I suppose it depends from which context. Mine being purely biological, which has been used in legal cases regarding such hypothetical, or not, matters.
We used to have a law up here for witches. Throw the accused into the Nor loch. If they drown, they're innocent. If they can swim, they'll be burnt at the stake as a witch.
Laws are constructs, biology is a fact. Legalese doesn't control biological "law", yet.
I guess I should say that; anyone who wishes to transition can, as far as I'm concerned.
It's very important that words and the laws they make up are precise.
Take the new hate speech legislation being proposed up here, for example.
I appreciate what you're saying, I'm merely pointing out that someone can transition and then legally become the sex they've transitioned to, in terms of passport etc.
There's a lot of hysteria/strong feeling/difference of opinion about this, from both sides it has to be said, which I guess is understandable.
By the way, your witch analogy isn't peculiar to Scotland, that was happening in other places on these Isles as well, and probably all over the world, in different forms.
Of course Law is a construct, man-made to create an environment where people feel safe and able to live their lives as they wish, without treading on other people's lives. If it weren't for the Law for example, if you killed a member of my family I'd probably come wanting to kill you. That's a 'normal' human response (I'm not saying everyone would) which the Law overrides.
Because society changes over time, so do Laws. There's been an exponential change in many areas of Law over the last couple of decades it appears to me, as people become less and less willing to defer to other people's ideas and what they see as unjust use of authority. While this change is taking place and things are evolving, then there will be uncertainty and lack of precision. It's like individuality is going into overdrive.
Will these things ever truly settle down, who knows
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