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<blockquote data-quote="Mustard" data-source="post: 340613" data-attributes="member: 46">J.R. did what his daddy taught him, i.e. to be ruthless in business. Gary dared to question his daddy a lot when challenged, or ran off when the pressure was put on. Gary didn&#039;t like responsibility, tended to refuse to feel obliged to do things, whereas J.R. can&#039;t imagine not feeling obliged to do what daddy wants. With Bobby, they did things in between, making him have the sense of duty and obligation that J.R. had, but spoiling Bobby rotten so that he was a nicer person. Bobby likes Gary being around because Gary shows the gentler side of human nature, not the ruthless side like Jock and J.R.When Gary would show interest in things like painting and poetry as a kid, didn&#039;t like the killing of animals in their hunts, it was taken as being &quot;weak&quot; or a &quot;loser&quot;. Gary had the last laugh though. It&#039;s just a pity that Jock wasn&#039;t around to see most of it, because I do think Jock in the late 1980s would have been very impressed with Gary&#039;s resiliency of character. Jock should have accepted that Gary was just different. He wasn&#039;t the naturally ruthless type, and wanted to find himself as an individual, so didn&#039;t react well to pressure and responsibility being forced on him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mustard, post: 340613, member: 46"] J.R. did what his daddy taught him, i.e. to be ruthless in business. Gary dared to question his daddy a lot when challenged, or ran off when the pressure was put on. Gary didn't like responsibility, tended to refuse to feel obliged to do things, whereas J.R. can't imagine not feeling obliged to do what daddy wants. With Bobby, they did things in between, making him have the sense of duty and obligation that J.R. had, but spoiling Bobby rotten so that he was a nicer person. Bobby likes Gary being around because Gary shows the gentler side of human nature, not the ruthless side like Jock and J.R. When Gary would show interest in things like painting and poetry as a kid, didn't like the killing of animals in their hunts, it was taken as being "weak" or a "loser". Gary had the last laugh though. It's just a pity that Jock wasn't around to see most of it, because I do think Jock in the late 1980s would have been very impressed with Gary's resiliency of character. Jock should have accepted that Gary was just different. He wasn't the naturally ruthless type, and wanted to find himself as an individual, so didn't react well to pressure and responsibility being forced on him. [/QUOTE]

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