03-09-2013, 16:18
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LOL.. Thanks
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03-09-2013, 16:28
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After reading the whole article, I'm not sure I agree with his thesis. He starts out talking about experience with violence, then he segues into a discussion of the decline of the nuclear family and the rise of technology and women in the workplace. I don't think those factors are connected very well.
America has progressed into a society where technology devalues the blue collar laborer, and can often cause men to feel impotent (not the biological connotation) - but does that have much to do with the decline of violent experience? There are better and more obvious candidates.
Trends in child psychology - "everyone's a winner," all corporal punishment becomes defined as abuse, overemphasis on dialogue as conflict resolution, etc
Cable news - sensationalism in media coverage turns many well-meaning fathers and mothers into paranoid "helicopter parents"
Political correctness - when society becomes increasingly sensitive and restrictive about the smallest minutiae of what is and is not considered "offensive" or possibly racist, how can it possibly allow fisticuffs which actually DOES hurt people?
I believe the author when he says the modern young American male hardly has violent experience. We've all seen it. There's the paradox of men who best thousands of virtual opponents but surrender if another man so much as tackles them in real life. The contradiction is so obvious that it's spawned games and movies about it (for example, scenarios where a frat boy is stranded on an island full of pirates). But what is the danger of that? I think it's most applicable to the issue of guns in our society. We have so many men who are educated on virtually all firearms in current use through VIRTUAL media, but are convinced real guns are scary and dangerous and would never think of touching them. We have so many men who've fought with computerized martial arts but wouldn't so much as dream of carrying a pocketknife to defend themselves because the thought of harming a human being who is attacking you is too scary or "weird."
I believe that's why the Democrats have even the barest traction with gun control today.
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03-09-2013, 18:16
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Contemporary white male television characters make John Witter look like John Wayne.
It's cool to be a sissy, now, in most places.
Not up here, thank God.
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03-09-2013, 18:29
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Contemporary white male television characters make John Witter look like John Wayne.
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I watch "Blue Bloods" - "The Duke" would feel right at home with the male characters in that program.
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03-09-2013, 18:33
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I watch "Blue Bloods" - "The Duke" would feel right at home with the male characters in that program.
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I'm sure there are exceptions. The bad part is, the situation has decayed to the point that one has to come up with an exception.
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03-09-2013, 19:13
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The way things are sliding, how long do you think it'll be before it's a hate crime to say "wussie"?
Don't think it won't happen in a society where a kid with a gun-shaped pastry gets expelled from school.
This Country's going to hell in a handbasket.
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03-09-2013, 20:35
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Jes' where thu hell am I goin' and what the hell am I doin' with this damn handbasket! 
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03-10-2013, 05:07
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03-10-2013, 11:09
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True. I just wonder why the hell he wants to live in Iran.
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03-10-2013, 11:36
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Frodo lives. 
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03-10-2013, 13:45
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You seemed offended a couple years back when I assumed you were an atheist, Bro-remember?
You can't believe in God without believing in the devil. IMO, his influence is glaringly obvious of late.
Call it the Dark Side you can, hmmm?
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03-11-2013, 06:19
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You seemed offended a couple years back when I assumed you were an atheist, Bro-remember?
You can't believe in God without believing in the devil. IMO, his influence is glaringly obvious of late.
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I believe in "...the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God..." - neither an Athiest nor a believer in long-standing fairy tales, and an optimist regarding the natural predilections of mankind and its fate.
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03-11-2013, 07:22
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an optimist regarding the natural predilections of mankind and its fate.
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You better be.
Say "Hi" to Bilbo.
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03-11-2013, 07:29
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Proof positive right here. When offered the chance to choose the means of destruction what did Binkman select? The Staypuft Marshmello-man. 
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Fun with a Pocket Knife: How to Play Mumbley Peg
Fun with a Pocket Knife: How to Play Mumbley Peg
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2011/06/07/mumbley-peg/
"...Never heard of the game? Don’t worry. Today we’ll give you the scoop on how to play this knife throwing pastime that was once popular among 19th century schoolboys, Wild West cowboys, and World War II soldiers. All you need to play mumbley peg is a friend, a couple of pocket knives, and a bit of skill. It’s the perfect way to pass the time when hanging outside with your friends, relaxing around the fire on a camping trip, and bonding with your son...."
Every guy I knew growing up carried a pocket knife. Single blade knifes worked better.
K-Bar a time or three while in the Army.
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