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To: RandallFlagg
Nowadays, kids can't even play soldiers or have snowball fights because, "It's too traumatic to MY kid! I'll SUE!!!!"

Ain't it the truth! We had rock, dirtclod, snowball, and bottle-rocket battles. We played army, jumped our banana seat (no BMX back then) bikes over trash cans with no helmets or wussy pads, and shot BB guns, bow and arrows, wrist rocket slingshots and .22 rifles. We chased girls and tried to get them to kiss us and we played 'smear the queer' football. We had lawndarts. We built bombs from jars of gasoline and sometimes gunpowder from our firecrackers.

Guess what? None of us are in counselling, none of us are in prison, none of us (or our kids) are on anti-depressants or some mind-numbing crap.

Fast forward 25-30 years to the present and ask yourselves how possible any of what I just described is now. The pussification of American men continues.

18 posted on 08/25/2002 3:40:15 AM PDT by Looking4Truth
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To: Looking4Truth
Right On, Brother in Arms against pussification...

check out my post #7 et al!!

20 posted on 08/25/2002 3:52:57 AM PDT by Nitro
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To: Looking4Truth
"We had rock, dirtclod, snowball, and bottle-rocket battles. We played army, jumped our banana seat (no BMX back then) bikes over trash cans with no helmets or wussy pads, and shot BB guns, bow and arrows, wrist rocket slingshots and .22 rifles. We chased girls and tried to get them to kiss us and we played 'smear the queer' football. We had lawndarts. We built bombs from jars of gasoline and sometimes gunpowder from our firecrackers."

"Guess what? None of us are in counseling, none of us are in prison, none of us (or our kids) are on anti-depressants or some mind-numbing crap.

"Fast forward 25-30 years to the present and ask yourselves how possible any of what I just described is now. The pussification of American men continues."

This is one of those rare occasions where something is worth repeating. Thanks Looking4Truth.

NEWS MEDIA !
WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR ?
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!

22 posted on 08/25/2002 4:10:47 AM PDT by Robert Drobot
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To: Looking4Truth
We had rock, dirtclod, snowball, and bottle-rocket battles.

Green pine cones...

25 posted on 08/25/2002 5:58:42 AM PDT by Prodigal Son
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To: Looking4Truth
And I thought I was the only one who did that kind of stuff when I was a kid. LOL
42 posted on 08/25/2002 11:45:34 AM PDT by Search4Truth
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To: Looking4Truth
RE#18. Mega Bump. Those were the days!
47 posted on 08/25/2002 2:49:10 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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