I just wonder...

Recently I had a friend say something that shocked me...so I decided to get a second opinion. She said that her psychology professor had said that we don't have instincts. HUH??? We have instincts or reflexes or whatever you want to call them but I couldn't believe that, first of all that was ever stated & second of all, that she believed it. To put this in context, we were talking about women in combat, well, we were debating it which is something that I love to do. I love to debate because I like to hear other people's side & their reasoning behind it. I don't do it to get new opinions because, let's face it, I'm pretty set in mine. However, I am always open to new ideas. Anyway, I am "old-fashioned" because I don't think that women have any place in combat. Now before everyone starts ramrodding me for my opinion, let me tell you why. First off, I don't think that we're physically built for it. We tend to be the strongest in our lower body & combat requires a lot of upper body strength. It requires lower body strength too but when shooting a gun or "fighting" someone, it's mostly the use of your upper body. This is also why I don't think women should play football, be police officers or be firefighters. Remember though, this is just my opinion. I also think that we're too emotional to be rational in certain situations. Take the movie "Courage Under Fire," I consider this to be a prime example of why women don't belong in combat. I know, it's a movie but there are some parts of it that are true to life. I am a woman & I know how emotional I can be and sometimes I tend to be irrational because of my emotions. Men are not as much this way, not to say that they aren't at all but less so than women, generally speaking. Men can "turn off" their emotions where women don't usually have that ability. (Again, I am speaking generally here so please don't ramrod me!!!!) I have a friend, a woman, who is military & she said that she had a hard time with some of her training because she had a simulation where she had to shoot a kid with a bomb strapped to him/her. (I can't remember if it was a boy or girl.) Anyway, instead of just shooting, she tried to talk to the kid & ended up getting blown up. She is a mother. I'm not a mother but I don't know that I could shoot a child, regardless. I think that women have certain instincts when it comes to children that doesn't allow them to look at the situation completely rationally. Now, there are exeptions to every rule & situations that make this situation less definitive. For example, a woman on her period might react differently, we're all a little bitchy around that time in our lives. A woman that has lost a child would react differently, there are all sorts of extenuating circumstances for this. I am generalizing though. Anyway, this all boils down to the question of instincts...do we have them, or don't we???

Wait, what???? Stories of the NFL convictions

Ok, so I have an opinion about all the "stuff" that's going on in the NFL with some of the suspended players. First off, why is it that Plaxico Burress & Michael Vick have to spend 2 years in jail & Donte Stallworth, who KILLED a person, only spent 30 days???? WTF people?!?!?!? Ok, don't get me wrong, I don't think that what Vick or Burress did was ok but neither of them took a life!!!! Burress was just a dumbass, I mean, he shot himself, come on...lol!!!! Vick was dogfighting & that is a very bad thing but he killed dogs, not PEOPLE!!! Ok, for those of you who know me well, you know how much of a dog lover I am! I have 2 dogs that are my furry children since I don't have human children of my own. The very thought of someone killing dogs in that manner makes me tear up. I would kill for my dogs. That being said, they are still dogs. If they run out into the street & get run over, I will be devastated, I will probably spend time in the nuthouse but I will recover & I will NOT kill the person who hit them. I will be angry but then I have to step back from the situation & look at all the angles & make an adult decision, you know? Now, if someone kills them in cold blood, that's a whole different story...that would put me in a state of pissed off that scares even me. I know how I reacted when someone shot my husky that I had. They didn't kill him but shot him in the hind leg with a pellet gun. I know who it was & I wanted so badly to kill one of their dogs in return. Mind you, they had 3 rottweilers that were mean as junkyard dogs. They had chased some of the kids & some of the adults. They ran free & annoyed my dog consistently & they were very unruly. I contemplated calling animal control many times & I think I did once. I feel that your dog is your responsibility. That being said, I also feel that people need to take responsibility for how they treat a dog...but I digress.

What blows my mind about these three players is that people are the harshest toward Michael Vick. Seriously, Donte Stallworth killed a man who had a family while he was driving drunk but that's ok, he just killed a person. Michael Vick deserves to burn for killing dogs...it's faulty logic if you ask me.