http://www.brakar.com/605/teaching-boys-to-be-men.html Brakar.com Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:29:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.brakar.com/605/teaching-boys-to-be-men.html#comment-23503 Attacking the Men of Virginia Tech at Brakar.com Wed, 18 Apr 2007 04:34:20 +0000 http://www.brakar.com/605/teaching-boys-to-be-men.html#comment-23503 [...] After the shocking news reports about the shooting at Virginia Tech we start doing what we do best; placing blame. John Derbyshire and Nathanael Blake are two guys who get a kick out of shooting dead men, questioning the manliness of male students in last minutes of their lives, asking why the young men did not try to attack their attacker. Though I love a good debate on manliness and how to raise boys to be men, I refuse to kick a guy who’s down or to taunt his family. That’s not manliness, it’s just wrong. I would like to see society letting the families mourn their lost ones. This is a tragic event that they should be able to deal with, without being attacked by hot headed jocks who can’t see the big picture in their lust to score the next point. But it’s out there now, and I feel compelled to correct a false ‘truth’ they both serve; that the only manly way to deal with an attacker is to throw yourself at him. [...] [...] After the shocking news reports about the shooting at Virginia Tech we start doing what we do best; placing blame. John Derbyshire and Nathanael Blake are two guys who get a kick out of shooting dead men, questioning the manliness of male students in last minutes of their lives, asking why the young men did not try to attack their attacker. Though I love a good debate on manliness and how to raise boys to be men, I refuse to kick a guy who’s down or to taunt his family. That’s not manliness, it’s just wrong. I would like to see society letting the families mourn their lost ones. This is a tragic event that they should be able to deal with, without being attacked by hot headed jocks who can’t see the big picture in their lust to score the next point. But it’s out there now, and I feel compelled to correct a false ‘truth’ they both serve; that the only manly way to deal with an attacker is to throw yourself at him. [...]

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