tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post6882642016448487262..comments2024-02-17T04:06:00.805-05:00Comments on Just Not Said: Their diversity is their strength?John Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-63317139301423266082014-08-02T16:15:58.281-04:002014-08-02T16:15:58.281-04:00Steven --
Oops, I guess I should have read the pos...Steven --<br />Oops, I guess I should have read the post before responding to you. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-62838932571016399792014-08-02T12:54:56.290-04:002014-08-02T12:54:56.290-04:00Good memory though, you said the exact same thing ...Good memory though, you said the exact same thing as above.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276736643046430370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-56527907456597780522014-08-02T12:54:25.615-04:002014-08-02T12:54:25.615-04:00hehe that was in this post John. That's why I ...hehe that was in this post John. That's why I told you about the bear.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276736643046430370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-70245391129461290602014-08-02T09:15:11.512-04:002014-08-02T09:15:11.512-04:00Steven --
Interesting, thanks. And I guess the lio...Steven --<br />Interesting, thanks. And I guess the lion is therefore tailor-made as an opponent for the bear since bears kill other animals with a swipe to the head. <br /><br />I wrote somewhere, on another post, about lion-tiger fights. The Koreans used to stage these, and surprisingly, the lions used to win, at least against Siberian tigers. After they started bringing Bengal tigers in, the outcomes changed. But a tiger kills by leaping on top of its opponents, whereas a lion goes for the throat, and when a tiger is midair, the lion has a chance to go for its throat. That's what I heard, in any case. John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-76441502027658168242014-08-02T08:30:26.423-04:002014-08-02T08:30:26.423-04:00A man brought a bear and a lion to California duri...A man brought a bear and a lion to California during the gold rush to entertain the prospectors and miners by making the two animals fight. The bear beat the lion and some other animals they made him fight too.<br /><br />The theory is that the lion has a relatively thin skull and the bear can easily beat the lion with a blow to the head.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276736643046430370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-14852850920015135782014-02-21T05:15:20.018-05:002014-02-21T05:15:20.018-05:00Arthur --
Thanks for taking the effort to go back ...Arthur --<br />Thanks for taking the effort to go back this far. I think my son had a similar experience when he was in the Army: he was friendly with a lot of people he wouldn't normally have been outside the service. (He was in Alaska and Afghanistan, and was at an isolated COP in the latter.)John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-53937760028220037842014-02-20T21:21:35.728-05:002014-02-20T21:21:35.728-05:00Catching up on a lot of your old posts since I onl...Catching up on a lot of your old posts since I only discovered the Blog a few months ago. Just a side note to add; while stationed overseas (Guam to be exact) there was a limited number of Americans on the island and most of us were military. You saw the same type of grouping amongst us at clubs, beaches and similar social settings if only because we recognized our kinship of country. I had more than a few candid conversations with others lamenting the fact that the racial and cultural lines would get redrawn as soon as we were stateside.ArthurinCalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00622940917697143070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-5096877222834465902009-12-21T08:39:13.431-05:002009-12-21T08:39:13.431-05:00I agree with that sentiment completely. The proble...I agree with that sentiment completely. The problem now is that there is a double standard, some groups are allowed to act in their self-interest while others are supposed to be self-abnegating. If everyone would loosen their tribal ties equally, I'd be all for it.John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-26504000715433687192009-12-21T08:23:40.254-05:002009-12-21T08:23:40.254-05:00I'm not a fan of external programming, particu...I'm not a fan of external programming, particularly when it's politically motivated. But I do think it's constructive to give people opportunities to loosen the tribal ties if they are ready to do so.<br />GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-59369248169325911122009-12-21T08:14:12.400-05:002009-12-21T08:14:12.400-05:00Thanks Guy. There is certainly a lot of programmin...Thanks Guy. There is certainly a lot of programming going on right now with the constant recitation of the "Our diversity is our strength" mantra. <br /><br />Makes one wonder where it's coming from and whom it benefits.John Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08729625146043379286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794535954827182754.post-7958228468260474342009-12-21T08:10:22.902-05:002009-12-21T08:10:22.902-05:00Interesting, John. Thanks for all the background....Interesting, John. Thanks for all the background. It does seem such an unlikely friendship and prompt your question about what it might say about humans. I think that it is a great strength when we can transcend tribal ties, but it takes unusual early programming to do so.<br />GAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com