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Harvard Debate Team... by Jody October 9, 2015 6:19 pm

Smart move! by bowser 2015-10-10 02:55:10

The emasculation of men. by Jody October 4, 2015 9:56 am

What does this mean? by bowser 2015-10-08 11:08:17
- I don't think it's Jody's premise by Robert 2015-10-09 11:43:38
  - Someone must have taken Al Bundy's "NO, MAAM" seriously. by bowser 2015-10-09 23:05:08
  - Thanks Robert! by Jody 2015-10-09 18:17:11
Feminism is only responsible if it helped to creat single mothers. by RobVG 2015-10-07 18:10:23
- My father died when I was four. by ER 2015-10-08 08:06:54
  - Sorry about your dad. by RobVG 2015-10-08 12:00:59
Welcome to one of the Internet's smelliest cesspools by Robert 2015-10-05 11:10:08
- As George Orwell once pointed out... by ER 2015-10-05 13:04:55
  - Classic levers of control by Robert 2015-10-05 20:00:57
    - Buzzed, totally. by ER 2015-10-06 07:07:11
    - Well I am duly depressed. by Jody 2015-10-06 06:36:21
I consider myself a complete and total feminist. by ER 2015-10-04 10:34:54
- Okay...since you brought in the F word by Jody 2015-10-04 13:05:07
  - I am being serious. by ER 2015-10-04 13:41:31
    - Holy Shit. by Jody 2015-10-04 17:55:19

The Warrior Gene by Jody October 8, 2015 7:15 pm

Its both, and neither, or maybe something in between. by ER 2015-10-08 20:45:08
- I think some things are binary. by bowser 2015-10-08 22:55:46
  - I couldn't agree with you more. by ER 2015-10-09 04:53:47

I wonder. by bowser October 6, 2015 12:32 am

I think you dodged a bullet. by Jody 2015-10-06 07:09:29
There are several different ways of interpreting that incident, by ER 2015-10-06 06:44:08

Gwynne Dyer's "War" by mcfly October 2, 2015 9:35 pm

I saw it on PBS when it first came out. 20-30 years ago? by ER 2015-10-03 04:21:23
- I just watched Part I. by ER 2015-10-03 12:48:38
  - Thanks McFly by ER 2015-10-04 10:51:47
    - I'm glad you enjoyed it--again! by mcfly 2015-10-04 16:10:14

and the answer is... by Jody October 3, 2015 8:14 pm

They haven't specified units by mcfly 2015-10-04 08:26:45
- Furlongs per fortnight.? by ER 2015-10-04 10:20:38

Wm. Jeffrey Jones guitars... by Jody October 3, 2015 8:06 pm

Left, Right or Middle... by Jody October 1, 2015 7:36 am

I liked the musical interlude by mcfly 2015-10-02 21:13:08

What do you consider *The Great American Novel?* by Jody September 28, 2015 8:23 pm

"Atlas Shrugged" of course. It'll 'steel' your heart. n/t by RobVG 2015-09-29 21:25:19
- I think I'll wait for the graphic novel. by ER 2015-09-29 21:56:07
  - It essentially IS a graphic novel by mcfly 2015-09-30 15:42:39
    - Well, it's not a real novel.... by ER 2015-09-30 17:25:22
  - Something I never knew existed... by Jody 2015-09-30 08:29:09
    - I loved comic books before I loved to read... by FrankC 2015-09-30 11:07:22
    - It sounds like a great idea. by ER 2015-09-30 09:37:52
      - I know! by Jody 2015-09-30 10:07:47
Probably hasn't been written yet... by FrankC 2015-09-29 17:43:03
- And let's not forget Moby Dick. n/t by ER 2015-09-29 18:26:38
- I feel I was left behind the door by Jody 2015-09-29 17:48:52
  - Love of Literature does not make you a better person... by FrankC 2015-09-30 11:29:34
"Huckleberry Finn" by bowser 2015-09-28 22:03:20
- Excellent Choice. In fact, HF has been called "The Great American Novel". by ER 2015-09-29 05:30:07
"Letting Go", by Phillip Roth by ER 2015-09-28 20:57:24
- Roth is a brilliant author. by bowser 2015-09-29 20:02:52
  - In spite of my admiration for him, by ER 2015-09-29 21:55:09

Drum roll please.... by Jody September 30, 2015 8:30 am

The Theory of Political Relativity by Jody September 27, 2015 4:36 pm

It's pretty simple, really. by TB 2015-09-27 20:23:19
- But why? by Robert 2015-09-28 10:41:31
- Yep by Jody 2015-09-28 09:51:12
I threw out the term "political relativity" as a on--off, rule of thumb, a quick-and-dirty description. by ER 2015-09-27 19:21:44
- Indeed by Jody 2015-09-28 10:40:16
  - It is up to the citizen to pare down government. by ER 2015-09-28 12:10:43
    - EXACTLY by Jody 2015-09-28 15:07:02
      - Ask them to ponder the extent of the current lumbering, dysfunctional mess? by mcfly 2015-09-28 19:36:28
      - The purpose of government is to protect the citizen from bullies. by ER 2015-09-28 16:13:03
        
        Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? by TB 2015-09-28 18:58:51
        
        I'm not going to answer that question, TB. by ER 2015-09-28 20:40:27
"a universal scale for defining political belief systems" by Robert 2015-09-27 19:21:19

Why are Civil War re enactments so popular? by Jody September 21, 2015 6:59 pm

I think war IS a basic instinct. by ER 2015-09-23 07:15:37
- I agree ER. by Jody 2015-09-23 10:52:07
  - Ritual Combat by ER 2015-09-23 13:07:56
    - As for the "men feeling emasculated" part, I have my own ideas about that. by ER 2015-09-23 13:25:46
      - "Today we are taught that if we are poor its our own fault because we’re lazy or stupid" I am sorry ... by Jody 2015-09-26 08:51:39
        
        I guess that's the difference between a liberal and a conservative. by ER 2015-09-26 09:33:28
        
        Well by Jody 2015-09-26 10:38:50
        
        No one is saying everyone should have exactly the same. by ER 2015-09-26 11:11:15
        
        Okay... by Jody 2015-09-26 11:39:44
        
        You do realize... by ER 2015-09-26 12:10:42
        
        Heh...try living in this head. by Jody 2015-09-26 13:59:35
        
        We are apes, not sharks. We live in bands. by ER 2015-09-26 20:30:09
        
        What is difficult by Jody 2015-09-27 10:18:57
        
        I haven't a clue what you're trying to tell me. by ER 2015-09-27 11:46:46
        
        Well that sucks. by Jody 2015-09-27 16:39:05
        
        I was trying to get you to understand something. by Jody 2015-09-28 09:46:20
        
        He's wrong. by TB 2015-09-26 16:03:20
        
        Okay...Now I see. by Jody 2015-09-26 14:03:25
        
        I can only take responsibility for my actions... by Jody 2015-09-26 12:09:49
        
        There are two sides to every battle. by ER 2015-09-26 12:24:51
my brother is a rebel officer by SDG 2015-09-22 08:04:25
That depends on exactly WHICH Civil War you're talking about. by ER 2015-09-21 19:38:02
Attend one. Ask the people there. by TB 2015-09-21 19:17:21
- I can't do it TB. by Jody 2015-09-22 19:04:36
  - I attended one some years back. by TB 2015-09-26 09:53:21
    - I get that. by Jody 2015-09-26 10:46:37

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