men/rejection
This is very true, I was indeed jesting, I think the behaviour of some of my fellow penis owners is frankly appalling - the train thing strikes a chord - I, like many men would like to intervene but would also like to not be stabbed in the face. It is a genuine quandary.

Small point though - if there were more polite intelligent young women out there and less braying tarts (also found on trains usually screeching down pink mobiles) who understood it is nerve racking for any bloke (particularly young and awkward teenage blokes) to approach a woman and that it would be at best least well mannered or better still kinder to let them down them in an appropriate fashion then they might not be so inclined to be frightened of women - therefore turn in to nasty little pricks as a defence mechanism – ‘bovvered?’

So full circle, it comes back to manners as you say, which is indeed the parent’s responsibility - but crucially, is also an issue for our (rapidly collapsing) sense of social responsibility. I have a two-year-old son. He is beautiful, innocent and perfect. If he ever spoke to anyone in the manner you have described - if I wasn’t there to correct him myself I would hope some other decent soul would. Which frankly with the stabbing in the face issue is not likely.

When I was a nipper if an adult told me off I accepted the situation and respected them. Sadly respect seems to be out of fashion ‘innit’

(Still fancy you though)
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Fri 2 May 2008, 16:10, Reply)