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BUCKYLE;2331479; said:
Brewtus;2331521; said:
When kids didn't blatantly disrespect their parents/teachers, when we didn't have to have metal detectors at elementary schools, when we didn't have to be virtually strip-searched in public to fly a airliner, or when we weren't in a psudeo-welfare state.
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Why do I have the feeling this thread is going to devolve into a shitstorm and get moved to the poli-forum?
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Mike80;2331662; said:
Prolly because we're having an existential discussion on the state of America based on the rantings of a lunatic.
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Muck
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MililaniBuckeye;2331565; said:
"The world is passing through troublous times. The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they knew everything, and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for the girls, they are forward, immodest and unlady like in speech, behavior and dress."
---Sermon by Peter the Hermit, 1274 AD
"What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders, they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. They riot in the streets inflamed with wild notions.Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?"
---Plato, 4th Century BC
"I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was young, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise (disrespectful) and impatient of restraint"
---Hesiod, 8th century BC
"We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no self control."
---Egyptian tomb inscription; Middle Kingdom era, aprox 2000 BC
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ochre
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Looks like he was unarmed in the boat:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...6fc8a0-ad18-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world...6fc8a0-ad18-11e2-a8b9-2a63d75b5459_story.html
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Muck
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BUCKYLE;2331672; said:
Current popular music certainly is, but I don't know if that is what this generation is listening to. My nephew lives on a diet of 80's-90's metal.
ochre;2331677; said:
I doubt we'll ever find out what triggered the barrage by police.
If the initial results hadn't been so terrible the bumbling of these two idiots would almost be comical.
Ambush a cop to steal his gun, unable to get it out of the holster.
Carjack random bypasser, force him to use his ATM card to get money, then stop at two other ATMs because they don't realize the daily limit isn't for a single location.
Brag to the hijackee about being the bombers, tell him they are headed to NY, then leave him un-attended when they stop at a *gas station so he can run off.
After their spree of crimes they stop for food/gas and go ahead and pay with cash (instead of just driving off with a full tank).
Older brother heaves a bomb that lands closer to him than the cops, decides to charge the police line, gets tackled....and then gets run over by his own brother who decided to high tail it.
*Not directly related but the fact that the gas station was already in the process of being robbed when they arrive almost tips everything into the realm of farce. Can you imagine the story when the kid working the cash register retells it? "So there I was being robbed....when the Boston bombers walk in and buy some skittles."
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BUCKYLE;2331568; said:
Try as recent as the 1970s...oops, that's right, you weren't around then.
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