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opiate69

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48. Hard to say…

Wed Dec 25, 2013, 01:35 AM

Dec 2013

I have a lot of experience with some hard-core Trekkers, so I know that any recommendation for or against seeing them could potentially bite me in the ass.. here's a link to some imdb user reviews of the first one. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/reviews?ref_=tt_urv

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Historic Difference between Men and Women [View all] RobertEarl Dec 2013 OP

Is there, like, a contest I missed? lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #1

Always competition RobertEarl Dec 2013 #2

Give my regards to Margaret Thatcher. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #3

You are on your own, there RobertEarl Dec 2013 #5

He was a guy... right? lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #10

. Egnever Dec 2013 #12

He was a man RobertEarl Dec 2013 #16

So... pintobean Dec 2013 #17

Most men don't make weapons or join armies Kurska Dec 2013 #23

lol d_b Dec 2013 #101

True, to a degree RobertEarl Dec 2013 #103

!!! opiate69 Dec 2013 #33

My, you are easily impressed BainsBane Dec 2013 #41

Well.. as long as you've deigned to grace us plebes with your presence... opiate69 Dec 2013 #44

It's facile BainsBane Dec 2013 #45

Ah.. ok then.. well.. Happy Holidays in any case. .sincerely.. opiate69 Dec 2013 #46

I didn't see the new Star Trek movie BainsBane Dec 2013 #47

Hard to say… opiate69 Dec 2013 #48

Quinto was very good in Heroes BainsBane Dec 2013 #49

True.. Nimoy (probably to his career's detriment) just flat-out owned that character… opiate69 Dec 2013 #50

Thanks BainsBane Dec 2013 #53

They're pretty good lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #91

Spock Rules. Katashi_itto Dec 2013 #66

Margret Thatcher might have been. I was never sure. Katashi_itto Dec 2013 #67

/thread... SidDithers Dec 2013 #86

Here's what I don't get RobertEarl Dec 2013 #118

self loathing is not making amends. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #119

Foolish pride is nuts RobertEarl Dec 2013 #120

I get that you're trying to get under my skin by telling me I'm not "a real man" - twice now. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #121

Not to mention Hillary Clinton, Dianne Feinstein, Mary Landrieu, Lisa Murkowski, Major Nikon Dec 2013 #92

It's hard to eat popcorn pintobean Dec 2013 #4

Yeah, like it is never the woman's fault. RC Dec 2013 #7

I nurtured my babies mokawanis Dec 2013 #6

Good for you RobertEarl Dec 2013 #15

I think you missed what the poster was trying to say. nt. Hosnon Dec 2013 #54

I grokked it RobertEarl Dec 2013 #107

1st 2 paragraphs I disagree with, last 2 are good uppityperson Dec 2013 #8

lol, really. loli phabay Dec 2013 #9

So when did it suddenly become the democratic position to bash and degrade the entire male gender? Kurska Dec 2013 #11

It's just history RobertEarl Dec 2013 #13

That is because females were traditionally excluded from many male dominated fields Kurska Dec 2013 #18

All sexist? RobertEarl Dec 2013 #19

Applying broad sweeping generalizations to genders is sexist. Quit engaging in sexism. Kurska Dec 2013 #21

Believe it or not RobertEarl Dec 2013 #24

Um what, you are so wrong Kurska Dec 2013 #25

Should have wrote *little* history RobertEarl Dec 2013 #26

I'm not saying the Iroquios were bad, I'm saying you're wrong. Kurska Dec 2013 #27

Consider first who writes history... Scootaloo Dec 2013 #63

It seems you are defeating Shankapotomus Dec 2013 #69

Interesting how your cogent response chervilant Dec 2013 #75

The trouble with both genders Shankapotomus Dec 2013 #81

Actually I was refuting the "you don't hear about them so they must not have been there" argument Scootaloo Dec 2013 #88

But you are implying that Shankapotomus Dec 2013 #89

No I'm not Scootaloo Dec 2013 #90

You are wrong"every society run by females had warriors" is not true and rainy Dec 2013 #79

I cited an example, I've cited many examples. Kurska Dec 2013 #97

Name one with a majority of female warriors. RobertEarl Dec 2013 #104

Maybe there is no difference Shankapotomus Dec 2013 #65

So your point is: Shankapotomus Dec 2013 #70

I'm a woman and I know plenty of women who are not peaceful. liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #40

Historically speaking RobertEarl Dec 2013 #42

It's probably because they like to wear pretty bows and lipstick Orrex Dec 2013 #43

I don't agree with that and I think that by slapping the historically speaking label on it you liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #56

History show that most if not all rainy Dec 2013 #78

Hedy Lamarr developed a revolutionary torpedo guidance system Orrex Dec 2013 #20

No that is impossible, women are saintly creatures with only love of humanity in their heart. Kurska Dec 2013 #22

Are you saying this: RobertEarl Dec 2013 #29

Russian female snipers of world war II Kurska Dec 2013 #30

+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2013 #31

You can't even answer a question, eh? RobertEarl Dec 2013 #32

I'm satisfied in my answer Kurska Dec 2013 #35

I'm not RobertEarl Dec 2013 #36

.... Kurska Dec 2013 #37

Night Witches Orrex Dec 2013 #38

I read about them in a book about the history of the eastern front Kurska Dec 2013 #55

They relied on their nurturing, life-giving nature Orrex Dec 2013 #77

The role of a soldier Shankapotomus Dec 2013 #68

There seems to be a lot of that here RobertEarl Dec 2013 #72

I think you're waging Shankapotomus Dec 2013 #73

Outnumbered? RobertEarl Dec 2013 #74

If that's the case? westerebus Dec 2013 #84

Because ONLY those with combat experience can rise through the ranks to the upper-level positions. n tblue37 Dec 2013 #106

So it is acceptable for women to embrace the warfare culture from a feminist point of view? westerebus Dec 2013 #108

Warfare culture? RobertEarl Dec 2013 #111

You did not answer the question. westerebus Dec 2013 #114

I tried nice... RobertEarl Dec 2013 #115

It didn't AgingAmerican Dec 2013 #14

I've seen the penis H2O Man Dec 2013 #28

That's a future classic RobertEarl Dec 2013 #34

+a gazillion chervilant Dec 2013 #76

Sure. H2O Man Dec 2013 #82

You used waaaay too many words for such a simple idea. nt rrneck Dec 2013 #39

another women a good men are evil Niceguy1 Dec 2013 #51

Male and female brains wired differently, scans reveal Source: The Guardian RobertEarl Dec 2013 #52

sorry but this is the same garbage that the right uses to say that women belong in the home and liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #58

The science writer of the year says this stuff is bunk (also on The Guardian) RainDog Dec 2013 #117

"They do not make war." Hosnon Dec 2013 #57

Or Elizabeth I...or Jeanne of Domremy...or Lyudmila Pavlichenko... Lizzie Poppet Dec 2013 #94

Condi Rice? She's famous! RobertEarl Dec 2013 #96

Female Hyenas who are dominant do the same thing man. n/t Kurska Dec 2013 #98

Brilliant!! Amazing!! RobertEarl Dec 2013 #99

Name a single species with a dominant member that that doesn't fight for dominance n/t Kurska Dec 2013 #100

Some sapiens RobertEarl Dec 2013 #102

If, like you seem to be, I were just pulling famous women's names out of thin air... Lizzie Poppet Dec 2013 #109

I understand what you are saying, but gender stereotypes are just that bhikkhu Dec 2013 #59

+1 liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #61

What a load of BS. Women create people? Well, I am not a woman according to you. idwiyo Dec 2013 #60

Boudica Boudica the Lyoness Dec 2013 #62

Yes, but that wasn't war ... JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2013 #83

lol Boudica the Lyoness Dec 2013 #105

There's quite a few women warriors: icymist Dec 2013 #64

I think the Night Witches might, forcefully, disagree with your first intaglio Dec 2013 #71

You are all missing the obvious rainy Dec 2013 #80

I've never known a woman to be named Bert. dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #85

... SidDithers Dec 2013 #87

Where are we going to get our killer weapons? We might end up with a el_bryanto Dec 2013 #93

That is the question RobertEarl Dec 2013 #95

There IS a difference between men & women but only in Method johnlucas Dec 2013 #110

Patriarchal nonsense. NuclearDem Dec 2013 #112

Sure they do RobertEarl Dec 2013 #113

Once "reality" started RainDog Dec 2013 #116

Well there are many biological, cultural and physical differences in men and women Rex Dec 2013 #122