tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post3044768308747026793..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "Why Does This Bother Me? - Part One (possibly)"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-20655435385393458972008-07-04T09:40:00.000-07:002008-07-04T09:40:00.000-07:00Your argument is that it is acceptable if there is...Your argument is that it is acceptable if there is an exception to equality when it comes to the military. <BR/><BR/>Part of your reasoning has to do with the inherent nature of men and women, as you see it, as a man.<BR/><BR/>Might there not be exceptions to this nature you attribute to women. Maybe those that want to join are mean killers and are ready for their job.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-42411863664192314342008-07-03T20:55:00.000-07:002008-07-03T20:55:00.000-07:00Terrific post. I agree with your thinking. You can...Terrific post. I agree with your thinking. You can call me a sexist (won't bother me a bit), but women are better at nurturing and men are better at using force. Both are necessary in life. One isn't better or worse than the other. They're complimentary.<BR/><BR/>Men and women are just different, and it goes against common sense to insist that two different things always be treated the same. Why do we celebrate "diversity" among cultures but then go out of our way to squelch the differences between men and women? <BR/><BR/>"I hate it when something doesn’t make sense and we do it anyway. Ignoring reason sets a troubling precedent."<BR/><BR/>That, to me, sums up the problem with political correctness in general. Political correctness is about intimidating people into ignoring common sense for the sake of sparing someone's feelings. Which, more often than not, is kinda crazy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-85810788528182039582008-06-26T12:30:00.000-07:002008-06-26T12:30:00.000-07:00Women have a lower pain threshold. The fact that t...Women have a lower pain threshold. The fact that they give birth - a painful thing - has nothing to do with their pain threshold. :S Not sure what you're trying to say here.<BR/>If I do something very painful, like cut my arm off, does that mean my pain thresh hold rises? Hell no. It's gonna hurt like crap, and it will likely hurt a woman a bit more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-19606029731294279082008-06-26T06:42:00.000-07:002008-06-26T06:42:00.000-07:00"They may have a lower pain threshold as well." C..."They may have a lower pain threshold as well." Carlo, hon, how many babies have you borne? <BR/><BR/>Ah, Lysistrata, one of my favorite stories of all time. I did the same thing. Years ago I vowed no more sex until this war is over. <BR/>Unfortunately, no one has noticed yet.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12679480515320426758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-22410114485697914742008-06-25T14:50:00.000-07:002008-06-25T14:50:00.000-07:00Earl, I have to respectfully disagree. As a patrio...Earl, I have to respectfully disagree. As a patriotic American who wants to see us win the war on terror, I've encouraged my wife to enlist. I'm telling you, if you heard the way she gets on me about leaving a wet towel on the bed, or how I was off a day celebrating our anniversary, you'd know that this is one woman whose nagging could drive al Qaeda out of Iraq AND Afghanistan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-66362891465572915312008-06-25T14:41:00.000-07:002008-06-25T14:41:00.000-07:00Well I don't think it's our place to play "Psychia...Well I don't think it's our place to play "Psychiatrist" with Earl, and I don't think that's what he intended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-36264172037973877482008-06-25T12:39:00.000-07:002008-06-25T12:39:00.000-07:00Since everyone seems to be answering a different q...Since everyone seems to be answering a different question than you asked, I'll summarize my interpretation.<BR/><BR/>The question isn't "Why should this not bother me", but "Why does this bother me", and the true answer will not include the word "women" nor "military".<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I don't have that answer, but it does appear to be related to a confidence in structure (a good trait for a writer).<BR/><BR/>The chaos of freedom is fine for invention, but if you're trying to do something common and important, do it within the known structure. If you contracted someone to build a house for your family, you wouldn't hire the guy who believed in total freedom of design.<BR/><BR/>Now, I can't interpret why another person's flirtations with this chaos of freedom would bother you so much, but it's probably the same reason you risked your job and told a comedy legend that he should learn his lines.Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970641911241417692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-14830986881561540212008-06-25T10:48:00.000-07:002008-06-25T10:48:00.000-07:00Women do most military things just fine. Sure, may...Women do most military things just fine. Sure, maybe a buff female soldier they can't lug around rocket launchers and mines on their backs as easily as a buff male soldier, but there's no reason a woman cannot do military jobs. They may have a lower pain threshold as well, but certain types of men also have a tendency to get overly aggressive and berserk against their enemies, leaving him ambushed.<BR/>Women are definitely, on paper, not the ideal soldier, but it is amazing what training can do to anybody. It's scientifically proven that, within two weeks, we can all become the violent soldiers we see beating and abusing prisoners of war at Guantanamo.<BR/><BR/>Women included.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-6052451128755733262008-06-25T10:07:00.000-07:002008-06-25T10:07:00.000-07:00Hi Earl,My son just finished 4 years of Airforce J...Hi Earl,<BR/>My son just finished 4 years of Airforce JROTC, I have watched women join and do well and I have watched some of them decide to join the real service. I have watched boys, do it too and my advice to each of them is the same. If you can not look someone in the eyes and kill them, then you have no reason on earth to join. Recruiters will lie to you and say that what you are joining up for, will have nothing to do with killing. It's so untrue, you join, chances are, you will eventually be confronted with this very scenario and you need to look inside yourself and see if you can you pull that trigger. <BR/><BR/>If someone can, in good conscious, do so and can train and perform within the accepted standards, then good luck and godspeed to them. They have every right to serve their Country and defend us from the evil that is out there. I thank every one of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-28544692573692279992008-06-25T09:35:00.000-07:002008-06-25T09:35:00.000-07:00Earl, I have to say I've had the same thoughts. A...Earl, I have to say I've had the same thoughts. <BR/><BR/>As I told one of my girls when we were discussing this one day there's that whole Joan of Arc thing...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-24544526297567006322008-06-25T09:23:00.000-07:002008-06-25T09:23:00.000-07:00One marine told me it interferes with his focus, k...One marine told me it interferes with his focus, knowing he has to protect a woman from danger.<BR/><BR/>If women weren't allowed in the military, we might as well begin the slow decline into wearing veils, because women without veils will really start to get your goat when we don't even get our own guns to defend ourselves and our freedoms, trust me.<BR/><BR/>The best we can do, is lure the women into an alternate lifestyle, one where being a mother, or a working woman with or without children...helps her to be all she can be, uncomplicatedly.<BR/><BR/>Most people I talk to who enter the military are looking for help to pay for college. At eighteen, none of us really understand the missions our idiot government has failed to clue us in on. We're still exploring in which God we trust. <BR/><BR/>All I can say, is there is hope. Even the sports writer in USA Today (though it was yesterday) says the Cubbies are going to heal the whole nation. Might even knock some money out of colleges.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-654684428566493662008-06-25T08:25:00.000-07:002008-06-25T08:25:00.000-07:00Perhaps you would understand it better if you talk...Perhaps you would understand it better if you talk to some soldiers. Ask a young person why he or she is in the miltary and I doubt any would answer,"Because I want to shoot something." <BR/>No, the answer nearly all would give is "I want to serve and protect my country."<BR/>In "Major Dad" did the Major join the service so he could kill something or did he have a higher reason?michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17812924049258701715noreply@blogger.com