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Originally posted by minute2midnight
I graduated in '99. I have to say my experience growing up was a lot closer to 1955 than 2010. Things changed dramatically after Columbine and 9/11. You're right, sad doesn't begin to describe it.
Originally posted by ker2010
Your making my gaydar detector go off so i guess we are even
Early stories following the shootings charged that school administrators and teachers at Columbine had long condoned a climate of bullying by the so-called jocks or athletes, allowing an atmosphere of outright intimidation and resentment to fester which, they claimed, could have helped trigger the perpetrators' extreme violence.[39] Reportedly, homophobic remarks were directed at Klebold and Harris.[40]
Dylan, Cullen writes, was depressed. His parents knew this, though not the extent of it. And it wasn’t because they weren’t around. Dylan’s father worked from home and saw his son every day. Both parents were gentle, educated people, who named their two boys after romantic poets — Dylan Thomas and Lord Byron — seemed to have given Dylan the message that so many of us recognize from our own childhoods: high school is hard, it will get better from here, we’re here for you, we promise.
Eric, on the other hand, was a psychopath, Cullen concludes, and he spends 400 pages convincingly making his case. Eric’s parents, too, did what parents do. His father, who had been in the military, was strict with Eric, and actions in that house had consequences. Eric’s parents knew their son was no angel — he broke into a van, he was found making pipe bombs and setting them off for fun — and they took steps to address this. He was enrolled in a program for juvenile offenders run by the county court, he was taken to a psychiatrist and given both therapy and medication. Attention was paid.
Originally posted by SaturnFX
really? well, if you must resort to "insults", then I guess we know who is losing the argument. Incidently, your gaydar needs to be tamed...sorry mate, but I am straight, no matter how much I turn you on.
Originally posted by On the Edge
I wish I had the words to describe how this makes me feel. "Sad" doesn't even come close. What a shame that this is all kids are going to grow up experiencing.
Originally posted by On the Edge
But then,when I was 19,things hadn't gotten this bad yet.
Originally posted by ownbestenemy
reply to post by SaturnFX
If you are bored on the subject why do you engage it? As if you are the end all in what should and shouldn't be discussed Saturn.
Why cannot people discuss this topic? If you do not like it, do not come back to it.
People engage here as some are nostalgic, some wish to lay out their grievances while other just want a good laugh. You on the other hand, as evident with your past couple of post wish to dictate what people think is important
Originally posted by Night Star
Things have changed dramatically since then in all aspects of life. It's like a different world. There is more violence. Kids these days can't even get an education without worrying about who may shoot or stab them for no reason at all.
Players in MadWorld use chainsaws, spiked clubs, daggers and spears to execute victims.
They can impale their enemies on road signs, fry them on electrical sockets and rip out their heart
In psychology, aggression refers to any behavior that demonstrates a malicious intent to cause harm. There are three types of aggression, measured along a mild-to-violent severity continuum: physical, verbal, and relational. Violence refers to physical aggression of which the victim is likely to suffer serious physical injury. However, the general public uses these terms in broader ways than researchers and such "differences in usage lead to much confusion between aggression scientists, public policymakers, and the general public. "Sexual" refers to content with nudity and virtual intercourse, themes, and some humor
Another thing you (or I) didn't had when you were 19 was the possibility of knowing how things are in the next town, the next state, the other side of the country or the other side of the world by just doing some mouse clicks, like we can do now.
Originally posted by On the Edge
But then,when I was 19,things hadn't gotten this bad yet. We weren't under surveillance 24 hours a day and we still had our Constitutional Rights,something the Patriot Act did away with!
Originally posted by franspeakfreeBecause of the way people don't think for themselves now and rely on the government telling the what to do and how to bring up their kids, this kind of behaviour is acceptable, but imagine if you were an alien lookin down on this planet what would you think? a world where at the age of 5/6 kids are playing games that simulate killing human beings/animals. A world where people are teaching their kids (indirectly) to use violence in order to succeed?