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11-27-2012, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by KnuckleSangwich
I know your actual name
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I know both of your names, while I get to hide behind anonymity. 
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11-27-2012, 03:29 PM
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#322
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Originally Posted by LitteringAnd
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11-27-2012, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by LitteringAnd
I know you're being lulzy, but Andrew Jackson killed a guy in a duel for insulting his wife. I have a hard time picturing Billy doing this for Hillary. People were hardcore back in the day.
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And I'd rather have another Clinton than another Jackson. Manly, perhaps. But Jackson was also kind of a dick.
We have a tendency to idolize the shit out of our past while condemning the present. Is that kind of old-fashioned masculinity really that important of a quality for a world leader to have, though?
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11-27-2012, 03:39 PM
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#324
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Originally Posted by LegioTitan
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Eh, once you put it out there, there is no taking it back.
I enjoy the freedom of being able to say what I want that being anonymous brings.
I'll introduce myself if I ever catch you at a crossfit comp. 
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11-27-2012, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by LitteringAnd
I know you're being lulzy, but Andrew Jackson killed a guy in a duel for insulting his wife. I have a hard time picturing Billy doing this for Hillary. People were hardcore back in the day.
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It's a Criminal Code offence in Canada to either challenge someone to, or accept, a duel.
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11-27-2012, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Discipulus
And I'd rather have another Clinton than another Jackson. Manly, perhaps. But Jackson was also kind of a dick.
We have a tendency to idolize the shit out of our past while condemning the present. Is that kind of old-fashioned masculinity really that important of a quality for a world leader to have, though?
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More a sign of the times than anything else as far as Jackson's incident is concerned. Although I do believe he was a very tough individual.
I agree with what you are saying as far as time shining a positive light on people, and Clinton is a good example of that. He is already very well thought of which wasn't always the case during his time as president.
Toughness, however, is a very important quality for a world leader to have.
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11-27-2012, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Tomax
It's a Criminal Code offence in Canada to either challenge someone to, or accept, a duel.
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Huh, wattayaknow?
http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/a...6/page-24.html
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Duelling 71. Every one who (a) challenges or attempts by any means to provoke another person to fight a duel, (b) attempts to provoke a person to challenge another person to fight a duel, or (c) accepts a challenge to fight a duel, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.
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I think the toughness that our leaders need these days is less physical and more mental and ethical.
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11-27-2012, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by DrBdan
I think the toughness that our leaders need these days is less physical and more mental and ethical.
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No doubt. I would say mentally tough people are considered "tough' by the standards of both past and present. I think when most people use the term tough they are typically referring to mental toughness.
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11-27-2012, 05:04 PM
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Agreed. It wasn't Teddy's physical toughness that makes the bullet incident impressive. By all accounts the wound wasn't all that serious. But the balls it takes for a man to know he's been shot in the chest and decide to give an hour-long speech anyway--that's impressive. Mental toughness for sure.
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11-27-2012, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Discipulus
Agreed. It wasn't Teddy's physical toughness that makes the bullet incident impressive. By all accounts the wound wasn't all that serious. But the balls it takes for a man to know he's been shot in the chest and decide to give an hour-long speech anyway--that's impressive. Mental toughness for sure.
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Even if the shooter had completely missed by a mile, most people would say "fuck the speach" and hide the rest of the day. I've been near a shooting and although the bullets were far away from me and I wasn't being shot at, it was still fucking scary.
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