We're doomed. A rant.

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I have come to the conclusion recently that men are no longer MEN.
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Sad but very true and I do not think this
covers all males however the past 40 years in public schools have been tough
on boys.
Some old man psychology tells me this
is the reason for so much anger in woman/man relationships.
At any rate we are in deep do do in this
country on many sides, I wish I could be
more positive but after 60 years I don't
see it improving.
 
Does anyone here wonder if the producers of the show secretly hope one of their "victims" fights back (armed or not).

Think of the publicity if one of those guys in the cab had reached up and snapped the neck of the driver (all the mall ninjas I've known claim it only takes 4lbs of pressure :p ).
 
You might perhaps rightly accuse me of being brainwashed by my upbringing in a egaliterian feminist culture (which is how Scandinavia is seen from abroad, I've been told), but why is this necessarily about men not being men? To me it seems to be about a lot of people being mindless sheep, without the necessary mindset to look out for themselves, and maybe even more important: without the will to put themselves in harms way in order to save a fellow human in distress.

I'm damn proud of coming from a family of strong, independent women. Both my mother and grandmother are (and were) tough as nails, but very much women. I look for some of the same qualities in a partner. Femininity and strength goes very well together, and makes for an attractive package. :D

Guys, I know you want to take care of your women, but shouldn't you also expect the woman in your life to be able to both take care of herself and watch your back as well?

Sorry, but all this "men aren't men anymore" smells a bit too much like macho posturing to me :neener:
 
Yep, doomed. I just spent the weekend with my liberal parents. :rolleyes: Hanging out with them helps me understand the 'modern' trend in passivist dogma. They are the enlightened new age spiritual passivist types. When the recent and other wars were brought up, my folks prided themselves on their total inability to cope with the violence and bloodshed that must have occurred. They said they would be unable to continue living with the resulting gory images. They consider themselves morally superior because of their complete aversion to violence. Mom even bragged how she almost lost her lunch because she nearly hit a deer. She touted her inability to cope with the potential trauma. Its as if this puts them on a higher plane than everyone else.

Gee whiz, how did humans ever make it this far if protecting yourself is so bad?

I'm no violence monger, but I'd like to think that I could put one foot in front of the other and keep on living if I actually had to defend myself. The youth of today are programmed to feel superior if they succumb. Voluntary Darwinism.
 
now get out there and win this one for the gipper!!

mighty darned inspirational lawdog...

but WHY must you watch that junk?

i cant bear the thought of your blood pressure readings right now.

i heard a good one the other day, it's called "the next time you want to "

it goes, in this case, "the next time you want to watch a show of this nature,,,go outside and pull weeds instead!"

:D

i read the lawdog files btw, goood stuff!
 
I think the point isn't about whether women should be as strong as men or not, Non, but whether men are strong at all today. Shouldn't a woman have a man she can count on to watch her back as well? It seems we have an excess of "men" today who don't qualify.
 
I don't believe Scare Tactics is fake, but I'm sure they very heavily screen potential marks. Since it's their friends who are asked to participate in the set-up, I don't doubt that there are some serious questions posed that would rather quickly eliminate every member of this forum from the running.
 
Posted by Golgo-13:
TV is nothing but a geyser of irritating drek. Cut the cable. Pull the plug. Hit the "off" switch. Once you get over the idea that anything on that box is worth watching, much less paying for, it will be easy. Do it. You'll be glad you did. How much more irreplaceable lifespan are you going to piss away on it?
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Wow. Pissing away my lifespan, am I? Perhaps you have some difficulty finding the decent programming on TV. Lord knows there is quite a bit of crap out there, but with just a bit of effort I can find a few good shows that are worth the time.

Personally I can't stand reality shows, but I sure would miss HBO, OLN, IFC and the History Channel. (I'll probably keep HBO for a long time just to see the next mini-series after From the Earth to the Moon and Band of Brothers)

Somehow I've managed to watch some TV and turn it off each week. :what: Crazy talk! :neener:
 
one boy at a time

Lead by example.
Raise your boys to be men. (and your girls to be strong women)

This 'culture of wussies' started one person at a time, and that's the way it will change back, Men.

C-
 
No, but that's such a drama queen question it's ridiculous.

Perhaps you should enlighten me about how I can better spend my time. I'm breathless with anticipation.
 
Think of the publicity if one of those guys in the cab had reached up and snapped the neck of the driver (all the mall ninjas I've known claim it only takes 4lbs of pressure ).
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It has nothing to do with pressure, it's all in the technique !:D

I am worse than a mall ninja, I'm a mall ninja "wannabe" :neener:
 
LawDog, I agree with sisco, there's probably a bunch of "normal" reactions on the cutting room floor:

"Can't this cab go any faster?"

"Slow down or I'll snap your effin neck"

"Pull into that next alley ... I gotta take a leak"

"Slow down ... there's a drive-thru beer store"

"Can we go back and see the dead guy?"

"So, do you run into many people in this job?"

"Ouch, man, I'm glad that wasn't my car"

Regards.
 
I saw a preview of Scare Tactics once where it looked like they had someone dress as Bigfoot to scare some people. It's probably a good thing for the actor dressed as Bigfoot that they didn't try that stunt down here in the South, or he might have ended up strapped to some good ole boy's 4x4.
 
As to getting rid of the TV and what it might mean to your children:

I grew up without a TV in th 70s. My mother was an English teacher, and she had some ideas about childraising. We spent a lot of time reading and listening to radio indoors, and we had a patch of forest that seemed like it went on forever to the young NonServiam. So I would spend most evenings outside, playing cowboys and indians. I got my first knife when I was about 3, and as soon as my father was sure I could handle the airgun safely, that was my constant companion as well :)

I was sick a lot as a kid, and without TV, the only sensible thing was to go trough my parents' extensive, though erratic, library. I started at one end, and read everything. By the time I was 13, I'd read stuff like "1984" and a huge book on "Sexual Enlightenment", and I read English novels by the time the other kids where still learning "John is a boy". Guess I also was one of the few 13 year olds who could elaborate both on "newspeak" and how to insert a diaphragm :what:

Naive? Nah. A little weird? Definitely.
 
Did you possibly mean "erotic" library ....?
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Nope. Just the one :D And there was actually nothing erotic about a swedish book on sexuality from the 70s. Just a lot of instructional images, not a lot of skin, and a whole lot of scary diseases ...

I think "1984" disturbed me more. Not that was scary!
 
Why are you watching TV?

Not being rhetorical here, just asking. Why? Did your web connection go down? Library card get revoked? Dog not want to go for a run? Nothing that needs fixing on the house? Run out of plinking ammo (now, that could happen)?
 
This weekend, I got lucky & found a copy of Steve McQueen's movie Le Mans on DVD. I saw it when it came out in 1971 & hadn't seen it until this past Sunday night.

The most amazing thing about it was that all the adults in the movie behaved like adults.

There was no trashtalking between the drivers, no temper tantrums. The boss of the racing team that lost didn't go screaming off to find a lawyer to sue the winners.

Everybody seemed fairly comfortable with who they were and acted respectfully to the other characters.

What an old-fashioned movie it was! :)
 
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