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| | | (...) Very well said, James. Violence has certainly become a marketing tool to attract little and big "boys." This leads to your next comment: (...) Biologically speaking, yes, males are wired for conflict (i.e. testosterone). Ironically, I truly (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Is Bionicle violence? —Mark Sandlin
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| | | | | (...) I'm not sure if that has as much to do with it as the situation they were in. When I was in high school, I was squarely in the NERD category. The Athletes and the Beautiful People made fun of me and my friends all the time, in any situation or (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Is Bionicle violence? —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | | (...) Boy, that takes me back. I'm sure a lot of 'us' were in the NERD category. Some of us still are, but we have long CVs and/or money, so it's somehow okay now. Things really began to change in college. These have been the best twelve years of my (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Is Bionicle violence? —Ross Crawford
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| | | | | | (...) Mark, It seems we had similar upbringing. I was a NERD in school and got the same taunts from the Beautiful People. I had a close circle of friends, which probably helped. My father actually collected guns (and other weapons) and kept them all (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Is Bionicle violence? —Bill Farkas
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| | | | | (...) I think it also has much to do with the incredibly fragile male ego. The "I wanna see if I can beat him" attitude - the desire to be better than everyone else. Obviously greed and covetousness play a role as well. (...) James started to (...) (24 years ago, 17-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Is Bionicle violence? —Daniel Jassim
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| | | | | | (...) Wow! (...) That's right, Bill! Hey, how about this? Yesterday, I spent the afternoon filling in for the supervisor at the local teen center. This was my first time actually doing a day there (I usually work with the elementary kids). Anyway, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Feb-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | Re: Is Bionicle violence? —Michael Horvath
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| | | | I don't think boys are wired for violence. It's just that boys are bigger, so they're better at it (those teenage years, maybe, are a bit chaotic, though). These days, though, women have access to guns, military, etc., and often can be quite bigger (...) (24 years ago, 10-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Is Bionicle violence? —Frank Filz
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| | | | (...) Marvin Harris has an interesting theory for why human culture has cultured men to be warriors and women to stay home and watch the kids. His theory is that it's ultimately a population control measure, not because wars kill people off (they (...) (24 years ago, 11-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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