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[Spyguy101]

I remember hearing somewhere that since kids starting being forced to where helmets while on their bikes, head trauma cases have increased. I'm assuming cause now they think they are invincible

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by Spyguy101

I remember hearing somewhere that since kids starting being forced to where helmets while on their bikes, head trauma cases have increased. I'm assuming cause now they think they are invincible

Reminds of someone once saying, that the best thing to prevent car accidents is to put a machete on the steering wheel pointed at the drivers throat and then we'll see how many reckless drivers do we still have

[MH]

I just wonder which generation is responsible for all this stupid legislations,rules and overprotectiveness.
Which generation was so creative that made today kids as they are.

Thats a great post. When I was a boy we played on old WW2 tanks, we found bombs and guns in the air raid shelters. The police confiscated my SMLE 303, I was only playing cowboys and indians, honest mister.

The health of a Nation is measured by consent, not law.

as for age, enjoy.

[vienna]

Apparently very old complaints:


"The children now love luxury; they show disrespect for elders and
love chatter in place of exercise. Children are tyrants, not servants
of the households. They no longer rise when their elders enter the
room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up
dainties at the table, cross their legs, and tyrannize over their
teachers."

Attributed to Socrates, ostensibly by Plato, but is suspect...


"I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on
the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless
beyond words.

When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of
elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of
restraint."


Hesiod, Eighth Century B.C.

"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 unladylike in speech, behavior and dress."

Peter the Hermit, A.D. 1274

[For those given to dispute quotes and quoters, I save you the time and effort by including this link:

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=408989

I make no claim of verity of the above qoutes; I merely pass them along...]


Now that I have passed the point of a 60th year of existence and am now of the "Geezer Group" and have seen and done quite a bit, I conclude "the more things change, the more they remain the same..."