Originally Posted by
Grafenwalder:
“Wow! Some of you lot come over really nasty with your disparaging remarks about Amy Williams. Not just from the usual male tag team, but even some women posters as well.
It's a sign you've lost your pet plaything to kick around for a couple of weeks.
Anyone with the skill, and guts, to launch themselves down a sheet of ice at 90mph on a tea tray and bring home a gold medal, has my respect.”
I agree, Amy Williams is an absolutely FANTASTIC Olympic Winter Sports Competitor, no-one would take that away from her, I'm sure. But stick to what you're good at. She is not good at speaking, so she has no place on a topical discussion programme. My point of view would be exactly the same if she were a man in the same position. Many male footballers would not deserve to sit on a discussion panel, for instance. Because many of them have no brains between their little ears. I'm good at some things in life, so I stick to what I know. I wouldn't put myself forward for a debating television programme if I couldn't speak correctly or have a sensible opinion on subjects. Horses for courses, and all that.
And I do speak as a feminist. Just because you're a woman, doesn't mean you can't make observations on another woman's poor performance. I would do the same for a man or a woman, personally speaking. I pass opinions based on the person, not according to their gender.