Well, funny you say that
As Ms Crow does insist on paying her way and has certainly bought me meals in the past.

But I think you've got a good case otherwise. I'm all in favour of equality for women*, but just that - equality for both sexes, not the indirect suppression of men masquerading as equality.

EDIT: Oh, and I live with a vegan who operates on an entirely live-and-let-live basis - they're not all bad!

EDIT No 2: I should point out that the grey squirrel is a recognised pest in England anyway, and has already driven out the native red squirrel. Having said that, I'm not sure a coup by a mink population would do us any better...

*_{I hasten to add that, when I heard the debate about polygamy in the UK on Radio 4 this morning, I was quite astounded that neither side thought to point out that, you know, treating women as a commodity is kind of, well, frowned upon in Britain these days...}
(LongJohnBaldry, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 12:15, 1 reply)

I treat all people as equals...
The problem is that the PC-brigade don't. If you're gay, ethnic, disabled, illegal immigrant, non-christian, female or a selection of the above, you are somehow "special". You can't be chastised for your actions, ever hear the word "no", or not get what you want because that is obviously a conspiracy.

Equality means letting everyone be given the right to be an incompetent asshole and for everyone else to have the right to berate them for it, basically. If you have a man working in your office who is crap at his job, the boss would call him a twat, eventually he'd get a disciplinary and maybe get fired. If it was a woman, or anyone vaguely ticking the "diversity" box, then no-one would say a word as the whole place went to shit for fear of being hit with a tribunal...it's insane, really - if you just treat everyone like a human being, you end up being treated like you're Bernard Manning.

Although my mother-in-law could stand to lose a few pounds, come to think of it...
(Chad, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 12:24, closed)