Caster takes gold

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alqassam

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Well done
 
Congrats, was hoping for an Olympic record but very well done, nonetheless.
 
DWAAS said:
I know right, it's hard when you're forced to swim with the stream regardless of your views hey?
Too scared you'll get flamed or banned even.
The it is not entirely a woman, now is it?
The testosterone levels is not exactly what it should be, now is it?
Tricky scenario this I know -- still does not make it a fair race
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one day when you run the Olympics you can make the rules
 
DWAAS said:
I know right, it's hard when you're forced to swim with the stream regardless of your views hey?
Too scared you'll get flamed or banned even.
The it is not entirely a woman, now is it?
The testosterone levels is not exactly what it should be, now is it?
Tricky scenario this I know -- still does not make it a fair race
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The current rules governing female athletics classifies it a fair race. Will these rules change in light of the whole hyperandrogenism situation? Possibly. Until then public opinion is what it is: public opinion, nothing more.

Personally I think the issue needs to be further investigated with a sports-science mandate and not out of moral opinion.

OP - It is Caster, not Castor.
 
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lcbxx said:
The current rules governing female athletics classifies it a fair race. Will these rules change in light of the whole hyperandrogenism situation? Possibly. Until then public opinion is what it is: public opinion, nothing more.

OP - It is Caster, not Castor.
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This I'm 100% aware of, which is why I'm saying she does not deserve this gold medal.
She had an unfair advantage -- surely this is logic, public opinion excluded ?
 
DWAAS said:
I know right, it's hard when you're forced to swim with the stream regardless of your views hey?
Too scared you'll get flamed or banned even.
The it is not entirely a woman, now is it?
The testosterone levels is not exactly what it should be, now is it?
Tricky scenario this I know -- still does not make it a fair race
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According to you, what are the criteria needed for someone to be allowed to be a woman?
 
DWAAS said:
This I'm 100% aware of, which is why I'm saying she does not deserve this gold medal.
She had an unfair advantage -- surely this is logic, public opinion excluded ?
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Unfair advantage according to what?
 
DWAAS said:
This I'm 100% aware of, which is why I'm saying she does not deserve this gold medal.
She had an unfair advantage -- surely this is logic, public opinion excluded ?
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She might have testes that produce testosterone, but she is still woman. Well done Caster.
 
DWAAS said:
Great, let's sweep everything we don't know how to deal with right under that proverbial carpet shall we...
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what is everything that you refer to that we don't know how to deal with?

the rules are sufficiently clear
 
DWAAS said:
This I'm 100% aware of, which is why I'm saying she does not deserve this gold medal.
She had an unfair advantage -- surely this is logic, public opinion excluded ?
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"Unfair advantage" at this point needs to be scientifically concluded. 2 women with elevated levels of testosterone may process the hormone completely differently based on their biology, as a narrow example. It is a complicated situation and unfortunately there is way too much emotional fallout clouding the matter.
 
saturnz said:
what is everything that you refer to that we don't know how to deal with?

the rules are sufficiently clear
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the rule on testosterone limits was lifted, pending a court ruling. This gave C an open door to stop with medication and get that edge
 
DWAAS said:
I know right, it's hard when you're forced to swim with the stream regardless of your views hey?
Too scared you'll get flamed or banned even.
The it is not entirely a woman, now is it?
The testosterone levels is not exactly what it should be, now is it?
Tricky scenario this I know -- still does not make it a fair race
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Next you will say that black people especially Kenyan and Ethiopians have an unfair advantage when it comes running. She has not cheated anyone. There is no evidence that testosterone provides added advantage. The Indian runner Duttee has a similarly high testosterone but she finished 50th.

Get over it. Educate yourself here http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/08/economist-explains-10?fsrc=permar|image1
 
Anyway, your opinion my opinion -- no cheers from me thanx
 
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