Watching the news can sometimes be so unbearable

[RICHARD]

In Iraq, a punk drives a truck loaded with explosives into a market loaded with people,

The explosion kills and wounds 50-60 people.....

Outrage?

None.

It becomes news when someone of a different religion/background kills the same amount of people, wth a bomb lobbed from a distance.

I guess killing people, while making eye contact, makes the difference.

[sasvermont]

Survival of the fittest. Survival of the lucky, the fortunate. I will never understand why humans cannot get along. We ARE animals.

I would like to believe that if the world was run by women, the outcome/problems would be entirely different, with much less violence and hatred. I think its a Testosterone Problem!. I am sorry if this offends anyone, especially the men. My comment is not based on anything I have read - just my feelings about wars/war games and violence.

I am anti-war. I am a flower child.

My heart goes out to all of the families involved in the horrid events around the world. Africa is undoubtedly the most impoverished area of the world filled with every kind of tragic circumstance possible.

When will it end? Never. Not in my life time, anyway.

We can all help by being nice to our neighbors, friends and family...including our own animals.

[RICHARD]

I think its a Testosterone Problem!.

Great, first war and then the Tour de France.....

[Lady's Human]

As to the problem being men in charge, let's look at a little history.......

Queen Elizabeth
Boudica
Golde Meir
Indira Ghandi
Tsarinas Catherine (I and the great)
Isabella of Spain
Joan of Arc
Queen Victoria
Margaret Thatcher
Janet Reno

There is also a long list of female regents (place holders for underage monarchs to be) who were absolutely brutal in ensuring that their child made it to the throne.


Hardly a batch of peaceable rulers. It has NOTHING to do with testosterone.

[sasvermont]

Although it is not realistic, I meant that women only would be in charge/ruling! No men in the cabinets, senate etc. Just women. Totally unlikely, I know. These women just listed in the above post, including Janet Reno (??/what the heck????) did not rule the world. I meant women as a group, not as individuals. Collectively.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Hardly a batch of peaceable rulers. It has NOTHING to do with testosterone.

Oh please. Testosterone makes for aggression and strength. Women with more testoserone are more aggressive. Men with higher levels of testosterone are more aggressive.

Don't be so think-skinned. What did Janet Reno ever do to you? And Queen Victoria...alright she wasn't very nice sometimes.... especially to her children, but you put her on a scale with Hitler, Stalin, Saddam Hussien, Pol Pot, etc., etc.

Which of those women murdered, raped, pillaged and plundered to ACHIEVE power, vs. those who found themselves through marrigae, birth, or election IN power?

[Lady's Human]

Sara,

Peter the Great's mother was ruthless in her pursuit of power. Because of her maneuvering, thousands of Russians died.

As for the Tsarinas, every time the Russian crown tranferred up until the latter part of the 19th century there was incredible bloodshed and maneuvering. The succession was laid out on paper, but there was always a fight for the crown.

Boudica was a warrior who took power and launched a revolution against the romans.

Queen Victoria was every bit as ruthless as her male (and female) contemporaries. For 75 years the sun never set on the British Empire, regardless of the body count (which was never kept)

Queen Elizabeth guarded her power ruthlessly as well, directing the execution of those who disagreed with her rule.

Isabella directed the conquest of the New World while in power in Spain.

Joan of Arc makes a nice story, but while she was leading the French army she gave no quarter.

The only difference between modern rulers and rulers from earlier times is the fact that weapons have gotten more efficient. If Sophia (Peter's regent) had had modern weapons in her arsenal the body count would have been just as high as Herr schickelgruber's.

(BTW, I just threw in Janet Reno as a tweek, I knew it would get a rise out of you)

[sasvermont]

Lady's Human, I think you have missed my point and obviously, v.v.

I still stand on my comment/feelings about women being more compassionate and less violent than men, in general, therefore would make, as a group, a less violent group of leaders. Of course there are violent women.

I am not going to argue or debate with you. I think you have missed the point of this very serious thread....and have taken it in a direction it was not intended to go. I was not asking for a lesson in history. I merely stated my feelings - and at the time mentioned that it had nothing to do with what I had read (or not read)........

This will be my last post on this very serious topic.

[RICHARD]

Men with higher levels of testosterone are more aggressive.


Which of those women murdered, raped, pillaged and plundered to ACHIEVE power, vs. those who found themselves through marrigae, birth, or election IN power?

True, men with more testosterone kick arse in bicycle races!


Which women?

Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi!

Sara,

we are seeing eye to eye way too much lately....DROP THE KNIFE!




MC,
Thank you for your service.

Mugs,

Everyone love the underdog in a fight.

I do happen to remember a story about an IDF soldier that was wounded in a homicide bombing.

A bone fragment from that idiot went thru the soldier's body, severly wounding him....

Now he has to be tested for HIV for a while to make sure the killer wasn't infected.

Nice,
friggin scars and the thought that you still may die from some poor AH that was brainwashed to blow himself up.

And I do remember the wedding that was interrupted by another idiot who blew himself up at the ceremony.


How soon we forget.

[Pam]

Debbie your post speaks for me too, although much better than I could have ever put into words.

[MajesticCollies]

OK lets all take this in to perspective on the innocent. I am an ex US Marine. I was in 1st Battalion 8th Marines in Beruit in October 1983. I was there to watch Hezballah blow up the HQ's Facility. 241 Marines and hospital personel, men and women alike died for being there to help. What about all those innocent sons and daughters of parents in the U.S. Remember we were there for a Peace Keeping mission. I lost some good friends that day!!!! Isreal has a right to defend against these terrorists. They have been getting bombed for years and just taking it. All the civilians were worned with leaflets dropped in the areas that were going to be invaded. Perhaps the ones that didn't flee to the refugee camps were Hazbollah followers. Its a shame these people didn't protect thier families and leave! Not trying to upset anyone with my personal thoughts but they are what they are. Semper Fi

[mugsy]

Here, here Richard! No mention that Hezboullah (sp?) struck first and kidnapped the Israeli soldiers...nope...just make the Israelis into monsters because they defend themselves and then make a big deal about the weapons that they use being from the U.S. That's it...the big bad U.S. The country that can't win for losing because if we don't go in then we're being selfish and unwilling to help and if we do go in then we are imperialistic bastards for going into stop the violence.

Then our illustrious leader decides that we need to send troops to Lebanon and doesn't realize that he is playing directly into the terrorists' hands by spreading our military too thin. ACK!!!

There always has to be 2 diametrically opposed sides and I don't understand it sometimes....it would be nice if we could just get along, but, even on here people can't agree, so why should we think that we could ever globally agree?

Oh well, there's my soapbox and I'll be stepping down now!