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Children's author criticises use of trans pronouns in legal proceedings in animal cruelty case making the papers is a bit odd but the strangest thing about this strange  headline is what it misses out

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JK Rowling has criticised a transgender cat killer and murderer being referred to as a woman as it emerged judges have been told to refer to defendants by the pronouns they want.



 

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20 minutes ago, topcat(The most tip top) said:

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Children's author criticises use of trans pronouns in legal proceedings in animal cruelty case making the papers is a bit odd but the strangest thing about this strange  headline is what it misses out

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Never thought she's the type to hiss her S's.

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1 hour ago, topcat(The most tip top) said:

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Children's author criticises use of trans pronouns in legal proceedings in animal cruelty case making the papers is a bit odd but the strangest thing about this strange  headline is what it misses out

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I thought by transgender cat killer they meant a cat which had changed genders and gone on to murder*.

Yet another day I mourn the confusion caused by the absence of hyphenation in modern English.

*which could be the plot of one of Stephen King's worse novels.

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1 hour ago, DiegoDiego said:

I thought by transgender cat killer they meant a cat which had changed genders and gone on to murder*.

Yet another day I mourn the confusion caused by the absence of hyphenation in modern English.

*which could be the plot of one of Stephen King's worse novels.

Hyphenation hasn’t completely gone. It’s on its last legs though, just as z hasn’t completely replaced s. As in normalis(z)e or indeed hyphonis(z)e. The time of no hyphens and z in place of s is fast approaching though .

 

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I've seen middle-class journalist parents complaining about Peppa Pig before. It was Horrid Henry before that. No doubt there was another children's book/TV character before that; I do remember folk trying to claim that Tom & Jerry were responsible for kids attacking each other with hammers (or some such nonsense).

They're all desperate for something cultural other than themselves to blame for little Jaiydden and Ohlivya's behaviour. Presumably the journos are all such a bunch of c***s because of the shite they consume between writing crap like this.

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16 minutes ago, Doctor Manhattan said:

It sets a poor example, and can be very confusing for children. I mean why is the fucking hamster bigger than the fucking elephants?

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They’re elephant children.

Dr Elephant is bigger. Although he is the same size as Miss Hamster and Madame Gazelle so it doesn’t help much. 

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34 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

Firstly, why is it on Edinburgh Live when there's zero connection to Edinburgh?

Secondly, she's absolutely at it when she mentions avocados from Waitrose. Surely she knows how that comes across. Satire wouldn't get away with an example so cliched. You can't mention that in one sentence, and talk about lighting candles in another. Candles are more expensive than light bulbs anyway. At it.

There's probably a valid point in there somewhere, but when you dress it up like that you're just inviting ridicule and disdain.

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2 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said:

Firstly, why is it on Edinburgh Live when there's zero connection to Edinburgh?

Secondly, she's absolutely at it when she mentions avocados from Waitrose. Surely she knows how that comes across. Satire wouldn't get away with an example so cliched. You can't mention that in one sentence, and talk about lighting candles in another. Candles are more expensive than light bulbs anyway. At it.

There's probably a valid point in there somewhere, but when you dress it up like that you're just inviting ridicule and disdain.

Call the Social Work and have her children removed. Not having a National Trust membership is the equivalent of handing your kids in to the local witches coven.

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1 hour ago, DiegoDiego said:

Firstly, why is it on Edinburgh Live when there's zero connection to Edinburgh?

Secondly, she's absolutely at it when she mentions avocados from Waitrose. Surely she knows how that comes across. Satire wouldn't get away with an example so cliched. You can't mention that in one sentence, and talk about lighting candles in another. Candles are more expensive than light bulbs anyway. At it.

There's probably a valid point in there somewhere, but when you dress it up like that you're just inviting ridicule and disdain.

Definitely giving off posh Mum vibes.

 

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