Uh.. "dear".... look up my signature descriptor in a dictionary.
Yeppers, but for some reason the connotation of curmudgeon evokes images of Mr Wilson and Red Fox. Both of them were short tempered and impatient but they had endearing qualities. Though the dictionary book you speak of did say something along the lines of ill tempered, full of resentment and stubborn. What I couldn't find anywhere in the definition were the words ruthless, cruel, or malicious. I even checked the other book...mmmm...what is it called a thesaurus, I think, and it isn't a synonym either. Though in my freshman college kegger state who the hell knows. I could have been looking through hustler on accident.
Back on subject (since I had to read the thread anyhow), Has anyone read War and Gender by Goldstein? He poses some intereresting ideas on the male condition and the need for war.
I'll refrain from summarizing the book (I lost the I r teh smarter game so I'll evade an attack untill my self-esteem is back in the red
), but his theory does offer a plausible explanation to why war is so f--ked up.