tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post7366317255107294527..comments2024-03-19T15:24:48.864-07:00Comments on Green Eagle: Wingnut WrapupGreen Eaglehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13477132834757467690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-22881598065347620262011-03-05T21:11:53.626-08:002011-03-05T21:11:53.626-08:00Nice, Magpie.
A well-meaning person was just poi...Nice, Magpie. <br /><br />A well-meaning person was just pointing out to me that orders are better received "when they're phrased like questions." Tell that to a drill sergeant.Poll P.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1903235483068862940.post-449118307049017942011-03-05T04:48:45.472-08:002011-03-05T04:48:45.472-08:00Mona Charen was talking about a male high school a...Mona Charen was talking about a male high school age wrestler declining to put himself against a female one, then comments:<br />"The New York Times, the AP, and other national news organizations noted that Northrup's father is a minister -- the suggestion being that such peculiar and backward views as the young man expressed must be chalked up to a religious sensibility"<br /><br />...even though the boy himself said " As a matter of conscience and my faith, I do not believe it that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner", meaning it IS a matter of religious sensibility as far as he's concerned.<br /> <br />Then Charen moans "Are we really sure we want to obliterate the last traces of chivalry in young men -- to stamp out every trace of protectiveness from the male psyche?"<br /><br />Protectiveness against what? The girl is a competitive wrestler. That's her sport.<br /><br />Nothing against the boy if he doesn't want to compete against a girl - that's his choice - but Charen's crass assumption that the female competitor must automatically assume the male is her athletic superior by virtue of 'chivalry' is the entire point. <br /><br />Yet another moment when a female is asked to surrender her aspirations so she can carry the collective ego baggage of all men everywhere...<br /><br />"Should Boys Be Wrestling Girls?"...<br /><br />Yes. If the contest were otherwise viable according to weight division and skill ranking... why not.<br /><br />I train with women all the time. Strangely I don't give chivalry a moment's thought when they're trying to kick my head off.magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08690258860393548951noreply@blogger.com