WTF Stories of the Week

[Alex]

This has brought to mind a case from a few years back that had a muddier line, in my opinion.

In that case, it wasn't that the bus had an objectionable advertisement on it but rather than as each passenger boarded the bus the driver was expected to hand them an advertisement. If I recall correctly it was a fast food advertisement and she objected to them being given to children.

I was more torn on that one since she was made into a more active participant in presenting the advertisement, and such is not a traditional part of being a bus driver. That said, she remains a government employee and so shouldn't be refusing to disseminate messages based on content (so I'd have been more sympathetic if she'd refused to distribute any advertising).

[Gemini Cricket]

South African runner Caster Semenya is being asked to prove that she is indeed a woman after clocking the fastest time this year twice, most recently in the 800m Final at the World Championships in Berlin.
Semenya, 18, has been asked to take a gender verification test to prove that she is a woman, according to the Daily Guardian. Nick Davies, a spokesman for the International Association of Athletics Federations, said that the test was requested after a race last month when she ran the fastest 800m time (before the games in Berlin) at the African junior championships.

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