"Phil #3" wrote in message
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On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 20:04:16 +0200, "Dusty" wrote:

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The whole thing is too little, too late. The FIRST necessity is to
consider and treat BOTH parents as equals, which would solve the whole
problem but that isn't gonna happen until men, as a group, get radical and
vocal.

That's all well and good Phil, but there's a major flaw in that idea.. (1)
men are being picked off one-by-one wither they are vocal about it or not
and (2) try as we might, there is no central figure for men to rally around.

I hate to say it, but most people are sheep and will only follow those in
front of them, even if it's over a cliff. The lack of a central, organized
hub, if you will, to grease the wheels and keep them turning in the right
direction is what is required for the MRM to take flight.

Part of the problem is that there are many, many splinter groups that, much
like the Red Queen, are after someone's head. This in turn is what feeds
the media to portray everyone in the MRM as a nut-job. Which leads us to
another part of the problem, lack of media support or good, pro-father
stories in the media. A good deal of that can be laid at the feet of the
Hollywood elite by their constant portrayals of men as complete dopes and
utter fools. After being fed a steady diet of "Dad is a Buffoon" for nearly
30 years the public buys into it, hook, line and sinker without ever raising
an eyebrow.

Reverse this and people will demand heads on platters. An unlikely example
of this is David Letterman and his so-called joke about former Governor
Palin's daughter. People who heard it wanted Letterman's head in a pike for
insulting a young girl and insinuating that rape would be good for her. But
whereas people went into an uproar over this happening to a female, not a
peep was heard about a demand for Letterman to apologize to the MAN he
slighted as her would-be rapist!

There's a lot of work yet to be done before we can even think of getting
into the ring with the girls.