UK captains of industry have charity night where they sexually assault young female 'hostesses'

[HoratioCuthbert]

Nobody plays cowboys and indians via "nature". There's no cowboy gene. It just shows how pervasive cultural influences are and how much children pick up on them regardless of what their parents try to do.

I know, I am female.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Not sure I like this banned from a thread thing. Obviously it makes the board more manageable but half the fun of this place is watching someone getting savaged for putting a foot wrong.

 

[8115]

I said specifically what I said. Would you like to critique that?

I'm surprised by your certainty .

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I'm surprised by your certainty .

That there is no cowboy gene? I'm pretty sure about that one. "Cowboys and indians" is absolutely not "nature".

 

[Magnus McGinty]

And The Bell Curve is a load of auld shite.

 

[Gromit]

He’s been banned from the thread so will be blissfully unaware of any subsequent fallout.

Unfortunately not true.
I have put a thread on full ignore and shortly after banned from the very same thread.

Didn't stop me from getting notifications about said thread or being able to read said thread. Only stops you from posting to it and responding.

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

And The Bell Curve is a load of auld shite.

Loads of bell ends curve.


(That didn't quite work did it?)

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Unfortunately not true.
I have put a thread on full ignore and shortly after banned from the very same thread.

Didn't stop me from getting notifications about said thread or being able to read said thread. Only stops you from posting to it and responding.

that's cause your cuntery transcends all boundaries

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I know, I am female.

I know, it was a comment on the general point.

 

[Poot]

Not sure I like this banned from a thread thing. Obviously it makes the board more manageable but half the fun of this place is watching someone getting savaged for putting a foot wrong.

Well, yes, but for one section of society it is usually extremely raw and personal. And it doesn't always feel as though they are getting savaged. Sometimes it just feels as though they have a platform to air their toxic views. And yes, sometimes it is quite hurtful if you're in the section of society that's being discussed.

Don't get me wrong, often it's a good reminder that the massive majority of Urban are really awesome and supportive, but still.

 

[Pickman's model]

Not sure I like this banned from a thread thing. Obviously it makes the board more manageable but half the fun of this place is watching someone getting savaged for putting a foot wrong.

You're doing it wrong if you're only watching

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Well, yes, but for one section of society it is usually extremely raw and personal. And it doesn't always feel as though they are getting savaged. Sometimes it just feels as though they have a platform to air their toxic views. And yes, sometimes it is quite hurtful if you're in the section of society that's being discussed.

Don't get me wrong, often it's a good reminder that the massive majority of Urban are really awesome and supportive, but still.

I’m in the camp of people organising against stuff rather than appealing to an authority to sort it. That aside, it works as threads can get derailed, even by obvious trolls such as Sass’s.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

You're doing it wrong if you're only watching

We’re all observers and participants.

 

[kenny g]

Thanks to the posters who appear to think it adds to the discussion to point out that there is not a cowboy gene......

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

Well, yes, but for one section of society it is usually extremely raw and personal. And it doesn't always feel as though they are getting savaged. Sometimes it just feels as though they have a platform to air their toxic views. And yes, sometimes it is quite hurtful if you're in the section of society that's being discussed.

Transgender folks? People with mental health issues who don't fit MIND's rosy picture of what that might look like?

I’m in the camp of people organising against stuff rather than appealing to an authority to sort it. That aside, it works as threads can get derailed, even by obvious trolls such as Sass’s.

You use these concepts strangely, urban is not the working class community you live in

 

[Magnus McGinty]

You use these concepts strangely, urban is not the working class community you live in

True. Although having posted on here for almost 20 years I know how it operates here also.

 

[dessiato]

I've always wanted to be a cowboy. It's in my jeans.

 

[Celyn]

By the way, nothing to do with this thread except in terms of comment on socialisation generally, but that video led me to this one, which is properly depressing.

Hell, that's scary. I *suppose* it might matter if these children are in some notably racist area of the USA, but it's quite horrible.

 

[Pickman's model]

True. Although having posted on here for almost 20 years I know how it operates here also.

((((magnus mcginty))))

 

[Pickman's model]

I've always wanted to be a cowboy. It's in my jeans.

You could go and take some chaps with you

 

[Magnus McGinty]

((((magnus mcginty))))

I know. You would expect I’d have found something better to do by now.

 

[Poot]

Me too. I think I need a break from this place for a while. I'm really not an angry person in real life, and I don't think I like myself much here at the moment.

 

[Celyn]

We were given a dolls house as a couple of brothers in non gender normative 70s household without a TV. Used to play cowboys and indians using lego men running through the house. Nature is often stronger than nurture.

My younger (female) cousin, (possibly aged 5 or 6, I don't know), when asked what she would like for Christmas, said "A doll. And a gun to shoot it with".

That doesn't indicate anything important really, but it still amuses me.

 

[Pickman's model]

Me too. I think I need a break from this place for a while. I'm really not an angry person in real life, and I don't think I like myself much here at the moment.

Aw Don't go - if you do come back soon

 

[Pickman's model]

My younger (female) cousin, (possibly aged 5 or 6, I don't know), when asked what she would like for Christmas, said "A doll. And a gun to shoot it with".

That doesn't indicate anything important really, but it still amuses me.

Did she get her gun?

 

[bimble]

Me too. I think I need a break from this place for a while. I'm really not an angry person in real life, and I don't think I like myself much here at the moment.

I know what you mean. Can’t figure out if it’s cathartic or just bad.

 

[Wilf]

Thanks to the posters who appear to think it adds to the discussion to point out that there is not a cowboy gene......

Kenny, get off your horse and drink your milk.

 

[dessiato]

You could go and take some chaps with you

But I'd not want to be saddled with them.



(This thread needs a bit of lightening up)

 

[HoratioCuthbert]

My younger (female) cousin, (possibly aged 5 or 6, I don't know), when asked what she would like for Christmas, said "A doll. And a gun to shoot it with".

That doesn't indicate anything important really, but it still amuses me.

Reminds me of a girl I used to childmind for, she wanted me to be a monster or something and was shooting me with a bow and arrow ... Once she succeeded in taking me out she says calmly "It's dead, but it's happy." 4 years old

 

[Celyn]

Another fascinating video, this one

Oh damn, and this is probably quite recent. Very worrying. How many girls at school are pushed away from careers by people like this? Even now?