[ekidsohbelaas]

Fred Reed. I likes im. But dont run after me with pitchforks if you dont!

:)

[Time is now]

"The question for civilization is how to harness the horsepower of men for useful purposes without letting them engage in their preferred sports: butchery, burning, the sacking of cities, and armed robbery."

That's LOL stuff. His last sentence kind of spoiled it for me, but I agree with the rest.

[bikepacker67]

Men can be civilized at the local or neighborhood level. Well-bred and preferably educated males, whether in Switzerland, Fukuoka, or the white suburbs of Washington, go to work, invent things, try to better the world, and only very occasionally kill each other. Boys, if raised to be gentlemen, usually will be. Of course this only works if women are ladies. It comes down to a society's instilling, and insisting on, high standards of behavior. Dueling should be discouraged.

BALDERDASH!

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Do You think any self respecting 'Possum" would ever want the job?

[andyandval]

I suppose the best hope is that countries will become sufficiently integrated with each other, as Western Europe seems to have done, that fighting just doesn't seem attractive. Probably a long shot.

If we could only be more like Western Europe.....gag me. You like this guy? Bushlet??

(runs for pitchfork)

[SiliconValleyGuy]

As a woman with a math degree, I'd be interested in your opinion about this, Joanie.

[SunkenCiv]

Possum? Is that some kind of euphemism? ;')