[gameprogrammer] Re: Cultural differences (was date / time issues (was re: Juan Carlos Cazar is out of the office.))
- From: Bob Pendleton <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:09:37 -0500
On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 16:16 +1300, Jake Briggs wrote:
> Another thing I though of was that a russian man fighting in ww2 was
> fighting because the germans invaded. A russian woman was fighting
> because germans in are invading AND her son, father and lover and
> brother had probably been killed. That would make you pretty bitter.
Take a look at the Israeli military history. Women have fought as part
of their military since the beginning. The history of the American
frontier shows men and women fighting side by side all through the
western expansion. The history of the labor movement in the US is as
much, if not more, about women organizing and protesting as men. Women
and children died at Ludlow, and the other anti-labor massacres, not
just men. The leaders of the antiwar movement in the US right now are
women, the most vocal leader lost her son in Iraq. On 9/11 a woman pilot
took off in an unarmed f16 with the intention of ramming any plane that
approached Washington. And lets not forget Rosa Parks and her quiet act
of defiance. US women are carrying rifles and flying combat patrols in
Iraq and Afghanistan. No, they are not front line troops, but they are
carrying guns. Hell... some of the people accused of torturing prisoners
in Iraq are women.
There is even a country song by Ry Cooder called "The Girls From Texas"
http://www.mp3lyrics.org/r/ry-cooder/the-girls-from-texas/ that
describes the problem of dealing with women who will cut you up if you
cheat on them. That is just the way they are in Texas. And, the rest of
the western and southern US. I haven't spent enough time up in the
northeast to say what it is like up there.
Bob Pendleton
>
> Charlie Lobo wrote:
> > Lol, I had a similiar Grandmother (on the Spanish Civil war) and another
> > Great Grandmother (on WWII). Women overall are stronger than men, it only
> > makes sense in nature that men are disposable while women can't be.
> > But for
> > this same reason, I think, women tend not to be aggresive, they don't got
> > out there and put themselves in danger, but they are far more deadly than
> > men when threatened, I'd never raise a hand against a women, first for
> > manners, but second for the sake of my life. :P
> >
> > On 10/10/06, Bob Pendleton <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Don't tell my Grandmother that... I grew up hearing stories about how my
> >> Great Grandmother and her daughters fought off raids by native Americans
> >> while the men were off riding fences. The natives would wait until the
> >> men were gone and attack the "weak" women. The weak women who knew how
> >> to use guns very well... My mother could ride, shoot, and take an a dead
> >> animal from carcass to dinner all by herself. She did tend to leave the
> >> hunting to the men, but I think that was mostly politeness.
> >>
> >> Women are much more deadly in a fight than men.
> >>
> >> Bob Pendleton
> >>
> >> >
> >> --
> >> +--------------------------------------+
> >> + Bob Pendleton: writer and programmer +
> >> + email: Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx +
> >> + web: www.GameProgrammer.com +
> >> + www.Wise2Food.com +
> >> + nutrient info on 7,000+ common foods +
> >> +--------------------------------------+
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ---------------------
> >> To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
--
+--------------------------------------+
+ Bob Pendleton: writer and programmer +
+ email: Bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx +
+ web: www.GameProgrammer.com +
+ www.Wise2Food.com +
+ nutrient info on 7,000+ common foods +
+--------------------------------------+
---------------------
To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html
Other related posts:
