Quote:I can somewhat understand where you are coming from.  My point in this debate (which went way off topic) is more towards the PC aspect.  I tend to look at things logically (surprise, surprise), and logic tells me that if a person has male organs, then the person is male and we refer to that person as "him, he, his" etc.  Just because a male person "feels" the he has the wrong parts doesn't make it so.  My position is not meant to be demeaning or disrespectful of the person, I'm only calling a duck for what it is... a duck.

 

It goes too far in today's PC society much like the story regarding the OP.  This high school male (boy) "feels" like he is a girl and wants to used the female locker room.  He was given an alternative that is suitable for both sides of this argument that is sensible, that being a unisex bathroom.  He refused that saying that "he is a girl" which is not true.  Some kids at the school walked out claiming that it was "bigotry".  No it isn't.

 

Here is a quote from the article that the OP posted.

 

I don't see any "ignorance" with the situation other than the kids that support this boy thinking that he's a female and "entitled" to use the girl's locker room, and I don't see any "bigotry".

 

 

 

I'm competitive by nature and always have been.  I don't like to lose whether it's a game or a debate.  There actually might have been a few times where I admitted that I was wrong, and changed my position after much discussion.  I'm not wrong very often though.  

 

I tend to look at things logicaly as well (at least it makes sense to me damn it). So, really do get where you're coming from with what your stance. I don't judge you for it, it's perfectly natural for you to question something that really doesn't make sense to you. "But, you have a weiner, you're a boy". I do get that.

 

I don't necessarily agree with person in question calling it bigotry. I feel a more than adequete solution was offered, which really I must applaud. We've come a long way in that regard right there. This is one one of those sticky situations that I feel has to be handled case by case. I don't think one size fits all when it comes to situations such as this. Just because one person requests something doesn't mean we have to change all the rules. It can be determined based on that specific case. I think it was handled fine.

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