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Lordandmaster -> RE: To old to be a slave (10/5/2005 10:33:18 PM)
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Normally I agree with you, IronBear, but this post doesn't make much sense. I'm instantly allergic to "such-and-such requires the wisdom of age to appreciate" arguments. Not everyone who is old is wise; not everyone who is young is unwise; and not everyone who is wise will agree with the views that others attribute to the wise. Wise people believe all kinds of different things.
Second, if your example is going to be playing football or shooting a pistol, then obviously age matters. "Age matters only as much as you let it" doesn't cut it. Ask a general manager of a sports team whether he'd rather have a 20-year-old superstar or a 47-year-old superstar who thinks his age won't matter as long as he just doesn't let it matter. I thought you were going to give examples like virtue, love, honesty, integrity--those are examples where you'd have a better chance of convincing people that age doesn't matter. Physical activity happens to be one of the areas where age matters more than almost anything else.
Age matters, and blaming people for choosing not to have a sexual relationship with someone of a certain age--we've heard a lot of that on this thread--is just childish. People have a right to their preferences. I'll give an example: I am not attracted to 19-year-olds. I'm not prejudiced against 19-year-olds: I think they should have equal protection under the law; I usually defend them when others move in with the patronizing "you're too young to understand this" or "you think that way because you're too young to know otherwise" bullshit; and I often hear 19-year-olds say some very interesting things. But that doesn't mean I want a sexual relationship with a 19-year-old. I'd say the same is just as reasonable for someone who doesn't want a relationship with people in their 60's.
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ORIGINAL: IronBear
I’m going against the popular opinion here by stating emphatically, AGE DOES NOT MATTER, maturity, a level head and a positive approach to life is what matters (A reasonable SoH it handy too). It is laughable for the 25+’s to say Age Does matter when such things requires the wisdom of those who are past their middle days. I echo the Actor Tommy Lee Jones when asked about his aging, he commented: “What I regret the most if that I’ll never be able to play with the Dallas Cowboys in a Superbowl.” As we age we gain valuable insights on life and living which the young don’t have. We also learn that as our body ages, there are some things we just cant do or cant do as easily, so we get smart and look at other ways and means. I played my last game of competition gridiron at the age of 47 against players in their early twenties. I just adapted and when I had to run it was an Aussie version of the “Fridge” trundling along making or closing gaps and still sacking Q/backs and often enough hitting them hard enough for them to spend a few hours in hospital. AGE ONLY MATTERS AS MUCH AS YOU ALLOW IT TO. (For those who are interested in such things, I still shoot with both revolver and semi auto pistol left hand, right hand, sitting, standing, kneeling at 30yards and score 98% accuracy . My snap shots on a combat range simulating hostage release are to double tap left eye/right eye. But that comes from hours of practice over a lifetime and often daily practice.
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