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pickarooney wrote: »

You certainly could argue against that by pointing out the relative numbers of men and women who are forced into armed combat and suffer all of the above as a matter of course.

In fairness, that is a good point, though I think that subjugation of women might be more widespread than male-only conscription. But that's academic really, as it's all bad, regardless of men or women. I was just trying to show some people that complaining about "feminisation of men" in the west pales in comparison to what happens to women elsewhere in the world.

bee_keeper wrote: »

you seem to constantly use examples of female discrimination in the arab world as a way of countering accusations of bias against men in ireland , as if irish men were deserving of prejudice on account of women not being able to drive or vote in saudi arabia

That would be true except that it's not.
I've acknowledged that anti-male discrimination exists and that men have every right to complain about it, and have used examples of worldwide anti-female discrimination (it doesn't just happen in Saudi Arabia) in order to show that discrimination happens to both men and women, and that it's a bit silly to suggest that men have it harder in general, without specifying that it's men in the west having it harder in a small number of situations that is being referred to.
In particular, it's silly to try to have a contest to see who's more discriminated, when logically, people should hate all discrimination. To do otherwise would be, frankly, discriminatory.

I don't intend to clarify further.

bee_keeper wrote: »

what happens in backward parts of the world has no relevance to women in ireland , you seem to be implying that women in ireland have some sort of inherent kinship with females in the likes of yemen or iran and therefore discrimination against irish men in the family courts can be rationalised by presenting examples of gross inequality against women in libya

Again, I've not implied any of that, and stated clearly time and again that I acknowledge anti-male discrimination exists and that men have every right to complain about it.
What I have an issue with is the minority of men who try to suggest that life in general is much harder for men, and have pointed out that women also face discrimination to demonstrate that this is not the case.

I'm going to put you on ignore if you keep twisting what I say and refusing to acknowledge what I post. It's getting ridiculous at this stage. I don't mind people disagreeing with me, and will argue respectfully with people who do likewise. I'm also more than willing to be proven wrong. I'm frankly surprised that it doesn't happen more often.

But I'm not going to take the time to write fairly long posts trying to state my case in the clearest and most detailed way possible, if you're just going to respond with short replies basically saying you think I'm wrong, then misrepresenting what I've said and without really offering any arguments of your own.

I'm not going to waste my time putting effort into my arguments if you won't do me the courtesy of doing likewise.

gravity is a myth

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

so what keeps you on the ground?

Keep getting tackled.

I believe the evolution theory is a myth!

Andy Carroll wrote: »

gravity is a myth

If gravity is real how are the clouds so far away?

FishBowel wrote: »

The best-tasting cheese puffs are sold in Lidl.

Following on from this. More expensive crisps taste worse.