tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11979512.post3512341197957289947..comments2023-10-01T08:23:21.245-05:00Comments on Ironic Teachings: Ramblings for the Morning (7/11/2007)Ironichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16566681411984508527noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11979512.post-14392957535470455822007-08-13T09:27:00.000-05:002007-08-13T09:27:00.000-05:00Vermont? Really?Vermont? Really?Missyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11904564712432173588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11979512.post-1538371201466085422007-07-13T08:05:00.000-05:002007-07-13T08:05:00.000-05:00Good point. Mom and dad are buying toys for themse...Good point. Mom and dad are buying toys for themselves and mortgaging everything to buy their kids the latest toys as well. Sit down and read a book together, for Pete's sake.Arthur Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123009851536675237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11979512.post-19631483269011941102007-07-12T14:32:00.000-05:002007-07-12T14:32:00.000-05:00I have to agree that people such as Big Bird and M...I have to agree that people such as Big Bird and Mr Rogers did not mess us up. I (as much as I do not want to)actually agree with Arthur on this. "How do you give your kid more than you had...if you had everything?" as Arthur asked, you cannot. And as you try you rack up debt like there is no tomorrow. Also, not being able to say NO to the kids of our generation has made a bunch of "adults" by age that are still kids and trying to raise their families... ARGH!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11979512.post-56388967289415551972007-07-12T14:14:00.000-05:002007-07-12T14:14:00.000-05:00There, not their. Dammit, see what happens when yo...There, not their. Dammit, see what happens when you don't proorfead?Arthur Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123009851536675237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11979512.post-48224240701809945482007-07-12T14:10:00.000-05:002007-07-12T14:10:00.000-05:00Leab, I have a theory about our generation (and la...Leab, I have a theory about our generation (and later).<BR/><BR/>I think that Baby Boomers, much as generations before them, vowed that their children would have it better than they did.<BR/><BR/>Problem is, things were pretty good for them. That was about the time we started our consumer-driven culture. How do you give your kid more than you had...if you had everything?<BR/><BR/>So I think they moved from material possessions to the way they raised them. "My parents were strict with me and made me follow rules, and I'll be damned if I'm going to let my kid grow up under such circumstances."<BR/><BR/>So they let their kids run wild, never stopping for a moment to realize that their parents' strict nature is what turned most of them into productive, respectful members of a civilized society.<BR/><BR/>Now, as Laura rightly pointed out, we have everything...but we're losing any sense of decorum and self-control, therefore our material possessions mean nothing, and our very existence is beginning to mean nothing as well.<BR/><BR/>I can't tell you how many 20-somethings I've endured at college bemoaning the horror of their lives. "What's the point?" they lament, in-between text-messaging on their Blackberries, fielding a cell phone call and surfing the Internet on their laptop.<BR/><BR/>I don't know where I stand religiously these days, but I can say that growing up believing their was something Greater than myself out there was very instrumental in making me who/what I am today. We seem to have a generation of folks out there who have no purpose in life, yet they're only looking in the mirror. They're not looking outward and realizing there are a few billion other people in this world who might benefit from their embarrassment of riches.<BR/><BR/>That's just my rambling opinion. What do I know?Arthur Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123009851536675237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11979512.post-81572241767112917492007-07-11T23:42:00.000-05:002007-07-11T23:42:00.000-05:00I'm just going to say this outright, without backi...I'm just going to say this outright, without backing it up with logic because you have already done that: Mr. Rogers is not the cause of my generation's narcissism. We're a generation that has had everything given to us (not just be TV personalities).<BR/><BR/>And plenty of movies have been made in our state... they just have to do with hockey A LOT of the time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11979512.post-14395436046178182822007-07-11T20:39:00.000-05:002007-07-11T20:39:00.000-05:00The N-word and the perceived shamefulness of educa...The N-word and the perceived shamefulness of education are the two biggest blows ever delivered to the black community.<BR/><BR/>The language I hear from young African-American men on the bus and on the street saddens and sickens me. Mother F-er is a noun, verb, adjective and adverb.<BR/><BR/>Of course, it's not specific to the black community. Everyone is hopping on the bandwagon. Let's all sound as ignorant as humanly possible. It'll be fun.<BR/><BR/>'Til we need a job, of course.<BR/><BR/>Sigh.Arthur Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123009851536675237noreply@blogger.com