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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
Maybe it's because I reject most of the macho John Wayne bullshit - not just because I am a pain in the ass, but because it is a mythical misrepresentation that has prompted men to have irrational expectations of themselves, often to the detriment of many others - but, maybe it's because of that that I don't see those as the only two options.
Violence or subservience.
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No they aren't the only two options. My grandfather's eldest brother was killed in WWII after being found out as being a key to the resistence in the Philippines. He did not fight but provided intelligence and arms to those that would. But that particular war stripped our family of many of it's resources like land, cattle, property, and livelihood. I'm sure that there are similar stories in Iraq and other wartorn countries.
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