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The Pussification Of The Western Male
2004-02-19
Tounge-in-Cheek but there is some truth to it...EFL
There was a time when men went to war, sometimes against their own families, so that other men could be free. And there was a time when men went to war because we recognized evil when we saw it, and knew that it had to be stamped out.

There was even a time when a President of the United States threatened to punch a man in the face and kick him in the balls, because the man had the temerity to say bad things about the President’s daughter’s singing.

We’re not like that anymore.

Now, little boys in grade school are suspended for playing cowboys and Indians, cops and crooks, and all the other familiar variations of "good guy vs. bad guy" that helped them learn, at an early age, what it was like to have decent men hunt you down, because you were a lawbreaker.

Now, men are taught that violence is bad -- that when a thief breaks into your house, or threatens you in the street, that the proper way to deal with this is to "give him what he wants", instead of taking a horsewhip to the rascal or shooting him dead where he stands.....
Posted by:Yosemite Sam

#13  Can we come up with a better word than "pussification"? It insults us real women who would also pop a punk, given sufficient provocation.

I start off - how about "feminazification"? Come on, Rantburgers - go for it!
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2004-2-19 11:14:10 PM  

#12  Great article, wished I had wrote it. I'm sending that one to all my buds.
Posted by: Jarhead   2004-2-19 10:04:22 PM  

#11  (1) I'm okay with the action end of the 10-gauge, but some of us guys aren't. Guys, that is. ;-)

(2) GK, true story: as a bookwormy kid in high school, I didn't date much but was asked out to a big dance by an older guy in the band. Guy shows up, my Dad just "happens" to be cleaning his guns at the time. In the living room. Uh huh.

Oh well, I didn't really like the guy that much anyway. But I gotta tell you, it was a LONG time before I got asked out again! Word gets around in a small town ....
Posted by: rkb   2004-2-19 9:50:45 PM  

#10  Superhose--Good for you! I've actually counciled my 11 year old to take the literal 5 and misconduct. (Never for hooking or tripping--lazy penalties we call those). He plays defense and when one opponent hacked my son's goalie's hand, my boy laid the punk out. Only got 2 for roughing and a pat on the back not just from me but from every parent of every kid on the team.

There are more "old-fashioned" guys (and gals) out there than in the liberals' (and Al Qaeda's) worst nightmares.
Posted by: JDB   2004-2-19 8:19:31 PM  

#9  I have always made it a point to clarify to my oldest boy under what conditions it was acceptable to draw a suspension for popping a schoolmate in the mouth. For example, one of the girls in his class is disabled and uses a walker with wheels to move around. If she is made fun of or harassed, I expect my boy to draw the proverbial 5 minute major and game misconduct. He made me pretty proud by getting in a fist-fight last year with the class bully. As far as I know, I will not be encouraged to join the PTA.
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-2-19 7:51:42 PM  

#8  OP, your suggested logo is an especially good idea for those who have teen age daughters.
Posted by: GK   2004-2-19 6:54:48 PM  

#7  Fred, we need a Rantburg decal we can put in our car windows, in our living room windows, and especially in our bedroom windows, that show that we are the "old-fashioned" kinda guy. I think the action end of a 10-gauge double-barrel and the words "Rantburger" across the top, and "Old Fashioned Kinda Guy" in two lines across the bottom should do it.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2004-2-19 6:45:31 PM  

#6  "Now, men are taught that violence is bad -- that when a thief breaks into your house, or threatens you in the street, that the proper way to deal with this is to 'give him what he wants', instead of taking a horsewhip to the rascal or shooting him dead where he stands..."

So THAT's where the whole "give the Paleos a state" hoopoe munitions came from?
Posted by: Korora   2004-2-19 4:53:49 PM  

#5  Nope, sorry, I had read this before, and with due respect to Mr. duToit (especially when he's holding a rifle), he's full of crap on this one. Men are not being pussified, they're being neutered, and there's a difference.
Posted by: Steve White   2004-2-19 4:34:35 PM  

#4  Yeah - I got this off FARK.
/got nothing
Posted by: Yosemite Sam   2004-2-19 2:57:54 PM  

#3  FARK has a tag for this sort of article - OBVIOUS.
Posted by: Raj   2004-2-19 2:41:53 PM  

#2  Some truth?
Posted by: tu3031   2004-2-19 2:15:55 PM  

#1  Sam: Such outward hostility on the internet is an international hate crime. The ICC recommends sensitivity training at the Patricia Ireland / Lynn Stewart Institute For the Feminization of the American Male.
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2004-2-19 2:06:57 PM  

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