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    Re: I think I'm going to puke.... —Allister McLaren
   (...) Maybe we should all convert to Islam. Then that sort of thing would never be allowed. But seriously, what exactly are you frightened of? Nothing in there is suggesting that you give up your idea of what a man is. If you are feeling threatened (...) (19 years ago, 8-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
   
        Re: I think I'm going to puke.... —John Neal
   (...) Be my guest. (...) And maybe not. Maybe I want my kids and the next generation to eschew such silly ideas that men should look and act more like women and women should look and act more like men. What if men looked and acted like men, and (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
   
        Re: I think I'm going to puke.... —Ross Crawford
     (...) And your parents probably saw rock 'n' roll as decadent too. ROSCO (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
    
         Re: I think I'm going to puke.... —John Neal
     (...) There are many aspects of it that most certainly are decadent, wouldn't you say? JOHN (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
    
         Re: I think I'm going to puke.... —Ross Crawford
     (...) Certainly, but I also see it as an important part of western culture, don't you? ROSCO (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
   
        Re: I think I'm going to puke.... —C. L. GunningCook
     (...) Every step forward takes turns that make SOME people uncomfortable. How do you think people in the front of the bus felt when Rosa Parks refused to move??? Or how do you think men felt when Paulina Davis fought to allow wives to maintain (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
   
        Re: I think I'm going to puke.... —Allister McLaren
   (...) Teach them well, and they'll make reasonable choices. They may even follow in your footsteps. Whatever they do, I at least hope you'll respect their choices, even if they choose to put on a pink shirt. Besides, I don't think androgyny is the (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
   
        Re: I think I'm going to puke.... —John Neal
   (...) I think that's exactly the ideological goal. I think some believe this to be the ultimate expression of humanity. (...) WHICH "stereotypical roles"??? Fatherhood? Husband? Any individual can do whatever they want, but holding up such a silly (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
   
        Re: I think I'm going to puke.... —Allister McLaren
   (...) Then you obviously give more credence to the influence a few fashion designers have than I do. (...) But what kind of father? What kind of husband? As much as you'd like to think otherwise, there's no one single blueprint for fulfilling either (...) (19 years ago, 9-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
   
        Re: I think I'm going to puke.... —John Neal
   (...) I am looking at this as a vision for the future that some influential people have, and I don't like it. (...) There doesn't have to be. (...) Hmm. I don't know. The vision of "hybrid-man" sounds narcissistic and selfish-- not generally known (...) (19 years ago, 11-Jun-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 

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