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I think the sharp contrast of opinions and its demeanor ,is a direct reflection of all aspects of the world today.Parent/ child relations are more agitated today along with shooting someone for flipping you off type mentality.
The U.S. used to be called a melting pot ,and today I think there is a global melting pot happeneing.This has brought about people from all walks looking to maximize there individualism and stand out from the world or not be defined by others actions.Also I see alot of people trying to get back to there roots so to speak to define themselves and these people ,not unlike most people, resist change and fear it will take away from there individualism.

When people feel threat, they tend to feel backed into a corner and therefore lash out trying to define themselves.This may be adding to the demeanor that is displayed to others in rash actions.I do not see this just in rodding ,but in all walks of life rearing its ugly head once again ,all the way from Abu ghirab prison in iraq all the way down to calling a 15 year old kid a terrorist for pulling a fire alarm at school. This problem has only recently found its way to hotrodding .
What was once a large single group of rodders,has been turned into what I like to call factions,now each faction can form there own standpoint and fire away at the other factions trying to define themselves by touting we are the only way or the correct way.We are all part of one big group called people/humans/ and will never come together in harmony as long as the media helps keep us tucked away in faction groups and can divide us.People tend to get along untill they become part of a faction and are unconciously told as part of that faction this is how you should act or build cars.

To sum it up,do not let your culture/faction define you ,its based on a fragile thing called perception,its not permanent or unchangeable and anytime you let a faction define you as a individual you severly limit your room for individualism and growth by being defined by a faction or groups actions, not your own individualism.By trying soo hard to define yourself as a individual by becoming part of a group/faction you limit your endless possibilities and do no more than become part of a group and loose that individualistic flavor you are looking for.

We as a world become more divided everyday and only give this type mentality a place to flourish and grow ,pretty soon we will all be in little 10 person factions all over the world and be at each others throats to conform to this or that factions ideas.Hopefully in 50 or a 100 years all these factions will long gone that divide us and we can get on a path to unite our world and leave room for all to be free thinkers, and start to help humanity as a whole and not just help our particular faction.
God help us get over this divide and conquer mindset that has divided us into these factions,because this is actually what all this is about , different factions jockeying for approval and righteousness thru verbal comunications and looking for verification on this by recrutment numbers and manifestations.

I am not saying groups are bad or clubs,I am talking about fracturing a group such as hotrodders or car people into opposing factions,just look at all the religous groups here in America,we have em all represented here,those are all factions on a common belief of religon,like all these definitions of rods break car people into opposing factions.

Dagburnit ,I done gone and typed a whole book again I guess I need to work on my vocabulary and spelling and become a writer or atleast refrain from typing a saga everytime I feel compelled by a subject?

Its not all bleak,they tore down the wall over in germany ,maybe we can do the same with all the other invisible walls that divide us and be able to appreciate individualism with out the need to circle the wagons and form factions and start firing the bullets of insult and division at all opposing views....