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Darby · 15-10-2004, 07:18

I read this thread with great interest. What started as a simple statement about young people - good or bad, seems to have gone into a "You versus Us" match.

THIS IS NOT A LECTURE

Keep it simple. There are currently a lot of ingnorant and bad people...Young and old alike. On the other hand there are considerate and good people...young and old alike. I think that is a true statement.

From the postings on this thread I can immediately see words that paraphrase the Populist Press and Media, and do not exhibit "own thinking" and most of them unfortunately seem to come from the younger element. This worries me, as I have just said, there are good and bad everywhere. But being honest and thinking for one's self displays a greater level of understanding.
All of the foregoing may seem a bit stiff-necked, but its the only way I can describe it.

I like young people (I was one mi'sell once) they are our future. When I was young I was not one of the good ones...but I learnt. I have 2 sons aged 34 and 30, and 2 grandchildren aged 15 and 11, and I hope they can add something good to this horrible world (but the only one we have).

I worry about young people in todays climate of stupidity, ignorance, political correctness, hate, greed, and the low-life parasites who set extremely poor examples to them. My grand-daughter (15) was caught drinking at a party.................not drunk, but alcopop stuff. She said that it was the others who teased her into taking a drink! What should I do?

It's already been done...and she feels a whole lot better about the incident and she's still my loving grand-daughter, and we are still the best of friends.

I took to the bottle when I was 12 years old and started smoking at the same time...so I wasn't a goody-goody myself. Lots of people on this site have done things that were wrong, especially when they were young. Youth is a time to make mistakes...and correct them.

So an older person is just a young person who's aged! not deteriorated!

So let's just get on with life...but remember to learn from it (I still do, every day)

15-10-2004, 07:18	#26
Darby Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Albions End Posts: 691 Liked: 2 times Rep Power: 44	Re: Young people today I read this thread with great interest. What started as a simple statement about young people - good or bad, seems to have gone into a "You versus Us" match. THIS IS NOT A LECTURE Keep it simple. There are currently a lot of ingnorant and bad people...Young and old alike. On the other hand there are considerate and good people...young and old alike. I think that is a true statement. From the postings on this thread I can immediately see words that paraphrase the Populist Press and Media, and do not exhibit "own thinking" and most of them unfortunately seem to come from the younger element. This worries me, as I have just said, there are good and bad everywhere. But being honest and thinking for one's self displays a greater level of understanding. All of the foregoing may seem a bit stiff-necked, but its the only way I can describe it. I like young people (I was one mi'sell once) they are our future. When I was young I was not one of the good ones...but I learnt. I have 2 sons aged 34 and 30, and 2 grandchildren aged 15 and 11, and I hope they can add something good to this horrible world (but the only one we have). I worry about young people in todays climate of stupidity, ignorance, political correctness, hate, greed, and the low-life parasites who set extremely poor examples to them. My grand-daughter (15) was caught drinking at a party.................not drunk, but alcopop stuff. She said that it was the others who teased her into taking a drink! What should I do? It's already been done...and she feels a whole lot better about the incident and she's still my loving grand-daughter, and we are still the best of friends. I took to the bottle when I was 12 years old and started smoking at the same time...so I wasn't a goody-goody myself. Lots of people on this site have done things that were wrong, especially when they were young. Youth is a time to make mistakes...and correct them. So an older person is just a young person who's aged! not deteriorated! So let's just get on with life...but remember to learn from it (I still do, every day) Last edited by Darby; 15-10-2004 at 07:21.