Or the Native American first officer of a Federation Starship.

At my school we had a special program for resolving bullying and other disputes.

It was called "fighting".

These boys today don't understand how bad they're being brainwashed into becoming girls. The pendulum has swung too far, children must handle this stuff alone if they can. And they will, if allowed.

/sigh... more bleach please.

In that case, you can wear whatever hair style you want.

No self-respecting dual-sword-wielding samurai would sink to the depths of the mullet. So, the mullet remains forbidden in all circumstances.

I agree with you 100%. Years later (now) I remember when we would "meet behind the bleachers after school " to settle scores. Man how things have changed. The "taming" of America

Except in Florida of course.

They didn't just make it up. That's how the real Harlan Sanders dressed on the job.

Boys have to learn man rules. There's no way around it.

I think you have defined the problem right there.

You know wjhat? When the first kid stops that trend, so will the others.

This will sound boring coming from me, but I just can't let these go by

1. Beginning each sentence spoken with "So..."
2. Ending each spoken"mini"- thought on a high-pitched tone, except for the final word of the overall thought.

The problem is that most people can't distinguish between 'fighting' and 'bullying'. For example, when two groups decide to get into a huge fight together, that's voluntary. (happened occasionally between the blacks and rednecks in my high school. Weirdly enough, they didn't spread the rage around. it was targeted. Band geeks, for example, didn't have any trouble with those two groups. ) Allowing kids to -abuse- other kids because, for real example, they play football, is stupid, and doesn't teach anyone anything other than "I can get away with anything." That leads to things like Columbine - I put the responsibility for that squarely on the Principal and his defense of the abuse of "They need to learn how the real world works."

The principal at my schools came down on people fighting, but 'Zero Tolerance' wouldn't have come to his mind at all. (He also could wield a mean paddle. I had him for elementary, jr. high, and high school. He moved from one to the other one year before I did, then my senior year moved to district administration).

Settling things between two willing people - sure. I don't even care if they want to do dueling with pistols at dawn. As long as it's two people doing it willingly, and they don't endanger bystanders, go for it.

I really don't call geocaching a silly trend. It is basically land navigation with a GPS. Don't also recall people doing it at all hours of the night. Guess it depends where you live.

So, tell me how you really feel.

You're just jealous because "Penguins Don't Have Nipples".

Upscale Suburbs. Nuff Said.

The problem is that now a kid won't take his lumps and learn from it. He's more likely to grab a gun instead.

My two boys can count on one hand, how many times they had their mouths washed out with soap. First offense was a bar of dove was rubbed on their tongue; The repeat offense had the same soap rubbed into their teeth. They sat for a few (five at most) minutes to reflect on their offense and then allowed to brush their teeth and rinse. This was punishment for foul language, lying or rude speech. My oldest received it twice, the youngest 4 or 5 times (slow learner).