tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post8873437389993235185..comments2024-03-28T03:31:42.278-07:00Comments on Chiron: One of the Mental DrillsRoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-43337266140612699032010-12-06T11:54:11.776-08:002010-12-06T11:54:11.776-08:00LOt's of 'predator' behavior harkens b...LOt's of 'predator' behavior harkens back to our hunting history. One of the variations on the GMD has the bonding element that used to come from hunting in bands.Roryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08483616030072739190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-86003690745336517342010-12-05T05:56:30.540-08:002010-12-05T05:56:30.540-08:00Best wishes and luck to your guest. Take care, the...Best wishes and luck to your guest. Take care, the... five? of you.<br /><br />Ferranshugyoshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04437800091500543886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-9445487885520889662010-12-04T07:57:09.950-08:002010-12-04T07:57:09.950-08:00Rory -- if you don't already do so in this boo...Rory -- if you don't already do so in this book, could you elaborate on when/if/how Counting Coup-like practice becomes mugging? At what point does the "game" turn violent? (Or, knowing the criminal mindset, does it ever stop being a game?)Tiffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353406161801417939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-9053515990481649222010-12-04T02:39:14.881-08:002010-12-04T02:39:14.881-08:00I would suggest that Forcing is part of the domina...I would suggest that Forcing is part of the dominance ritual, which could lead on to the Monkey Dance proper, though generally it is more about general dominance. Teenagers do it IMO because they are forming identity establishing their own boundaries etc. Predators as Rory mentions in MoV are those that find that certain kinds of behaviour work for them and then continue to use it.<br />Obviously not everyone does it, but people who turn out ok may well behave in this way for a while, its often part of growing up. A number of societies have incorporated a phase when young men formed groups that lived outside of the community and could behave in unacceptable ways, while being temporary "outcasts" once they "grew out of it" they would be accepted back in to society. Things like national service would be a modern version.<br />BestThe European Historical Combat Guildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425115205496881300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-60830142142269178202010-12-03T23:15:16.028-08:002010-12-03T23:15:16.028-08:00Lise-
This is exactly what that woman was doing i...Lise- <br />This is exactly what that woman was doing in that grocery store in your post "State of Awareness." She was doing a reverse "Forcing" instead of forcing people into her space. She, by acting oblivious, was forcing people to react to her buy getting out of her way. For those who might want to read it: http://womenselfprotection.blogspot.com/2010/11/state-of-awareness.html<br /><br />Rory- <br />Is the "Monkey Dance" just "Counting Coup" out of control?<br /><br />Dlshad-<br />Welcome.Josh Kruschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288700371539530398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-72781888584559308702010-12-03T18:09:26.623-08:002010-12-03T18:09:26.623-08:00Very interesting. I was following a discussion ab...Very interesting. I was following a discussion about this very topic a couple of weeks ago. As a kid we used to see how close you could sneak up on someone stay there without them noticing.<br /><br /> Kind of like trying to be a "pickpocket" without getting caught.Mark Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-19537708113148903502010-12-03T15:35:48.140-08:002010-12-03T15:35:48.140-08:00Great stuff.
Could you say more about how some pre...Great stuff.<br />Could you say more about how some predator behavior is part of normal social development in young men?<br />Between age 13 and 16 sneaking up, lurking, climbing in and out of windows, bumping into people, surprising, grabbing, even cornering...seems like everyone was doing it, along with showing-off of course.<br />Was I part of some degenerate urban sub-culture that is the endless fascination of horror movie directors, or is all this stuff pretty normal and the people who become "predators" are just kids who got hooked on the not-so-fun "fun?"Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771944484286659825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-1459044818761490362010-12-03T14:43:17.635-08:002010-12-03T14:43:17.635-08:00LOVE this!!!! The book will be great I am certain...LOVE this!!!! The book will be great I am certainLise Steenersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05040510534717038918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14473417.post-22489126275190206882010-12-03T13:59:00.880-08:002010-12-03T13:59:00.880-08:00Looking forward to the entire book, this excerpt w...Looking forward to the entire book, this excerpt was very, very interesting and informative...Thanks!Charles Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13812618556413423872noreply@blogger.com