Comments on: The Warrior’s Guide to True Manliness http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Mon, 20 May 2013 02:44:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Robbie http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/comment-page-1/#comment-102254 Robbie Tue, 25 May 2010 09:36:45 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/#comment-102254 english teacher*

…yes, i do see the irony. It was a lack of editing on my part.

]]> By: Robbie http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/comment-page-1/#comment-102253 Robbie Tue, 25 May 2010 09:33:41 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/#comment-102253 I dont understand what is wrong with all of the people on this post arguing and criticizing this post. All the author is doing is using a warrior analogy to illustrate very valid and constructive points about living as a well rounded man. You people contradicting the points in this article either have an inflated sense of self-importance, or you just love to criticize anything. So what if it was lifted or inspired by other writings? Led Zeppelin borrowed much of their influences material and made it into the most enduring and popular rock and roll music of all time, as did the Beatles, as did the Stones…and THEY in turn are heavily derived from by modern music today (White Stripes from Zeppelin, off the top of my head). The same principle applies. Who are you to get all pissy about the citing of the article? Are you an English teachers or something? Get over yourselves. This post has many valid and useful points, and to the authors…well written and thanks for the inspiration.

]]> By: Robbie http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/comment-page-1/#comment-102251 Robbie Tue, 25 May 2010 09:26:17 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/#comment-102251 hgjup

]]> By: MichaelJ http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/comment-page-1/#comment-101882 MichaelJ Wed, 19 May 2010 18:02:55 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/#comment-101882 I, for one, enjoyed and appreciated the article. The follow-up comments are even more interesting. I didn’t realize the concept of a warrior was such a lightning rod for dissent. Perhaps this is yet another indicator of the our culture’s decline in manly values that this website works to reverse.

]]> By: Steve H http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/comment-page-1/#comment-99612 Steve H Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:32:18 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/#comment-99612 I agree with living in the moment, but to say the destination is unimportant is a fallacy. Most people seem to have some belief in an afterlife. That being the case, the destination becomes quite important. For example, I don’t think my creator would be pleased if I scammed people out of their life savings to improve my quality of life along the way. The article doesn’t seem to address righteousness in the quest. Rather it seems to suggest someone should pillage and plunder anyone who dares step in the way. The article states; “It is better to have a followed a path in your life that brought you happiness in the moment, than to have followed a path that promised happiness at your destination.” That’s not a fact, but an assumption. If the author is correct, then I guess most of the people on this planet are suckers. To me anyway, that’s a very dangerous assumption, and one that has eternal consequences. I’m not trying to proselytize, I’m just sayin’.

]]> By: rolloverbethoven http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/comment-page-1/#comment-71205 rolloverbethoven Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:46:53 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/#comment-71205 To any and all of the individuals who don’t like the premise of this article….it is quite simple……….you people are not , and were never meant to be ….warriors. I say that not as a put down….but as an observation that society needs farmers….and nurturing types…..these two groups of people needs individuals to stand up and fight when the circumstance calls for it……they need protection so as to continue farming, nurturing and whatever their temperament calls for. So feed your warriors, take care of them when they are battle weary…..most importantly……..step back and get out of their way when your survival is at stake and your well being is threatened.

]]> By: Paul Hughes http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/comment-page-1/#comment-45257 Paul Hughes Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:07:09 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/#comment-45257 Some of this has been said by others, but this post was not good.
First, as at least one comment noted, most men were not warriors — not in Sparta, and not 500 years ago. Not ever.
Second, even those who were warriors were often driving by something other than fear, of death or anything, or the survival instinct. Motivations were good and ill, and some of the good ones, which presumably is what we’re interested in here, were defense of home or country, love of God, and so on.
Third, there are the factual errors — Lance Armstrong won most of his Tour de France crowns before being diagnosed, and he was PLENTY driven WAY before that; in fact it could be argued he has become a bit arrogant with the hubris-like pride stuff since that diagnosis. Martin Luther King Jr. was LED by racism to do his inestimable work? I’d suggest he was not reactive in that way, nor would we want to say the racism led to the good work (props to racism on that one, eh?). Rather his strength clearly came from God, as also his ability to continue the struggle. He believed the U.S. could be what it had promised to be, so that motivated him as well. It wasn’t the racism.
Next we have the unfortunate contradiction that these rules will put you on, “the never-ending road to greatness” … but the journey is better than the destination. So is it the never-ending road (no destination) or not?
Speaking of which, “All paths are the same” ??? I trow not. A fundamental assumption of this entire enterprise is that there are good ways of become more manly, right? That would be the basis for saying “do this, don’t do this,” which every post does every day.
(And anyway, how can “choosing the correct path” matter, as the authors suggest, if all paths are not only the same — but “lead absolutely nowhere”?)
Finally, Mr. McKay, even if you didn’t write the piece, which is clear (as you say) from the very first line … this is your website. Maybe the comments section cannot be held against you (many web logs note just that) but surely we can expect you to read / edit (or reject) guest posts that are unworthy of your otherwise exemplary work? I’d guess the magazine editor wanted something along those lines, since he is one.

Yours kindly,

paul hughes

]]> By: Brett http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/comment-page-1/#comment-36786 Brett Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:26:17 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/#comment-36786 @Johnny-

Quite dishonorable of you, sir, to call me out by name without bothering to read the very first line of this post which says that I did not write this article. A strange oversight for a magazine editor.

]]> By: Johnny Deadline http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/comment-page-1/#comment-36752 Johnny Deadline Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:07:33 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/#comment-36752 As a professional magazine editor it’s obvious to me that the the concepts, structure and even the order in which the ideas are presented were lifted directly from three books by Carlos Castaneda. Primarily from “The Teachings of Don Juan,” but also from “A Separate Reality” and “Journey to Ixtlan.” This is known as plagiarism. Valid material to be sure, but quite dishonorable of Brett not to cite Castaneda.

]]> By: Le dauphin http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/comment-page-1/#comment-30603 Le dauphin Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:37:27 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/03/04/the-warrior%e2%80%99s-guide-to-true-manliness/#comment-30603 Hey,

Death over a (man’s) shoulder was, in fact, discussed (at length) in Castaneda’s Journey to Ixtlan- A book which opened my mind widely, and from which I grew a fair amount. Thanks for the refresher & incitement : )

Y’all might also like Leadership Lessons of the Navy SEALs, The 48 Laws of Power, & Good to Great. They’re also insightful, rousing & generally yang.

Regards,

Dauph

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