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QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Apr 18, 2016 -> 09:30 AM) Despite what either side of the issue might lead you to believe, it is not an open and shut case. For pretty much ever, the standard was that if you have a penis, you use men's restrooms and locker rooms, and if you have a vagina, you use women's restrooms and locker rooms. This has always been a problem for transgendered people, some of whom dress in the style of the gender they identify with instead of the gender they actually are. M->F people often were ridiculed/bullied/attacked if they entered a men's room dressed as a woman. F->M people dressed as men are often mistakenly identified as sexual predators there to attack women. For transgendered people, the solution seemed simple: let them use restrooms and locker rooms of the gender they identify with instead of the gender they actually are. Seems simple but has two major complications: 1) There is nobody at the door of restrooms and locker rooms verifying that people with penises who are trying to use women's facilities are actually transgendered. There have already been cases of straight men taking advantage of this rule to expose themselves to and/or get a look at women. 2) Even if only transgendered people were to use the other restroom/locker room, there are still plenty of women who just don't want to see a penis while they are in a locker room, and certainly plenty of parents who don't want their teenage daughters exposed to that. While some of the people who favored bills like the one in North Carolina are bigoted, bigotry is clearly not the only reason one might have for supporting this bill. I would propose a compromise that ought to be good enough (but not necessarily ideal) for everybody: A) Any newly constructed buildings must have restrooms/locker rooms for men and women, as well as open/family facilities that can be used by anyone. B) Any existing buildings that have at or above a certain number of restrooms/locker rooms must convert some to open/family facilities. C) Any existing buildings with limited numbers of restrooms/locker rooms that are unable to convert some to open/family facilities must post notices at the entries that they do not have open/family facilities. Restrooms are clearly a much easier fix than places with locker rooms and showers. Also, PayPal and Bryan Adams (and probably most other musicians) = total hypocrites. Both do plenty of business in Muslim countries where transgendered people aren't accommodated and even worse it's actually illegal to be gay. But they needed to take a stand against North Carolina. I get what you mean with the bolded, but the reality is this, the reason they probably took a stand against NC is because it resides in the USA! You know the country that's allegedly the greatest country on earth. That being said, in these muslim countries, some are theocracies and you aren't going to change anyone's thought process there. When in Rome... The USA prides itself on freedom and all that kool-aid type s*** they attempt to feed the masses, yet they have a desire to limit the rights of people they deem "not kosher". If you ask me, NC are the hypocrites for trampling on the rights of human beings. f*** THEM!

Politicians can't do much to help someone feel safe from sexual assault. Law enforcement is a reactionary service, so there is no help there either. I think people do need to use wise judgement when they enter a compromised position. The world is full of evil people where people can't let their guard down. It is what it is.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Apr 17, 2016 -> 02:48 PM) Q cost himself the game Yeah but CB didn't do him any favors either. s*** happens, still a QS.

That wasn't a strike.

Moore made a mistake and Avi punished it. YES YES f*** YES!

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 17, 2016 -> 01:47 PM) Matt Moore isn't exactly a bad pitcher. Today his stuff is extremely hittable. He's not terrible but he's not someone the Sox should be having a hard time with in theory.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Apr 17, 2016 -> 01:43 PM) Someone said it best yesterday, Sox are tremendous at getting themselves out without a pitcher even having to throw strikes. You'd honestly wonder at times if they'd be better not lifting the bat off their shoulders AJax had the best AB with that RBI single. He was like f*** this clown, I'm going to right. It just seems like the SOX hitters are clueless at the plate and just hacking. That's just not doable for a MLB game!

They should be scoring runs off Moore. The Sox are getting themselves out chasing his s*** pitches.

Smooth inning Q.

Baseball is about ebb and flow. Sox started hot, they'll cool off, and get hot again. Wash, Rinse, Repeat. It's early in the season and Frazier is making an adjustment to different pitchers who are leaps and bounds way better than the s*** he saw in the NL.

Lol did Jose trip him there?

Jose is scuffling. I don't feel like he's going to get a hit when he comes up to bat. Trying to do to much? Too much thinking? What gives?

safe; it's a tie.

Quintana can't catch a break. I think CB was sleeping on that call.

QUOTE (Scoots @ Apr 17, 2016 -> 12:34 PM) Just an idea...what about hitting Melk 3rd and Lawrie 4th, Abreu 5th and Frazier 6th. Putting those warmer hitters up in the lineup a bit. The problem is, they could be hitting well because of where they are in the lineup.

Overmatched by LHP. Moore isn't that good.

Another fan gets clobbered with a foul ball. Looked like an old woman.

QUOTE (gosoxgo2005 @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 01:04 PM) I've been to both home games already. I live in Chicago now, so this summer I plan on going to a game a homestand. It's a 6 dollar trip to and from on the El for me, DIRT cheap tickets, and I'll get a couple of brats. Can do the whole night for like $30 bucks if you don't drink, which I don't on weeknight games. On weekend games I'll spend $100 bucks on alcohol no problem Alcohol really drives up the price of a ballpark visit. That's why I just bring my own.

Odorizzi is 0-1 with a +8 ERA against the Sox in his career. Shell him, break him, destroy him.

I want the cubs to go all the way, and lose... To the White Sox. It would be total chaos!

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Apr 15, 2016 -> 09:35 AM) Why should an independent have declare their allegiance with any party just to be able to vote? I read that roughly 27% of the voters in New York are not affiliated with either party. That is a huge percentage of people whose opinion means squat. I think closed primaries are nothing but voter suppression that hurts any non establishment candidate like Sanders. I understand the point that the parties don't want outsiders voting for someone because they think that person will be easier to beat in the general election. I get that. But honestly the percentage of people that do that barely makes a dent. I really think semi-closed primaries are the way to go. That eliminates Democrats from choosing the Republican nominee and vice versa but it allows unaffiliated voters to vote. Allowing same day voter registration updates is a way to help prevent the voter suppression in closed primaries. New York's voting registration laws are just ridiculous. To have to decide who you are going to vote for 6 months in advance is just plain silly. Thank you. You definitely articulated that in a better way for sure. Alpha maybe you have a point in same day registration places but let's say 2 weeks before a primary would be the deadline.

Didn't see the debate tonight, who do you peeps think won?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 05:21 PM) Personally, I'm looking to package Jimmy and get his ass out of Chicago as quickly as possible. I know it's not the popular route and I know it's not going to be the one The Bulls go down but that's where I'd go. Well that's one way to put Chicago as a lottery team for years to come and probably allow us to never sign a quality FA, not that it has happened in a long time.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 05:33 PM) Considering that probably 80% of the country already knows which party they vote for well before that, registering in advance shouldn't be that much of a inconvenience. 6 months may be a lot, but surely there can be some sort of time frame. Same day is bulls***. Are people that f***ing clueless with all the ads, talking, etc going on that you can't register beforehand? And you can register just about everywhere now. Surprised there isn't registration forms in cereal boxes. Way to snub independent voters, Alpha. I've voted for both Republicans and Democrats in the past. Illinois (Chicago?) has a closed primary so you pretty much have to tell them which ballot you want before hand. Not sure why NY can't be similar? Although having a closed primary in itself is pretty dumb; what if you wanted to vote for a candidate that's a democrat but you have a republican ballot? See, it's screwy.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 04:43 PM) Didn't he have a great start last year there except for giving up the homer to Asdrubal? Or was that a different year? That was last year. So he only gave up 2 runs and lost the game. The hitters were bad last year.