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"How many roads must a man walk down, before you can call him a man?"

The design of the question itself makes it irrelevant.

If he is a man before he has walked all the required roads, then what is even the purpose of the question?

Conversely, if he is not a man before he has walked all the required roads, then why does Bob Dylan miscategorize him as one?

Dylan was clearly actually asking:

"How many roads must a BOY walk down, before you can call him a man?"

I think you'll agree this changes things completely.

Because a boy must walk down many roads, but those roads are determined by whom? Society? Lawmakers? The Boy himself?

Who is to say when a boy becomes a man? Is it when he goes through puberty? Is it when he has his first job? Is it when he has a family? Is it when he owns a house?

I propose a simple answer:

A boy becomes a man when he first uses a power winch to trigger a controlled explosion.

I totally agree, I'm not arguing *that* at all. ;)