Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: GNOME bans Manjaro Core Team Member for uttering "Lunduke" Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 18:38:37 +0200 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <660d2b28-3226-5f4d-b94f-4fc6b25d129e@example.net> References: <0CroO.19369$5Mb7.5869@fx47.iad> <97c38cdf-b2b7-653f-9fcd-ceb802e44d94@example.net> <40d299e1-1e00-fb43-58df-e21214c51b50@example.net> <20240726103751.569fba858dab3cd1fb937688@eircom.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="443519"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: <20240726103751.569fba858dab3cd1fb937688@eircom.net> X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:660998 comp.os.linux.misc:57223 alt.folklore.computers:225996 On Fri, 26 Jul 2024, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:06:25 +0200 > D wrote: > >> Ahh... the book says, show me your chromosomes and I'll show you your >> gender! ;) > > That is surprisingly complex - there's a gene which is usually > found on the Y chromosone (but sometimes on an X chromosome) that (with > varying success) activates a very large number of other genes that produce > the various male characteristics. Nobody is purely male or female > genetically but most of us are biased one way or the other strongly and > fairly uniformly. > I think X and Y are established and well known enough to serve as a useful guide. We can add to that, if necessary, other visual criterias or perhaps the ability of having a child. It is really a very trivial question. The only ones trying to make it not trivial, and failing miserably, are the woke and socialist crowd.