tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post1898152084450309406..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: The Feminist Man ProblemStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-19179369609532340932016-11-07T19:23:08.243-08:002016-11-07T19:23:08.243-08:00Stu, Stu, Stu, only (ONLY) the last (very) few yea...Stu, Stu, Stu, only (ONLY) the last (very) few years count for feminists. Personally, I would ask them why they would want to go to college where they "KNOW" that one in five of them with be RAPED, and wouldn't it be smarter to go to an all-female college, that being safer?<br /><br />I voted by mail, so no exit-polling for me. If I could, I'd say I voted for Cthulhu because Hillary just ain't evil enough, and I'm a Black Pastafarian Lesbian. Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-9154079793031582782016-11-07T13:38:41.380-08:002016-11-07T13:38:41.380-08:00And don't let exit polling keep you from votin...And don't let exit polling keep you from voting!!!!!! Remember the media will do almost anything to keep you from voting.Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-81085841003125737782016-11-07T12:32:44.775-08:002016-11-07T12:32:44.775-08:00A little inspiration for the like-minded concernin...A little inspiration for the like-minded concerning what tomorrow's election is all about:<br /><br />https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/tHsZxJlxHYw?rel=0<br /><br />This is going to be a close election, but I believe Trump can win. If he does win, it will be extraordinary — to win in the face of such massive, organized, weaponized opposition... by Demoblicans and Republicrats.<br /><br />Vote tomorrow. Send a message. America is not a commodity.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-44640851787624302782016-11-07T11:59:05.601-08:002016-11-07T11:59:05.601-08:00David Foster @November 7, 2016 at 11:02 AM:
Yes, ...David Foster @November 7, 2016 at 11:02 AM:<br /><br />Yes, we're seeing a sea change in social customs, with no uniting social glue. We can't even decide what history we teach to kids anymore. We are being told that we are bound by a duty to accommodate people who can't decide what gender they are. That's just for starters. It's like a do-over every day. My assertion is that we're not able to count on anything... there's too much overhead to simply interact with others. We're being controlled by victims. If you're offended or aggrieved, we're all supposed to adjust to accommodate you. That's nonsense. No POH... and yes, with airliners. "Trust us, everything's okay!" or "We're from the government, and we're here to help."<br /><br />But at least Hillary can open a jar of pickles. We know we're safe now. I thought Hillary's answer about Supreme Court picks in the second debate was a complete, unmitigated disaster. SCOTUS has too much power. It's a judicial end-run around the entire functioning American republican government. It's no longer there to protect our rights from majorities, it's a powerful minority making macro-decisions that should be handled by legislatures. That's what people resent. If you pass gay "marriage" laws in my state, through a normal legislative process, then I'm in the minority. I lose, and a majority of my fellow citizens tell me what's going to happen with this social change. I have a hand in the process. I can participate. But judicial fiat is dangerous.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-25440267072325713552016-11-07T11:02:25.877-08:002016-11-07T11:02:25.877-08:00IAC...."Actually, using your societal metapho...IAC...."Actually, using your societal metaphor, I think the most dangerous thing in all this today is that those who throw out the POH, or claim it should be thrown out, have all the power. Yet they are insulated from the consequences of their behavior/choices"<br /><br />So basically, they are flying the test airplanes by remote control...but the test airplanes aren't drones, they are airliners with passengers on board.<br /><br />"Hmmm, wonder if this thing can do a split-S? Pretty sure 5000 feet is enough to recover, let's see!"David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-3939335341734681292016-11-07T10:12:49.286-08:002016-11-07T10:12:49.286-08:00The end product of cuntefaction: a boot stamping ...The end product of cuntefaction: a boot stamping on a human face--forever. <br /><br />What Orwell didn't tell us was that the boot would be a stiletto heel and the face would have a beard. sestamibinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-62485038488534779132016-11-07T08:33:22.138-08:002016-11-07T08:33:22.138-08:00David Foster @November 7, 2016 at 7:31 AM:
"...David Foster @November 7, 2016 at 7:31 AM:<br /><br />"If you do anything with your airplane that is not consistent with the Pilot's Operating Handbook, then you are a test pilot."<br /><br />Actually, using your societal metaphor, I think the most dangerous thing in all this today is that those who throw out the POH, or claim it should be thrown out, have all the power. Yet they are insulated from the consequences of their behavior/choices because (a) their own lives are disasters, and they don't care; or (b) they use the POH in their own lives, they're just not willing to "impose" it on others... whatever the hell that means.<br /><br />So we get this metastasizing cultural chaos, family breakdown and ambiguous signaling, and it creates all kinds of stresses. It's like society has become a giant freshman seminar in art school... anything is possible, and any negative consequences are attributed to others' interpretations. Because people who want you to conform and live in societal sanity are just MEAN. <br /><br />So, by all means, do whatever you want. If the POH doesn't matter, why should I care if you crash and burn? <br /><br />One last thing: In reality, test pilots have to be fully aware of every nut and bolt on the airframe, and the aircraft's capabilities. If they don't, they don't know what they're testing. The reason such people are such a small percentage of the population is because very few people are willing to do all that work to study and learn, and then go push the envelope. Contrast that with all these social misfits, rebels and malcontents, who are not willing to understand what culture is... they just want to wreck it. Fun, huh?Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-67661599088503982352016-11-07T08:19:32.512-08:002016-11-07T08:19:32.512-08:00Given the polling of Clinton and Trump voters by g...Given the polling of Clinton and Trump voters by gender, methinks the Democrats have a gender gap problem. Big media will never talk about that one, will they?<br /><br />No justice, no peace.Ignatius Acton Chesterton OCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222603717128565302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-72582470313147842462016-11-07T07:47:06.828-08:002016-11-07T07:47:06.828-08:00There you go, "mansplaining", using logi...There you go, "mansplaining", using logic, analogy, and linear thinking.<br /><br />There are "alternative ways of knowing" that don't rely on the ways of the oppressive hegemony of patriarchial war-machine aviation cartels.Trigger Warningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-43838875594688599312016-11-07T07:31:51.699-08:002016-11-07T07:31:51.699-08:00An article in an aviation magazine made this point...An article in an aviation magazine made this point: "If you do anything with your airplane that is not consistent with the Pilot's Operating Handbook, then you are a test pilot."<br /><br />In a society, the 'Pilot's Operating Handbook' is the collective set of customs and unwritten expectations. When the POH is thrown out or totally rewritten, the everyone becomes a test pilot. And there are plenty of people who are perfectly good private pilots, airline pilots, perhaps even military pilots who would *not* make very good test pilots and who have no interest in such a career. Similarly in society: the number of people who are interested and competent test pilots is pretty low as a % of the population.<br /><br />There is no question that the social POH was in need of revision as a result of changes in the technologies of work and contraception, plus other factors; the problem is that much/most of the editing & revising has been done by people whose personal flight experience is limited or nonexistent and who have no interest in looking at aerodynamic or structural data.David Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464681514800720063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-87807359463701176222016-11-07T06:52:31.077-08:002016-11-07T06:52:31.077-08:00By the way, all this reminds me of a quote I heard...By the way, all this reminds me of a quote I heard many years ago that expresses a Universal Truth:<br /><br />"Women have indeed suffered for thousands of years under the burdens of womanhood, but they have never suffered in silence".Trigger Warningnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-42793325104196084552016-11-07T06:44:20.757-08:002016-11-07T06:44:20.757-08:00I care about as much about Jill Filipovic's op...I care about as much about Jill Filipovic's opinions as I do about any other writer for "Cosmopolitan".<br /><br />In fact, I care nothing about the scrabblings of feminist writers. Anybody can write anything. Given the explosion of media since a man, Gutenberg, invented the printing press in the 15th Century, there's far too much media out there for me to be attentive to puff pieces about woe-men, womyn, or wimmen, or vimmings, or whatever they want to call themselves these days. I'm not pining for the pre-Gutenberg days (although some romantic, "Progressive" eco-loon out there probably is), but at least in the days when manuscripts had to be legibly and laboriously written and reproduced by hand, most written material was at least something worth reading.<br /><br />Having said that, if I were still a single man with a materialist viewpoint I wouldn't mind giving Filipovic a quick poke. Unlike most vimming writers, she's at least good looking. I discovered the blessings of Caller ID long ago, and learned that when they call you back after a more-than-just-friendly tête-à-tête, you can conveniently ignore the call.<br /><br />My concern is more that many men seem concerned about what these gasbags-with-benefits think. Unless you're married, or committed to get married, the best way to deal with them is to have two. Then they get competitive and attack each other in a contest of one-upwomanship. It's not only fun to watch (as long as one doesn't get entangled in the catfight), it results in better product.<br /><br />The mistake most men make, in my opinion, is the delusion that there is a limited supply. In fact, it's the opposite. And the older you get, the more opposite it is.Trigger Warningnoreply@blogger.com