I would take offence at the catagory 'Idiotic Youth', if it wasn't so true.
Joe Wright | Homepage | 06.13.05 - 4:10 pm | #

Kids are always going to do stupid things. It is part of growning up and learning.

However, take a look at where society is heading:

Hitting people for a laugh
Shooting people for a laugh
Dodging trains for a laugh

Best bit is... None of it is even remotely funny. Quite the opposite in fact.
Allan Scullion | Homepage | 06.13.05 - 5:06 pm | #

That isn't learning. Thats just plain stupid.

I don't see how they could even think that is acceptable as a human...
Joe Wright | Homepage | 06.13.05 - 5:37 pm | #

I was generalising when I said kids do stupid things. It is the "know better next time" approach to learning. Didn't want you to think I had a total downer on the youth of today

I am not an unsympathetic parent, but if any of my kids came home with their fingers caught in a mousetrap and it was their own stupid fault for sticking their fingers in it, then part of me would say "you won't do that again in a hurry... will you"

Call me callous if you like, but if a happy train dodger gets hit by a 90mph express train, my first thought would be, "well, you won't do that again in a hurry, will you".

I would have much more concern for the poor train driver.
Allan Scullion | Homepage | 06.13.05 - 5:57 pm | #

True, the train driver would be traumatized. and the child dead.

I'm not arguing, I think its one of the dumbest things you could do. Mousetrap, fair enough... train, y'what?!

sigh the youth of today eh ...
Joe Wright | Homepage | 06.13.05 - 7:35 pm | #

I think this is how evolutions works - And if we develop self-driving trains then nobody need be traumatised.

You can have just as much fun at the beach dodging waves.
Dick | Homepage | 06.13.05 - 8:34 pm | #

Lol... I'd still have more sympathy for the train.


Allan Scullion | Homepage | 06.15.05 - 3:05 pm | #