Comments on: A Line in the Sand http://sgthook.com/2006/07/17/a-line-in-the-sand/ This We'll Defend Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:42:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: tom carsley http://sgthook.com/2006/07/17/a-line-in-the-sand/#comment-19145 tom carsley Tue, 01 Aug 2006 21:49:03 +0000 http://sgthook.com/2006/07/17/a-line-in-the-sand/#comment-19145 We should be teaching our children the same things. Everyone needs to go by this advice. Bullies do not care about PC, evil-doers do not care about being nice. Fool me once..... twice is your ass.. We should be teaching our children the same things. Everyone needs to go by this advice. Bullies do not care about PC, evil-doers do not care about being nice. Fool me once….. twice is your ass..

]]> By: DUKE http://sgthook.com/2006/07/17/a-line-in-the-sand/#comment-18552 DUKE Wed, 26 Jul 2006 19:51:20 +0000 http://sgthook.com/2006/07/17/a-line-in-the-sand/#comment-18552 This is classic, I taught my son the same lesson, I was in the Marine Corp during Vietnam and we had children later in our lives but I raised my boys like they were in the Corp from day one. I distinctly remember teaching them that you give way until there is no way to give, and then you defend. I remember the drill instructor telling us the you got three options in life , you fight , you f _ _ k , or you hit the fence, well that stuck with me all my life, if you want to keep something or have something that someone else is determined to literally take away from you against your better wishs then you better be prepared to keep it by force.I remember my son getting home early one day from elimentary school and I asked him what he was doing home so early and he handed me a note from his teacher in the forth grade, she was admonmishing me as to my sons rude and un politically incorrect behavior that afternoon in the line waiting for a drink at the water fountain, she said he shoved another kid up against he wall and that she saw it and was thoroughly appalled at this behavior because Josh was always such a good boy in class and on the playground , that he never displayed this type of behavior before and she simply didnt understand why it happend this afternoon. Upon questioning my son he told me that another boy, the bully of the class was pushing others out of line and taking their place repeatedly for the sole reason of obtaining more drinks than the rest of them were aloud, when the bully shoved the kid right in front of Josh they both fell to the ground, thats when Josh stood up, took his stance and defended his ground agaisnt an aggressor, albeit this is only the forth grade and all, but the proof is in the pudding so to speak, he learned and showed his metal that day and to this day he is a shinning example of restraint and composure until he is required to do otherwise by acts of those who would abuse the right of polite society and throw away the rules for their own gain by whatever means they deem worhty. Well I made a trip to that school the very next day, myself, the teacher, the principal and my son all had a nice talk in the principals office and that teacher learned a few things that day about this great nation and the kind of men we need to groom to be able to run it later in our lives when we hand over the mantle of responcibilty. I dont think I ever saw a principal and teacher express more heartfelt feelings of gratitude towards a parent for the mere fact that I held my children to a moral and ethical code that they both admitted to me was almost unheard of and rarely seen in the majority of unruly children those days. I know in my heart and soul that my wife and I raised ours right, how many others can say that without having to think back on the way they did it and what they taught their children wihout hesitation. I know we can and damn proud of them we are, both my boys are lifer's one in the US Army, one in the US Navy, and not to leave anyone out, my only daughter is a professional nanny, raising others children to be properly raised as she and her brothers were. Good night and Good luck! Duke This is classic, I taught my son the same lesson, I was in the Marine Corp during Vietnam and we had children later in our lives but I raised my boys like they were in the Corp from day one. I distinctly remember teaching them that you give way until there is no way to give, and then you defend. I remember the drill instructor telling us the you got three options in life , you fight , you f _ _ k , or you hit the fence, well that stuck with me all my life, if you want to keep something or have something that someone else is determined to literally take away from you against your better wishs then you better be prepared to keep it by force.I remember my son getting home early one day from elimentary school and I asked him what he was doing home so early and he handed me a note from his teacher in the forth grade, she was admonmishing me as to my sons rude and un politically incorrect behavior that afternoon in the line waiting for a drink at the water fountain, she said he shoved another kid up against he wall and that she saw it and was thoroughly appalled at this behavior because Josh was always such a good boy in class and on the playground , that he never displayed this type of behavior before and she simply didnt understand why it happend this afternoon. Upon questioning my son he told me that another boy, the bully of the class was pushing others out of line and taking their place repeatedly for the sole reason of obtaining more drinks than the rest of them were aloud, when the bully shoved the kid right in front of Josh they both fell to the ground, thats when Josh stood up, took his stance and defended his ground agaisnt an aggressor, albeit this is only the forth grade and all, but the proof is in the pudding so to speak, he learned and showed his metal that day and to this day he is a shinning example of restraint and composure until he is required to do otherwise by acts of those who would abuse the right of polite society and throw away the rules for their own gain by whatever means they deem worhty. Well I made a trip to that school the very next day, myself, the teacher, the principal and my son all had a nice talk in the principals office and that teacher learned a few things that day about this great nation and the kind of men we need to groom to be able to run it later in our lives when we hand over the mantle of responcibilty. I dont think I ever saw a principal and teacher express more heartfelt feelings of gratitude towards a parent for the mere fact that I held my children to a moral and ethical code that they both admitted to me was almost unheard of and rarely seen in the majority of unruly children those days. I know in my heart and soul that my wife and I raised ours right, how many others can say that without having to think back on the way they did it and what they taught their children wihout hesitation. I know we can and damn proud of them we are, both my boys are lifer’s one in the US Army, one in the US Navy, and not to leave anyone out, my only daughter is a professional nanny, raising others children to be properly raised as she and her brothers were.
Good night and Good luck!
Duke

]]> By: BIRDZILLA http://sgthook.com/2006/07/17/a-line-in-the-sand/#comment-18307 BIRDZILLA Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:12:29 +0000 http://sgthook.com/2006/07/17/a-line-in-the-sand/#comment-18307 Yeah it sure beats listening to the babbling psyco idiots i mean like what would happen to my older brother a kid used to ambush him and beat him up until the day he punched the bully in the face while wearing a ring it sure put a end to the bullying and beats the stupid idea put forth by the kiss and make up psyco babble idiots Yeah it sure beats listening to the babbling psyco idiots i mean like what would happen to my older brother a kid used to ambush him and beat him up until the day he punched the bully in the face while wearing a ring it sure put a end to the bullying and beats the stupid idea put forth by the kiss and make up psyco babble idiots

]]> By: dadmanly http://sgthook.com/2006/07/17/a-line-in-the-sand/#comment-17623 dadmanly Wed, 19 Jul 2006 20:24:17 +0000 http://sgthook.com/2006/07/17/a-line-in-the-sand/#comment-17623 Hook, I'v ehad to deal with this a bit with Little Manly. There's an old post out there somewhere. But I like your story better. I'm going to share it with my Little Manly, and thanks for sharing it with us! Hook,

I’v ehad to deal with this a bit with Little Manly. There’s an old post out there somewhere. But I like your story better.

I’m going to share it with my Little Manly, and thanks for sharing it with us!

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