WWII vet, 88, brutally beaten to death in Spokane, Wash.

[Wolferz]

Kids today need a free subscription to Highlights for Children.
Goofus and Gallant had a special way of teaching good morals. Even though the title was rather insensitive, judgemental and taught derogatory name calling.

Maybe that's why we're all so screwed up.

[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

How often are the words "Honor" and "Integrity" used in today's society? Not very much i wager.

Also, there is no religious context that I am aware of in the following statement:



I had those words drilled into my head as a teen, and have tried to live by it for most of my life. Mostly successful, sometimes not.

Nobody is perfect, that includes, most of all, me.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

Kids today need a free subscription to Highlights for Children.
Goofus and Gallant had a special way of teaching good morals. Even though the title was rather insensitive, judgemental and taught derogatory name calling.

Maybe that's why we're all so screwed up.

I read Highlights when I was a kid. Add in Mad, Cracked and High Society Magazine when we got older. Yep, could be one of the causes we are screwed.

[Ducimus]

Oh what the hell....

Scuse me while i get out a cane, a rocking chair, and bust out the ever classic, "when i was your age i walked uphill in the snow to get to school" metaphor.



In no particular order, when i was growing up:

- We didn't have the internet. We did something a lot more personal, we put pen to paper, and wrote a letter with our own hand.

- We didn't "friend" someone on Facebook. We went outside to play in the company of our friends instead.

- Chat's were something we did face to face. Not on typing on a keyboard in front of an electronic machine.

- We didn't text someone about something. We called them on the telephone and talked to them instead.

- When i did something really bad, my Father spanked me so i wouldn't do it again.

- Video games were meant as a form of entertainment. Not as a life endeavor, or something that took hundreds of hours, or was ultra realistic or ultra violent.

- My parents exercised parental discretion and didn't let me watch certain things until i was old enough.

- I had two Parents, who were married.

- We said the Pledge of Allegiance every morning in school.

- TV stations broadcast the star spangled banner once a day. (you know, back when they weren't on 24 hours and would end their broadcast on a patriotic note)

- Being a Patriot was something good. Not something that appears on some government agencies list of extremists.

- Everyone knew why we celebrated the 4th of July, with authentic looking copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights being given out freely.

- There were as many blue collared jobs to be had as white collared jobs.

- The cost of a college degree wasn't equivalent to the mortgage of a nice house.

- We were taught to respect our elders.


Now, i'm sure i could expand this even longer if I thought about it, but I think my point is clear enough. Maybe.

[AVGWarhawk]

Sit down before I box your ears.

[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Oh what the hell....

Scuse me while i get out a cane, a rocking chair, and bust out the ever classic, "when i was your age i walked uphill in the snow to get to school" metaphor.



In no particular order, when i was growing up:

- We didn't have the internet. We did something a lot more personal, we put pen to paper, and wrote a letter with our own hand.

- We didn't "friend" someone on Facebook. We went outside to play in the company of our friends instead.

- Chat's were something we did face to face. Not on typing on a keyboard in front of an electronic machine.

- We didn't text someone about something. We called them on the telephone and talked to them instead.

- When i did something really bad, my Father spanked me so i wouldn't do it again.

- Video games were meant as a form of entertainment. Not as a life endeavor, or something that took hundreds of hours, or was ultra realistic or ultra violent.

- My parents exercised parental discretion and didn't let me watch certain things until i was old enough.

- I had two Parents, who were married.

- We said the Pledge of Allegiance every morning in school.

- TV stations broadcast the star spangled banner once a day. (you know, back when they weren't on 24 hours and would end their broadcast on a patriotic note)

- Being a Patriot was something good. Not something that appears on some government agencies list of extremists.

- Everyone knew why we celebrated the 4th of July, with authentic looking copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights being given out freely.

- There were as many blue collared jobs to be had as white collared jobs.

- The cost of a college degree wasn't equivalent to the mortgage of a nice house.

- We were taught to respect our elders.


Now, i'm sure i could expand this even longer if I thought about it, but I think my point is clear enough. Maybe.

I couldn't have described it better. Now, come 4th of Julys, I hardly ever see the flag displayed anymore.

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

I couldn't have described it better. Now, come 4th of Julys, I hardly ever see the flag displayed anymore.

It is displayed at my ranch.

Now sit down before I box your ears.

[STEED]

[eddie]

Well they caught one of the punks who did this ( only 16 years old too), still looking for suspect #2, shouldn't take long to get him hopefully!

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013...id=msnhp&pos=1

[Daveb1]

I'm disappointed, no one has mentioned race, are you guys blind

Daveb

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Daveb1

I'm disappointed, no one has mentioned race, are you guys blind

Daveb

If it was relevant. Is it?

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by Daveb1

I'm disappointed, no one has mentioned race, are you guys blind

Daveb

We didn't want to play that card. Besides, you're supposed to pull the jokers out of the deck before you shuffle.

I'm still trying to figure out why the news media had to include the word Vet in the headline. As mentioned previously. Vet or not, the crime was still just as heinous.
Captain Hindsight to the rescue...
If Mister Belton had been armed, the story would be quite different and there would be a bigger broohaha about it. The lickspittles Jackson and Sharpton would be all over it as a hate crime against a teen of Ethiopian descent.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Oh what the hell....

Oh, I could have so much fun with that.

But I wouldn't be relevant. I'm not relevant anyway, but that's another story.

Originally Posted by u crank

If it was relevant. Is it?

Somebody of some race killed somebody of some race. How could it not be relevant?

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by Daveb1

I'm disappointed, no one has mentioned race, are you guys blind

Daveb

There was no race on foot, car or otherwise. What race?

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

There was no race on foot, car or otherwise. What race?

There might have been a foot race. Mister Belton attempting to race away from the punk and the punk racing after him. Wasn't much of a competition.
I'm sure the black kid is very proud of himself. It's going to be the most expensive work he's ever done. Can't blame his parents or his teachers because you just can't fix stupid.