[lbo-talk] AFP: Macho man look is out of style

[Carl Remick]

>From: "B." <docile_body at yahoo.com>
>
>A female friend of mine has noticed, she says, that
>you can't get into a group of more than 5 or 6 men
>before at least one of them either 1) has claimed to
>have been in Special Ops/Navy SEALS/CIA/Black Ops, or
>2) "knows someone" who was in one of these bad-ass
>groups, and who then begin to crow about all the
>assorted accoutrements thereof, namely, assassination
>training, special weapons training, etc.
>
>Of course, I live in Texas. ...

Aha, well that explains it. Here in the NYC metro area, it's still 
pen-mightier-than-sword.  I can't claim to know anyone familiar with 
anything more arcane or threatening than the formatting of Word documents 
;-)

Carl