Talk:Spitting

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Contents 1 Spitting Image 2 Invention of Spitting 3 Teenage Spitting 4 ? 5 Youth stuff

[edit] Spitting Image

I viewed the film, Sir, No Sir, where anti-Vietnam War protests by military were analyzed and presented. Among the different topics of the film, a very interesting phenomenon with regard to spitting was the report that Vietnam Vets were being spitted on when they arrived back in the US. It was generally accepted as having happened until author Jerry Lembcke did a little research in the newspapers of that time (1968 -1975). Instead of finding incidents of spitting, he found an overwhelming presence of GIs protesting the war when they got back and being welcomed by anti-war protesters. This needs some due diligence, but it is an interesting potential reversal of common knoweledge.

Lembcke, Jerry (2000). The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory, and the Legacy of Vietnam. New York University Press. ISBN: 0814751474. Amazon: <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0814751474/ref=sr_11_1/002-3648329-3295218?%5Fencoding=UTF8>

Perhaps this needs to be a separate article, or just a cultural note in this one.

[edit] Invention of Spitting

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Spitting was invented in the West in the year 681 BC when invading Vikings got their first taste of French wine. It seems the subtleties of the French palate were too sophisticated for the Norsemen, who emphatically spat the wine in the faces of its dismayed creators, exclaiming "THIS IS THE WORST BEER WE'VE EVER TASTED!!".

I would venture to guess that spitting was "invented" around the time man was deciding what substances he could and could not eat. Good story though.70.233.183.224 02:02, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

you can't prove that it wasn't though. i contend this information is as useful and valid as the line about the wrestlers.

[edit] Teenage Spitting

Have you ever done a survey of why teenagers spit, or have proof of such a survey being conducted? If not, then I suggest we remove the "reasons" teenagers spit, it's nothing more than unfounded assumption.

If you do find such a survey, create its own section for it. I don't think it's a good introduction at all. LouisXI 07:57, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ?

Should spit really direct here instead of to saliva? Soyseñorsnibbles 00:42, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Youth stuff

"The act of spitting has become popular among many children and teenagers as a sign of contempt or frustration at society in general, or higher powers such as the law."

This should be removed, because its an irrelevant and unprovable generalization.. is there a reference for this?