Unfortunately, some political protesters are so filled with self-righteousness that they feel the need to try and politicize sporting events. There are plenty of other venues for political activism. All this does is breed justifiable resentment: "I'm here to tell the rest of the Commonwealth that the Aboriginal ‘nations’ of Australia have not ceded their … Continue reading ‘Wrong Time, Wrong Place’
Australia
‘Just Not Fair: Update’
“Laurel Hubbard has been named in the New Zealand {women’s} weightlifting team for the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. “He is first ‘transgender’ athlete to represent New Zealand at international level and he will compete in the over-90kgs category...” --‘Transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard named New Zealand's Commonwealth Games team’, Melissa Davies, Newshub, 24/11/2017 http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/sport/2017/11/transgender-weightlifting-laurel-hubbard-named-new-zealand-s-commonwealth-games-team.html … Continue reading ‘Just Not Fair: Update’
‘Just Not Fair’
“The big wrinkle here lies somewhere between his margin of victory...and the fact that Hubbard competed as a man before his ‘transition’.” “New Zealand athlete Laurel Hubbard recently won the Australian International weightlifting competition, and made history in the process. For one, he set a new national record for the women's "clean and jerk", … Continue reading ‘Just Not Fair’
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