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TreasonousBastard

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14. I don't know why that's "alarming"...

Reply to redqueen (Reply #11)

Thu Dec 26, 2013, 03:03 PM

Dec 2013

the Vikings came close to wiping out the Irish when the Irish adopted Christianity and lost their ability to wage war. The simple truth is that there are bad people out there and a good defense is often necessary. Kicking ass is not simply an aggressive attitude.

Yes, we do need new models, or at least a major overhaul of the existing ones, but my question is always-- "Where are they?"

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There's Something Absolutely Wrong With What We Do To Boys Before They Grow Into Men [View all] ismnotwasm Dec 2013 OP

I have not and would NEVER tell a boy to be a man for any reason. Not his role. He is a boy. Not man seabeyond Dec 2013 #1

I know you wouldn't ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #2

i am home. i saw this a week ago. breaks my heart. tears, for these babies. babies. seabeyond Dec 2013 #8

They are afraid ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #18

I guess this just isn't a topic of interest to men. redqueen Dec 2013 #3

sad, but at this point to xpost this to GD would probably been seen as flamebait. sad. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #4

It's already posted there. redqueen Dec 2013 #5

oh dear, I can't keep up. Sorry. I will look at the thread ... Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #6

it was already in GD last week adn sunk like a stone. i think i might have been the only one to seabeyond Dec 2013 #10

even sadder, maybe. *sigh* Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #13

It's a very serious topic to men... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #7

This is about something far more fundamental than jobs. redqueen Dec 2013 #11

I don't know why that's "alarming"... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #14

It's more like being an adult of any gender.... "protecting the weaker " seabeyond Dec 2013 #12

There is some woman who has been writing about this a lot... TreasonousBastard Dec 2013 #15

ya. i take note of that. be a man, seems to be the agenda, not, take care of our boys. seabeyond Dec 2013 #9

I think that is exactly what to "be a man" usually means, when used in American society. iemitsu Dec 2013 #16

This about damage ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #17