tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729794.post8782117400948964093..comments2009-01-29T19:27:20.530-08:00Jay D'Ambrosiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00329049585393243515noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729794.post-49168236161198675982008-03-02T11:34:00.000-08:002008-03-02T11:34:00.000-08:00Jay, <BR/><BR/>I am both a fellow blogger and Western, PA resident. I moved here in 2002 for a job after a 6 year stint in the Navy. Further, I was also born in London, England so these stories are near and dear to me. Half of my family is English (dad's side), half American, and I am not sure about the rest (Yogi Berra moment).<BR/><BR/>I saw that your link was to a "blogspot" page so I clicked over - to my surprise my eye caught your bio and "Seneca Valley" popped off the page. So hello there! <BR/><BR/>I enjoyed the write up on Rethinking Prince Harry. It led me to think of a British lullaby my mum used to sing to me as a child -"Two Little Boys" (by Rolf Harris - who is actually an Aussie). The gist of the song (worth looking up btw) is two boys that pretended to be soldiers as lil mates and then grew up to be real soldiers. They traded off helping each other. One helped the other during child hood when his wooden horse broke a leg causing the boy to get upset, the favor was returned in an actual battle when one of their horses was shot. Point being – many (though certainly not all) male children grow up with society pushing such ideals onto them. <BR/><BR/>My opinion is that some of this imprinting (if you will) is done innocently and without intent (nurture). Some of it I truly feel is innate (nature). Lastly, some of the programming is done on purpose…and I will just leave it at that.<BR/><BR/>I will link your story on our page (TooMuchLiberty.blogspot.com). I wish you well and will check your blog to read every now and then.<BR/><BR/>~Malcolm (mwfrazer@gmail.com)BrotherMalcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00477067036292509770noreply@blogger.com