who don’t like the idea of there being any transgender people at all. But ‘anti trans’ has been a smear used to label basically anyone with any concerns about anything from gender medicine to putting male rapists in female prisons. So if someone is going to use that term they need to be damn specific about who they mean. Is it JK Rowling? Is it Helen Joyce? Maya Forrester? Then you need to back up those claims

Given you keep saying stuff like there is an ‘anti trans side’ I’m not sure I agree. Who are these ‘anti trans’ people? The phrase itself is just a smear and pretty dishonest

Yes the response has always been that the body of evidence being used to advocate for the use of puberty blockers was weak and that more research needs to be done. She also says the benefits of them are also still unknown too. The main finding from her is that “Gender medicine is an area of remarkably weak evidence”, so of course more research is needed, rather than the previous approach, which was deeply unscientific. Worth calling out what Hillary Cass has gotten for her troubles of doing this research too: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/apr/20/doctor-hilary-cass-warned-of-threats-to-safety-after-vile-abuse-over-nhs-gender-services-review Threats to her safety and being advised to not travel on public transport. That’s not to mention her report being misrepresented by people like Dawn Butler in parliament, spouting flat out disinformation as to what the report says. I don’t doubt many people still believe the claptrap Butler was saying.

Only just caught up on the latest episode. Wow! This really reminds me of early stage GoT in that it's twists and turns and performances keep me on the edge of my seat and I think about it for a week between each episode. Anna Sawai was epic in this episode, if writers want to find an example of a good, strong female character, you have one right here. Pay attention Disney.

I’d be very curious for you to tell us what you think the scientific view of what is happening is.

I think the officer was really put into an awkward situation and yes, agree he could have phrased it better, but he's been done for basically telling the truth. What is revealing here is the idea that a Jewish person might fear for their lives by going near a pro Palestine march because they look Jewish, and that it's so easy to just say that without being wholly outraged. Just imagining a scenario where someone is told they are clearly muslim so they need to move.

I remember doing my fantasy beginning of the season, lots of pundits bigging up Jackson. ’Lead striker for Chelsea!’ and ‘look at all the chances hes getting, he’ll come good!’ But had any of them actually watched him? Hes fast for sure, but he has no composure or finishing skill. Hes a blunt tool. Luckily never fell into the Jackson trap.

Just seems such a difference between Cole Palmer and the rest of the Chelsea frontline. No wonder Jackson is so desperate to steal his pens, he’s riding his coattails so massively.

He said ‘you are openly Jewish’. So his being Jewish was a problem apparently? So there is either a problem with what the officer said or a problem with people who might be provoked by the mere presence of a Jewish person.

You don’t think a police officer telling someone they look too Jewish might be an issue?

Think the list looks pretty much what I would put, probably how most people would place things. A few exceptions, like I really like Better Call Saul, but also felt like it was too meandering and indulgent at times for me to ever put it S tier. I'm also not sure you should allowed to put in a show where only a quarter of the episodes were ever good (looking at you True Detective). Also I'd include comedies, but that might be a bit subjective. One notable exception here for me would be Mad Men, which is very much S tier and incredibly influential. Certainly it tailed off towards the end but I'd put it in top 5 shows myself.

You mean the guy who was 'visibly jewish'?

Not really. Conversation was about industrialisation. I made a statement that wasn’t controversial and yet somehow it still managed to set off the same outrage merchants.

Eh? Conversation moved on to industrialisation mate. Keep up.

What is the counter factual where industrialisation and capitalism don’t happen then?

I’m just scratching my head as to what point the above is trying to actually make? Some British soldiers were malnourished during WW1 therefore we should never have industrialised and should have maintained the much better feudal system?

So Germany didn’t industrialise??

Man I wish that Industrialisation and Capitalism shit hadn't happened, I hate having medicine and not starving. It sucks.

You are confusing me with Meghan Markle.

Might explain why it's all crumbling around us then.

Colonialism is the answer!! What was the question? Doesn't matter.