Yeah it does seem a bit redundant

Why troughs (what is a trough?) and why shared sinks? Genuinely curious here

There's always an asshole element in any student body unfortunately, no matter how progressive the institution is.

Single stall unisex bathrooms are the way forward imo, but only if Universities actually invest some money in adequate provision. I wonder why on earth they decided that they needed six members of campus security for investigating why someone might have been using the wrong bathroom. Do they have nothing better to do?…

Not American, so never watched Sesame Street. Who's Linda Bove? Judging from the threads a lot of people seem not to have known. These thing take a while to percolate into mainstream consciousness, not everyone shares your background. Obviously going forward I don't intend to use the term, nor have I used the term in…

The horror, the horror...of bagpipes that is

I liked the fact that the pundit the BBC 24 hour news had on was clearly American and was trying to comment on how this was a disgrace as it diminished the rights of the Church of England...like fuck off, it's not even your Church!

Theoretically, if a waiter handed you a meal and stuck to the bottom of the plate was a note saying "To the Niggers on Table 7" I would feel that you had a right to be offended even though the note was not to/for them.

I have never used it before, so hadn't really thought about it. I guess I thought that it was like numb? So Deaf and Numb/Dumb? I don't really know

I never said it was appropriate. Just that I didn't know it was a slur. I was just pointing out that calling for someone to get fired would be less preferable to the sensitivity training, seeing as there might be people who still genuinely don't know its an offensive term

I assumed it was a similar meaning to Deaf-Mute. I had never really thought on it before I have never had cause to use the word before. It's not exactly something that you would think on in abstract, unless prompted.

It's not really an area I've worked in, nor do I know anyone who is Deaf. In the same way that until I…

Never used the word so never thought about it. Obviously in retrospect I can see that it's a slur but if I have never had cause to use the phrase before and haven't read a piece explaining that it was offensive until this point.

Can you honestly say that you know about every single minority issue and have critically…

When calling for someone to get the sack I think a certain amount of care should be taken with regard to general public knowledge.

That's the republic of Ireland. Trust me when I say they do not appreciate being mixed up.

English/Welsh perspective - I'm genuinely surprised looking back how little of a deal this was, like the nation more or less shrugged its shoulders and said "Yeah that's cool, do whatever you like..."
I think it's partly because the Civil Partnerships legislation more or less set the stage so people were used to the…

I'm pretty sure Westminster wishes we could just hand them off to Ireland that easily, but alas...

You're probably right, I only really know how UK defamation works, not American law

Because too often we don't afford victims of sexual harassment the benefit of the doubt and instead dismiss their claims. Giving fair hearing to all harrassment claims means that you have to consider the ones where it seems unlikely

I think she should get the benefit of the doubt for now at least.

If she is making these statements falsely, I'm pretty sure Gordon Ramsey will roll out the lawyers for some form of a cease and desist (is that how it works in America?) and it will all come out in the wash. But having read Petticoat's Despots article…

Surely the grease would run down from the food into the drink?