[bryony]

Everybody duck under the salvos here
Phew
Good points though
J

Hi Julie,

I don't set out to fire salvos; but I am what game theory describes as a retaliator. Passive people who appear to be victims until attacked by bullies.

I'm very disappointed that Bev and, indeed, even Chrissie have left this forum.

I think if people want to live by principles, they should be willing to test them, if only to ensure that they are not fooling themselves.

The 21st century, far from being what I imagined as a kid, has turned out to be closer to what George Orwell and Aldous Huxley predicted in 1984 and Brave New World.

We live in a world where Newspeak dominates. If you want to criticise any state orthodoxy, the milling crowds of disciples gather to tear you down.

If this forum was aimed at "orthodox" transexuals, rather than men who want to grow breasts, there would far more people like Chrissie howling at my ideas of what I feel is the "right" way to behave. The idea of recognising my desires as the result of a brain disorder to be managed, rather than embrace it as an "alternative lifestyle" is heretical.

If I were not TS myself, I would receive the label "transphobe" in an attempt to shut down debate. I suppose someone will wind up calling me a "denier".

Here's an example:
http://news.yahoo.com/transgender-son-wa...35001.html

Would anyone argue that paedophiles have a brain disorder? No, because what they do is illegal. Legalising behaviour which is not harmful to others, such as homosexuality or transgender issues does not make them "normal" except in a legal sense.

It seems that that which was illegal is first made legal and then becomes compulsory.

There are parallels between gender reassignment and abortion. There are occasions when both options are the right thing to do, but equally there are occasions when it is the wrong thing to do.

Trans people have had to fight long and hard for GRS, and women have had to fight long and hard to legalise abortion. This blinds them to perfectly reasonable debate about occasions when there are better alternatives, and proponents fight vociferously to force their opinions onto people who will ultimately suffer for it.

Just as there are many women around now who regret the pressure put on them to abort, I believe that Beverley will rue the day that she allowed Chrissie and her friends to persuade her that full transition is the only right and proper way to behave.

B. x