I didn't say this generation was different to the last one, what I said is that this one is stupid and that each generation will continue to be stupid until education and parenting improve.
And what the hell? I was born in the eighties, I turned twenty-two yesterday.
When people raise their kids properly then I will have no quarrel with lowering or even abolishing things like the age of consent or legal drinking age. Unfortunately I'm asking way too much here, it'll take a miracle to get rid of the idiocy, bad parenting and bad education in our culture.
lol... fair enough - you made yourself sound old imo
Ulfhedjinn said:
When people raise their kids properly then I will have no quarrel with lowering or even abolishing things like the age of consent or legal drinking age. Unfortunately I'm asking way too much here, it'll take a miracle to get rid of the idiocy, bad parenting and bad education in our culture.
It does depend on the person for sure.
Personally, I've never had a problem drinking too excess, maybe a couple of times I've had more than I should, but that's the only way you can find your limit.
I guess the biggest problems will be in the asbo-ridden chav community with their white lightening... can't we just exterminate them and then get back to civilisation? lol
But then saying that, the majority of the student community here in southampton - from what I've seen most are reasonably well behaved.
Then you do get the odd complete idiot, about two weeks ago I probably saved some girl's life. I decided to take the safety bus home instead of walking because it was cold & even though I was the closest stop, I was the last one to get off the bus. Anyway... the girl who had the stop before me, she'd thrown up in the back on the way there, she could barely even talk. She didn't even know where she was and was constantly asking people if it was her stop, even then she got off at the wrong one to begin with!
So, we get to her stop, she can't even open the side door of the minivan! So I have to get out and open it for her, she falls over in her own pile of puke on the way out of the van. She finally makes it out, and falls against the bus. This is when I see the taxi coming at us at full whack from a distance (must have been doing at least 50 in a 30 zone). So, the girl manages to pull herself up... makes it about a meter forward and falls against the bus again. Pulls herself up again, taxi is getting closer, but this time there's no van to fall against - only the middle of the road! Now she was too far away to catch fully, but I managed to get to her just in time and hold her back as she falls. Even with my input, the taxi missed her head by about 4 inches. The bloody taxi didn't even slow down! Completely ridiculous - both the girl and the taxi.
Anyway, manage to get her inside and get a flatmate and the warden to keep an eye on her. It was nuts, I almost saw someone get killed because they'd drunk too much.
The question I had, how was she even allowed to get to that kind of state? It's illegal for bar staff to serve a drunk person as my bar staff friends have pointed out to me & the fact that they can get fired if they do serve someone in that state. Maybe she had someone buying drinks for her... some friend! [/sarcasm]
So - yes you do get stories like that because of idiots and alcohol, but I think it's more of a minority that the problem is with and I don't think everyone should get penalised for a minority's behaviour.
If some idiot gets themself in a state, that's their choice and they should face the consequences. Myself and others should not be penalised for their decisions.
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