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Real Men
January 21, 2020 at 9:53 am
Who are real men?
Charles Bronson was a real man.
John Wayne was a real man.
Rock Hudson was a real man.
So were Michael Jackson, Pee Wee Herman and Liberace and Sir Elton John.
Jesus Christ? Probably not.
Fiction most likely.
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RE: Real Men
January 21, 2020 at 9:58 am
what is the definition of a real man to you?
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RE: Real Men
January 21, 2020 at 10:00 am
Funny how all of the 'real men' on that list (except Michael Jackson) are known by false names: Charles Buchinsky, Marion Morrison, Roy Scherer, Paul Reubens, Władziu Valentino Liberace, and Reginald Dwight, respectively.
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RE: Real Men
January 21, 2020 at 10:37 am
(January 21, 2020 at 9:58 am)tackattack Wrote: what is the definition of a real man to you?
I would think a "real man" is one that really exists!
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RE: Real Men
January 21, 2020 at 10:39 am
There's no most likely or probably. Jesus Christ is not and has never been a real man. People can hem and haw about some jesus of nazareth all day long, but jesus-the-man and jesus christ are not the same person, regardless.
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RE: Real Men
January 21, 2020 at 10:42 am
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(January 21, 2020 at 10:00 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Funny how all of the 'real men' on that list (except Michael Jackson) are known by false names: Charles Buchinsky, Marion Morrison, Roy Scherer, Paul Reubens, Władziu Valentino Liberace, and Reginald Dwight, respectively.
Boru A name is just a name.
It does not change reality.
(January 21, 2020 at 9:58 am)tackattack Wrote: what is the definition of a real man to you?
Ask Zebo.
He gets it.
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January 21, 2020 at 10:46 am
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RE: Real Men
January 21, 2020 at 10:51 am
What traits or characteristics disqualify a person from being a man?
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RE: Real Men
January 21, 2020 at 10:51 am
(This post was last modified: January 21, 2020 at 10:54 am by tackattack.
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Here I was wanting to have an aside on what men identify as manly and OLB sets the trap and Gae takes the religion shot.
I consider being a real man many things, but one that bubbles to the surface is, makes the hard decisions/sacrifices. If the thread devolves into just jokes or theistic ramblings, then that's fine. It's not what I'm here for today though.
edit- to add @ LadyForCamus -we can have classification discussions, but I feel that's been done to death. Whatever physical appendages, chromosomal, hormonal or decided traits you decide to be a "man" is a man. so what makes it a "real man"
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RE: Real Men
January 21, 2020 at 10:54 am
(January 21, 2020 at 10:51 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: What traits or characteristics disqualify a person from being a man?
Male. Must occupy or have occupied physical space.
Inaginary friends do not count.
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