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<blockquote data-quote="BlueMark" data-source="post: 1200532" data-attributes="member: 13298">That video analysis of Elliot Rodger is eye opening -- I've never seen a video of him before. I won't bash him for his body language and awkward mannerisms. I've also had poor body language in the past. It wasn't until I met a member of this forum for the first time that I had someone point it out to me, and I greatly respect him for that.To me, the real underlying moral of that story and the main one in this thread is that there's a severely lacking element of social mentorship in middle class (or upper middle class) society. Just one older or more mature man in his life could have pointed these things out to him -- if not his dad, then maybe an instructor, TA, relative, etc. There are so many times when lost young men like Rodger could have been built up into someone better, but there was no one around to teach him.We can blame soy, feminism, media programming, lack of physical work, etc. But let's not forget that the whole concept of older or more mature men mentoring the younger men is completely foreign to modern mainstream, socially-acceptable American society.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BlueMark, post: 1200532, member: 13298"] That video analysis of Elliot Rodger is eye opening -- I've never seen a video of him before. I won't bash him for his body language and awkward mannerisms. I've also had poor body language in the past. It wasn't until I met a member of this forum for the first time that I had someone point it out to me, and I greatly respect him for that. To me, the real underlying moral of that story and the main one in this thread is that there's a severely lacking element of social mentorship in middle class (or upper middle class) society. Just one older or more mature man in his life could have pointed these things out to him -- if not his dad, then maybe an instructor, TA, relative, etc. There are so many times when lost young men like Rodger could have been built up into someone better, but there was no one around to teach him. We can blame soy, feminism, media programming, lack of physical work, etc. But let's not forget that the whole concept of older or more mature men mentoring the younger men is completely foreign to modern mainstream, socially-acceptable American society. [/QUOTE]

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