<\/p>\n
Every good
\nshow on T.V. warns the viewers that the amazing, unpredictable, exciting and
\ndangerous thing they are about to do should never be attempted by the rest of
\nus. These are trained professionals. There is though one major flaw in their
\nreasoning. The reason why these guys got good at what they’ re demo-ing, is
\nonly BECAUSE THEY TRIED IT AT HOME!<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
If you never
\ntry it at home you never get good enough to demonstrate your skill in front of
\nothers. Those same “others” that you warn “don’t try this at home”. How come
\nonly the people having fun by trying it at home get to try it at home? Only so
\nthey get the privilege of telling us not<\/i>
\ntoo?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
I recognize
\nthat some things we are warned not to try at home are stupid things that get
\nthe guy hurt and we laugh at them for being so stupid, but don’t we as Americans
\nhave the right to do stupid stuff? The truth is we are<\/i> allowed to do stupid stuff it’s just what<\/b> stupid stuff does the culture or laws allow?<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We cant jump
\noff the roof of our local community swimming pool on a skateboard holding an
\numbrella BUT we can go to a nightclub, get drunk, make a pass at someone we
\ndon’t know, assess our own ability to get behind the wheel of a car and then
\ndrive home. We are allowed to try that at “home”, somehow we are relying on
\nyour personal responsibility to guide you<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
We’ve all
\nrun red lights. It’s only the people that run red lights, hit some innocent
\nother car, injure them, that we as a community scream and wrench our hands,
\n“Off with their heads!” One of the best lines I ever heard from a pastor was
\nfrom the late Ed Cole. Author of the book ” Maximized Manhood” who said, ” We
\ntend to judge others by what they do, but we judge ourselves by our
\nintentions”.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
The truth of
\nthe matter is most of the stuff we aren’t encouraged to try at home is done by
\nmen. Adolescent men specifically, but men in general. Usually it amounts to
\nsomething dangerous that will hurt or, at least, could. To women it is idiocy,
\nto men; it is a right of passage.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Men grow up
\nhearing their mom constantly utilize the mom-invented phrase, “you’re going to
\nget hurt”. The truth is men don’t care. The fact we are interested in this
\nchallenge is that the possibility is very real we are going to get hurt. That’s
\nthe intrigue. Men like to challenge pain. Men are inspired by the possibility
\nthat they are going to pay for this endeavor.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
When it comes
\nto pain talk you will always have women interject how they have babies so only they<\/i> know pain. The reason women have
\nbabies isn’t because they are more noble, it’s because GOD SAID SO! By the way,
\nthe pain came as punishment for failure to follow Gods instructions.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Men would
\nhave babies if that were the only alternative. Men are the ones who have always
\nfought in war to make the world a safe place for women to have babies. Men are
\nthe one getting killed and captured and tortured for their commitment to their
\ncause.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Anyone want
\nto argue the pain involved in POW torture is less than giving birth? Not to
\nmention they were often left in these horrific conditions for days, weeks, and
\nyears. At least at the end of labor you get the miraculous result of another
\nhuman. Men’s labor pain, (based on Genesis) is never ending and produces the
\nresults of having to do it again tomorrow. (I always look for ways to lift up
\nmy gender whenever possible, Lord knows the culture doesn’t.)<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Our result
\nis giving birth to dreams, nations, culture, ideas, discoveries, and hope. So I
\nfor one demand we go back to the old days where we were encouraged to try it at
\nhome. Hey the worse that could happen is you cause the toilet to explode and
\nend up covered in excrement. The best that could happen is some other guy had
\nthe foresight to film your experiment and you become a you-tube legend.<\/p>\n
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