OMG, Timothy. What a story! Was Chuck, your friend, the man who shot himself? If so, what a heartbreak for you.
And what guts you have to admit you were motivated by proving what a man you were. To whom were you proving that? Yourself or somebody else? Recognizing not liking anyone telling you what to do was poor judgement is superior cha…
OMG, Timothy. What a story! Was Chuck, your friend, the man who shot himself? If so, what a heartbreak for you.
And what guts you have to admit you were motivated by proving what a man you were. To whom were you proving that? Yourself or somebody else? Recognizing not liking anyone telling you what to do was poor judgement is superior character as well. You're talking about a different level of manhood - judgement and character, not the ability to violate another human being.
Thanks for speaking out and I hope you are doing so throughout NH. God bess you!
I wrote a long reply and deleted it inadvertently - I think
Sure, I knew Chuck. My graduated class was little more than 100 from a 4 town regional school district! So everyone knew everyone and Chuck was a guy I knew most of my life. And there were a lot of kids in small town NH that never saw 18 through drugs, booze, car wrecks and guns. And many more who were lost to Vietnam.
I don’t think that much has changed in my lifetime. Different Drug epidemics, more gun violence & accidents, safer car wrecks but plenty of American carnage to go around.
Regarding who I wanted to prove what a man I was? Me & everybody else too! And I think that reason rings true today. Lots and lots of insecure young men, perhaps more alienated & alone but insecure nonetheless that feel powerful with a killing instrument in their hands.
Thanks and good evening or good morning as the case may be when you read this.
Thanks for your reply. (It's morning now.) As a retired social science teacher (history, geography, government, etc.), I want to know why there are so many insecure young men. Is it because the economy has changed so drastically that high school graduates can no longer get good-paying manufacturing jobs. Is it because relationships between men and women have so drastically changed that men without a good income are not good marriage material and women have the option now of not marrying or marrying later in life?
OMG, Timothy. What a story! Was Chuck, your friend, the man who shot himself? If so, what a heartbreak for you.
And what guts you have to admit you were motivated by proving what a man you were. To whom were you proving that? Yourself or somebody else? Recognizing not liking anyone telling you what to do was poor judgement is superior character as well. You're talking about a different level of manhood - judgement and character, not the ability to violate another human being.
Thanks for speaking out and I hope you are doing so throughout NH. God bess you!
I wrote a long reply and deleted it inadvertently - I think
Sure, I knew Chuck. My graduated class was little more than 100 from a 4 town regional school district! So everyone knew everyone and Chuck was a guy I knew most of my life. And there were a lot of kids in small town NH that never saw 18 through drugs, booze, car wrecks and guns. And many more who were lost to Vietnam.
I don’t think that much has changed in my lifetime. Different Drug epidemics, more gun violence & accidents, safer car wrecks but plenty of American carnage to go around.
Regarding who I wanted to prove what a man I was? Me & everybody else too! And I think that reason rings true today. Lots and lots of insecure young men, perhaps more alienated & alone but insecure nonetheless that feel powerful with a killing instrument in their hands.
Thanks and good evening or good morning as the case may be when you read this.
Thanks for your reply. (It's morning now.) As a retired social science teacher (history, geography, government, etc.), I want to know why there are so many insecure young men. Is it because the economy has changed so drastically that high school graduates can no longer get good-paying manufacturing jobs. Is it because relationships between men and women have so drastically changed that men without a good income are not good marriage material and women have the option now of not marrying or marrying later in life?