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Originally Posted by Manic!
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NBA drafts are about future potentials. They are in for the long term business.
By the same analogy, we should always elect young people so maybe one day they can become GREAT politicians. Do you see the flaw in your idea? We do train politicians... by them having the experience to work with law, people in the community, political experience... but you don't elect them from nobody to a provincial representative at first shot.
Being a representative is a very different business. We want them to be able to function at their prime on the day they take office.
Going back to my previous example... it's a one-game only competition that lasts 60min (4yr or however long until the next election). You either win the game or lose it (the elected gets to push/pass/deny bills/proposals as they see fit). There is no coming back to this same game. It's not a Stanley Cup that takes place every year. (laws can get changed... but almost never retroactively... so if it didn't happen during this term, it's done). Do you choose a 14yrs old who has yet to reach physical prime or 22yrs old who has reached physical prime? They are both the same physique, same training and same talent. The ONLY difference is their physical given their age.
Again, I'm NOT discriminating or think she's not a good person.
I'm simply stating the fact of her physical limitations. Not mixing men and women in a professional competition is not sexism... it's about being fair due to the physical capabilities of each gender.