tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203350475344374919.post4394069687375355614..comments2023-10-24T10:09:19.477-07:00Comments on Worshipping Your Wife: A Modern GalahadMark Remondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12975488338051622549noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203350475344374919.post-32511629983115441152020-02-12T02:21:33.615-08:002020-02-12T02:21:33.615-08:00In my experience, anyone who hasn't been a sol...In my experience, anyone who hasn't been a soldier has no idea what it's like.<br /><br />They think they know from movies, books, or anecdotes, but since everything they think they know is wrong, they actually know less than nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203350475344374919.post-37134058537149832802012-01-16T01:41:55.913-08:002012-01-16T01:41:55.913-08:00This blog is a great source of information which i...This blog is a great source of information which is very useful for me.<br /><br /><a href="http://valentinesdayjoy.com/valentines-day-gift-ideas-wife.html" rel="nofollow">BEST VALENTINE DAY GIFTS FOR WIFE.</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203350475344374919.post-75699603103539053892011-12-19T19:58:44.611-08:002011-12-19T19:58:44.611-08:00Mark:
To be fair, I wasn't sure how you'd ...Mark:<br />To be fair, I wasn't sure how you'd take my post, which was pretty critical of some of what I (on limited reading of this blog)take as your main philosophy of chivalry and your desire for some form (since I haven't read that much I can't comment as to extent) of female supremacy. Thank you for treating me with courtesy.<br /><br />About my links:<br />The first link deals with the subject of the rape of men within the US military, a subject little known or talked about. The second , about the ideas of the Dominatrix within the current US/Canadian/British cultures is NOT my post, alas. It's an excellent series of posts by Jay Generally, co-runner of the blog, along with his wife. I linked to it because I think it will interest you both visually and intellectually, as it did me.<br /><br />May both you and your wife have a happy Christmas or whatever other holidays you might celebrate.<br /><br />ClarenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203350475344374919.post-15675449174839824692011-12-19T14:31:41.215-08:002011-12-19T14:31:41.215-08:00Clarence -
Resolution - Sometime after the New Yea...Clarence -<br />Resolution - Sometime after the New Year, if I get a respite, I'll try and work my through your stummy rumblings' series of Societal Dominatices... but I'm sure as heck going to check out all the pix.<br />Thanks - and yes, sure, I admit to living in submissive fantasyland.<br />--MarkMark Remondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975488338051622549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203350475344374919.post-85123058100307519062011-12-19T14:04:53.981-08:002011-12-19T14:04:53.981-08:00http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/04/03/t...http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/04/03/the-military-s-secret-shame.html<br /><br />I'm a gender egalitarian, e.g. what a "feminist" is supposed to be.<br /><br />I'd say the actual sexual assaults against females are played up in the US military for political purposes - radical feminists (all heterosexual sex is rape due to patriarchy) and traditional chivalrists such as yourself often<br />combine under the guise of "protecting" women. But no one gives a damn crap about the men - those who are currently (and always have) shouldering over 99 percent of the deaths and injuries in our current military actions.<br /><br />Traditional chivalry had several components largely missing from your revised edition. For one, most of it applied only to nobles and warriors, only a tiny amount trickled down from Knight to peasant, man or woman. For two, it was mostly based on parts of the Christian religion, said religion in many ways almost totally dead in modern times. And for 3, and possibly something you won't like but true anyway - there were expectations placed on women under chivalry. Even in Victorian times (which was, of course, after the demise of historical chivalry) a "lady" had to act a certain way to earn that title. It wasn't just annointing anyone with a vagina a halo and a pedestal. My modern "chivalry" extends to the weak and needy of either of the two primary sexes and the intersexed.<br /><br />A little bit off the topic, but nonetheless a gift: A series of six posts on the topic of the "social dominatrix". <br /><br /><br />http://stummyrumblings.blogspot.com/2011/11/essay-on-societal-dominatrix-part-1.html#comment-form<br /><br />ClarenceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203350475344374919.post-60546344374536292402011-12-18T13:56:12.956-08:002011-12-18T13:56:12.956-08:00George Patton was quite the ladies man. Once he wa...George Patton was quite the ladies man. Once he was caught with yet an-other woman and he said, in his defense, "A man who will not screw will not fight."<br />You guys are beyond hope. If you learned the truth about womens actual Natures at this point in your lives it would probably kill you.<br />But if you have sons... they deserve better.Rumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203350475344374919.post-69324053457901485042011-12-15T09:47:56.079-08:002011-12-15T09:47:56.079-08:00Anonymous, re sexual trauma among women in the U.S...Anonymous, re sexual trauma among women in the U.S. military: Godawful statistics, thanks for bringing them to our attention. Reminds us of the historic fact that conquering armies throughout history have raped and pillaged, but these violations are among our own ranks.Mark Remondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975488338051622549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203350475344374919.post-61982450032817998982011-12-15T09:26:02.596-08:002011-12-15T09:26:02.596-08:00Anonymous, re Beckie Sue - Me, too, I keep hoping ...Anonymous, re Beckie Sue - Me, too, I keep hoping she'll reappear with a comment. And, of course, I, too, wish she had a blog. She did start one, but some wacko defaced it, and I think she decided she had better things to do.Mark Remondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975488338051622549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203350475344374919.post-54883710699515507992011-12-15T01:29:07.643-08:002011-12-15T01:29:07.643-08:00Any chance of hearing more from Beckie Sue and her...Any chance of hearing more from Beckie Sue and her life? Wish she had a blog like you MR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203350475344374919.post-9900400677085481762011-12-14T15:29:24.008-08:002011-12-14T15:29:24.008-08:00I hate to burst the bubble, but rape is a real pro...I hate to burst the bubble, but rape is a real problem in the US military.<br /><br />From Wikipedia:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_assault_in_the_United_States_military<br /><br />Sexual assault of female soldiers overseas became such an issue in the beginning of the war in Iraq that Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld ordered an investigation and held senate hearings over the matter. Over 100 cases were reported within the first eighteen months of the war. Sen. Susan Collins of the Armed Services Committee said “What does it say about us as a people, as a nation, as the foremost military in the world when our women soldiers sometimes have more to fear from their fellow soldiers than from the enemy?” [4] The Pentagon has estimated that 80% to 90% of sexual assault cases go unreported.[5] The fear of the repercussions and embarrassment that could likely follow a report is enough to keep the silence.<br /><br />From the Guardian:<br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/dec/09/rape-us-military<br /><br />The department of veterans affairs, meanwhile, released an independent study estimating that one in three women had experience of military sexual trauma while on active service. That is double the rate for civilians, which is one in six, according to the US department of justice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203350475344374919.post-42904311024353143182011-12-14T13:20:34.985-08:002011-12-14T13:20:34.985-08:00Now that I've reposted I'm Hers' excel...Now that I've reposted I'm Hers' excellent comment, let me defend my position. Actually, I take no issue with his well-stated and obviously deeply felt disagreement with what he thought was my premise, or Beckie Sue's, for that matter.<br /><br />What I think she was getting at, and what I certainly was, had nothing to do with the politics of the draft or the Vietnam War or Operation Iraqi Freedom, etc.<br /><br />I used Patton as an archetype of the warrior, one of the 7 basic professions, it says somewhere. And these guys are indeed charged with protecting all the rest of us, but most especially the womenfolk and children. That's why the Neanderthals took their spears and stood watch on the cave, or the wagon trains circled with an armed watch facing outwards, or... well, you get the picture.<br /><br />Elemental reduction is what I was thinking, and for that you get Old Blood 'n' Guts as your poster boy.Mark Remondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975488338051622549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203350475344374919.post-71600080474023726552011-12-14T11:01:58.088-08:002011-12-14T11:01:58.088-08:00For some reason this comment has not shown up on t...For some reason this comment has not shown up on the blog, so I'm reposting it here:<br /><br /><b>I'm-Hers has left a new comment on "A Modern Galahad":</b><br /><br />Mark,<br />I know the point you are trying to make but I don't agree at all with Becky's comment “In the military, men have been trained and are willing to suffer painful death to protect all females. The military teaches men how to honor and respect women.”<br />I have a Marine son. I can say that he NEVER was taught that the reason he was in the military was for the purpose of honoring and paying respect to women. I would dare say that if you took comments from those that either have served or who have sons or daughters that have served (and who have talked to them about that experience) that you will get similar viewpoints.<br />It's interesting that you wrote this as I was just looking back through my son's facebook in which he has several hundred pics posted. I noticed the pics of him in Iraq and came away with one thought - how sad he looked - no joy, no life, just doing his time and trying to stay alive. When he shared about fellow men dying, about what it was like to see a soldier get his legs blown off by an RPG, what it was like to detonate plastic explosives and absolutley destroy a home filled with 'bad guys' it sickens me. He wasn't there because he wanted to keep his girlfriend or sister or mom alive and to honor them. He was there because Uncle Sam told him to go.<br />I agree that women are valued treasures. I agree that given the choice that men should submit to them but I disagree that the PURPOSE of the military as Becky states is dead wrong. Just my humble opinion. Thanks for taking the time to express your thoughts.Mark Remondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975488338051622549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8203350475344374919.post-17414333690119807062011-12-13T09:42:35.597-08:002011-12-13T09:42:35.597-08:00I will say this about Patton and other men of that...I will say this about Patton and other men of that era. That part of guarding women was to protect them from the cruel world, this rational was used to keep women from taking active and meaningful part in the world. While it may be nice to day dream of a world that has men working both in and out of the home while the women do nothing but play by denying any part of the world to any part of humanity we run the risk of being right back in the 1920's mind set. Just think of all the innovation and possible good that mankind lost for spending centuries not educating or even counting half of its population.Mknighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14392047914867078635noreply@blogger.com