tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718756643650361118.post6312905469709215875..comments2019-02-26T08:55:23.364-06:00Comments on Eavesdropping In The Areopagus: GIRLS AND BOYSRichard Jorgensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10855434140247141016noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718756643650361118.post-26970370236629253182011-05-31T22:51:57.977-05:002011-05-31T22:51:57.977-05:00So in keeping with our generation's mindset. Y...So in keeping with our generation's mindset. You put the thoughts, feelings, concerns, ideas, etc. into such good words. Thanks. Andrew and I thought we'd do the no weapons thing but then were concerned that we'd turn our boys into deprived-gun-passion-maniacs so we got "nerf" ones.<br />Just this weekend on our way back from the cabin Joel was reflecting on the very same thoughts you expressed in your last paragraphs about recruitment of under 25 year olds. He was willing to go a little lower - 21 or 22 - but, as a teacher of "children" in high school, he CANNOT imagine many of the likely candidates for military service immediately post high school being encouraged to use a real gun. <br /><br />The bumper sticker on my car reads "I'm already against the next war"... I know I'm a bit biased.Patti Rognesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08095983754691446180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718756643650361118.post-39529949864000220462011-04-27T12:02:22.267-05:002011-04-27T12:02:22.267-05:00Thanks, Jeff. That explains why you're such a ...Thanks, Jeff. That explains why you're such a peacenik. I was thinking about the westerns, too. They were all over the place. But they were rather innocent, weren't they? No one ever got killed. Even the black-hatted bad guys just got "winged" (or had the pistol shot neatly out of their hand).Richard Jorgensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10855434140247141016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2718756643650361118.post-53459150664293192362011-04-27T11:23:15.013-05:002011-04-27T11:23:15.013-05:00Thanks for your observations. I suspect there is ...Thanks for your observations. I suspect there is some hunter genes in all of us left over from our hunter/gatherer ancestors. Could the instinct in little boys to create guns from almost anything (and I did this too as a child) be a remnant of that? I never grew up with guns (no adults in my childhood owned them or hunted, but then that was Southern California - peace, love & music,man!). I was mostly influenced by the westerns I grew up watching. I briefly owned a 6-gun during my young adult days working at camp - a 357 magnum white-handled revolver as I recall. It was so loud that my ears were still ringing a week after firing it the first time and so I sold it.Jeffrey Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09534863365125255370noreply@blogger.com