If Men were like seahorses.....................

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  • theroachman
    theroachman Posts: 362
    onelongsong wrote:
    if men were like seahorses i don't think we'd have abortion. men cannot kill as easily.


    And is it women or men that start nearlly all of the wars in human history?

    Or is killing your enemies not reall killing if your god says it's ok?
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  • Uncle Leo
    Uncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    theroachman wrote:
    Al Gore never claimed to have invented the internet. I am going to go with thats a poor tired old and debunked joke and you were just kidding

    Actually mine was a response to what I believed was that old joke. "Perhaps, but NO former vice president ever claimed to invent it."

    It was debunked. He never said or implied it, but most people still believe he did. The liberal media really did a number on running away with that pile of crap.
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  • theroachman
    theroachman Posts: 362
    Uncle Leo wrote:
    Actually mine was a response to what I believed was that old joke. "Perhaps, but NO former vice president ever claimed to invent it."

    It was debunked. He never said or implied it, but most people still believe he did. The liberal media really did a number on running away with that pile of crap.



    Sorry

    Just is that little ditty seems to have cropped again in other areas the last couple of days. Some people still believe the lies of the "liberal" media.
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    So ya got nothing? All you fellas?

    Don't understand the question? Or simply cannot fathom it?

    Is it only interesting when you're banging on about what girls should and shouldn't do?
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  • theroachman
    theroachman Posts: 362
    Jeanie wrote:
    So ya got nothing? All you fellas?

    Don't understand the question? Or simply cannot fathom it?

    Is it only interesting when you're banging on about what girls should and shouldn't do?


    I believe in a woman’s right to chose.

    That right should not be legislated by men who are just jealous that they are not the bringers of new life.


    I do not "bang" on women for their choices they make for their own bodies, it is not a choice for me to make for others.
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    theroachman wrote:
    I believe in a woman’s right to chose.

    That right should not be legislated by men who are just jealous that they are not the bringers of new life.


    I do not "bang" on women for their choices they make for their own bodies, it is not a choice for me to make for others.

    Cool. Thank you. I'm just wondering what you think the differences would be to this argument if men were the seahorses? Like do you think that society would be the same and the arguments the same but just coming from women instead of men?

    By "banging on" I simply meant that it astounds me that whenever an abortion thread comes up it is debated so fervently by a majority of men here on the pit. I've given up thinking that girls in numbers would even join in. I find it interesting is all. :)
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  • theroachman
    theroachman Posts: 362
    I think the analogy of men being seahorses is at first impression of seeing a real seahorse verse the ones of ancient Greek mythology is a view of weakness. Real seahorses appear feeble or fragile. Not the best comparison for men who think they are stronger and smarter then all women. IMO

    If I were to start a thread such as this I would go with and attack the apparent super machoism of men who want to nothing but control woman such as the Taliban do and RW Fundamentalist Christians try to do.

    now say for example:


    If men were like emperor penguins...

    <url> http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/wildlife/penguins/emperor.shtml </url>

    Now protecting eggs in -80F, now that is macho!
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    theroachman wrote:
    I think the analogy of men being seahorses is at first impression of seeing a real seahorse verse the ones of ancient Greek mythology is a view of weakness. Real seahorses appear feeble or fragile. Not the best comparison for men who think they are stronger and smarter then all women. IMO

    If I were to start a thread such as this I would go with and attack the apparent super machoism of men who want to nothing but control woman such as the Taliban do and RW Fundamentalist Christians try to do.

    now say for example:


    If men were like emperor penguins...

    <url> http://www.antarcticconnection.com/antarctic/wildlife/penguins/emperor.shtml </url>

    Now protecting eggs in -80F, now that is macho!


    Well I chose the sea horses because they seem to be the only example of the male carrying the young INSIDE them. I don't see them as fragile. It would take strength to do what they do. But then seahorses in general are fragile creatures, both male and female so by comparison I don't think the male of the species is anymore fragile than the female.

    I guess I started the thread because I'm kinda over the attack method of other threads on this topic. Being advesorial doesn't seem to be helping the situation really. Seems to me that it only entrenches people into their beliefs and makes them dig in even harder. If I'm honest I suspect that my point of view when it comes to a woman's right to choose most likely will not change but it's interesting to try to see it from a different angle. What would our society be like if men where the bearers of the children? How would this affect our views and our society in general. There are very few examples of cultures and societies where women are the leaders.

    Oh and them Emperor penguins are very cool, I guess I just see them as an example of the Mr Mom kind of direction that our society is taking. It's excellent to see and hopefully we'll see more of it, but it is still different fundementally.
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  • Katzenjammer
    Katzenjammer Posts: 57
    Men are more intelligent than women.

    Women are wiser than men.

    Get over it, people. This is getting to be like a bad stand-up act. "Men and woman are diff'rent man. Diff'rent. Like, woemn do this and men do this. lolololol."

    EDIT: I would kill myself if I ever looked in the mirror wearing a baby harness-thing. To hell with it. I don't feel like passing on my genes anyway.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i killed off a few million "knuckle children" just yesterday. I feel bad about it now.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    MrSmith wrote:
    i killed off a few million "knuckle children" just yesterday. I feel bad about it now.


    :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0kJHQpvgB8

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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Jeanie wrote:
    :D

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0kJHQpvgB8

    side bar: Wish Laura was here.

    awe man i am screwed. :)
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    MrSmith wrote:
    awe man i am screwed. :)

    half your luck! :p:D
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Jeanie wrote:
    ok. what if it happened to you?

    If what happened to me? Abortion? If so, I'd even think more strongly that it was ignorant, selfish, irresponsible and murder.
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Jeanie wrote:
    Cool. Thank you. I'm just wondering what you think the differences would be to this argument if men were the seahorses? Like do you think that society would be the same and the arguments the same but just coming from women instead of men?

    By "banging on" I simply meant that it astounds me that whenever an abortion thread comes up it is debated so fervently by a majority of men here on the pit. I've given up thinking that girls in numbers would even join in. I find it interesting is all. :)

    It's not just a women's issue.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    know1 wrote:
    It's not just a women's issue.

    can you get pregnant? can you have a life growing inside you? no? then it is totally a womens issue
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    catefrances wrote:
    can you get pregnant? can you have a life growing inside you? no? then it is totally a womens issue

    Again, more of the ignorant selfishness that I was talking about.
    The only people we should try to get even with...
    ...are those who've helped us.

    Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    know1 wrote:
    Again, more of the ignorant selfishness that I was talking about.

    yeah, I know where you stand on the issue and quite frankly it bores me. So let's just leave it huh?

    you are most welcome to your unflinching, misinformed and highly prejudicial beliefs. I'm sure they'll make you very happy.
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  • catefrances
    catefrances Posts: 29,003
    know1 wrote:
    Again, more of the ignorant selfishness that I was talking about.

    i am hardly ignorant. having been in the situation of having to choose whether or not to terminate a life that is growing inside me. you have no idea of what it is like if you have never been pregnant. you can wax lyrical all you like about morals and the right to life, but unless you have found yourself in the position of having to end a life, you dont know what youre talking. about.
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  • Katzenjammer
    Katzenjammer Posts: 57
    I have an amazing and awesome solution to the abortion debate. It makes the greatest number of people happy, and it costs nothing to implement. Are you people ready for this? It's gonna blow your minds.




    If you aren't ready for a baby and it's in it's first trimester, have an abortion.

    If you're having a baby and you consider the fertilized egg to be life, don't have an abortion.




    There, now all you assholes can shut the stuff up.

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