Law School Discussion

Quote from: Beef Jerky on February 15, 2007, 03:27:04 PM

Quote from: ADL on February 15, 2007, 03:25:19 PM

i have never understood why a lot of males seem to shun away from this type of relationship w/other men.  relationships where feelings are involved.  it almost seems like men are only supposed to have one emotion - anger.  why??

because it's manly.  roar!

(social norms)

this is correct.  The lonely suburbanite, if you will.

the concept of the primitive hunter is not correct.  that architype is all about community.  they went "camping" for extended periods of time, even without considering the tremendous amount of cooperation that hunting "back in the day" would require.

Quote from: Papa Bear on February 15, 2007, 02:08:36 PM

I had to ponder on this one. The following is 100% conjecture, I don't know it to be fact at all...just throwing it out there.

Some people are probably purposefully racist or homophobic, in which they're making a decision to capitalize on the sentiment. I suspect that a lot of church leaders are this way, but I have no proof. Some racists or homophobes are probably predisposed inasmuch as they don't, because predisposition, lack of intelligence, or the like, judge complex quality, such as that of a human being, on a continuum. Such a person judges complex quality in terms of good and evil, like and dislike, as opposed to "I like this one more, that one less." These people would fit into the "religious homophobe" classification very nicely, and would be drawn to it, because the heaven/hell construction supports their own simplistic view of things. For others it might be a lack of familiarity such that they can't see past the disagreement, similar to the us/them approach Americans seem to take toward every Muslim except maybe for the ones they know and like.

What do you guys think?

I agree that there are some people who are purposefully homophobic to fulfill a certain agenda they need to procced upon.  In addition, I also acknowledge that some people are homophobic because they don't know any better (lack the capacity to critically think about what's been fed to them, as you've said.)  These two types seem to be of the same sort, and the latter is often derived from the former.

However, there may be an alternative type of homophobe in existence.  This last type consists of people who are predominantly male who are uncomfortable with the concept of male-male intimacy (all types, close friendships included.)  Men who have missed significant male relationships (the type where an exchange of feelings occur, not just sunday football) were probably raised to have very specific delinations of what was appropriate for men to do and not do.*

* - If someone already said this, I apologize.  I didn't bother to read the entire thread.

Aw - I love that movie!  I think it's adorable and funny ... it isn't supposed to be taken seriously.  Even people who know NOTHING about law school realize that it isn't realistic.  And I mean, it isn't that she is supposed to be DUMB, she's just ... ditzy, I guess.  But I really like how the movie shows her working really hard and trying to prove the doubters wrong ... and it's just hilariously entertaining.

I also have never had any real hope of going to harvard (nor do I want to).

The only part about the movie that kills me is going from a 143 to a 179.  That is simply NOT possible.  It would take YEARS of study to do that ... and she took, what?  a few weeks or months, maybe?  NOT POSSIBLE.  I think that might make some dumb ppl think the LSAT is easy ... but most realize it isn't.

But I swear to God, the question you hear her friend reading to her when she's studying is one that I ran across w/ princeton review ... it's scary!!!