parents/children, excerpt from Ishbane Conspiracy
"The generation gap has always been there, but it now involves radical new dimensions. It's not just that today's parents and kids use words foreign to the other, like the old days when the kids said "groovy" and "dropping acid." What's different today is that parents and kids use many of the same words--including tolerance, acceptance, rights, freedom, and truth--but ascribe to them radically different meanings, usually without knowing it.
To the parents, tolerance is accepting others without agreeing with their beliefs and lifestyle choices. To the kids, tolerance is accepting that every individual's beliefs, values, lifestyles, and truth claims are equal. To the parents, acceptance means recognizing people for who they are, not just what they say and do. To the kids, acceptance means endorsing and even praising them for their beliefs and lifestyle choices. to the parents, rights means everyone should be treated justly under the law. For the kids, rights means everyone should be able to do what they believe is best for them. For the parents, freedom means being free to do what they know they ought to. to the kids, it means being free to do whatever they want to. To the parents, truth is an objective standard of right and wrong. To the kids, truth is "whatever's right for you."
To the parents, tolerance is accepting others without agreeing with their beliefs and lifestyle choices. To the kids, tolerance is accepting that every individual's beliefs, values, lifestyles, and truth claims are equal. To the parents, acceptance means recognizing people for who they are, not just what they say and do. To the kids, acceptance means endorsing and even praising them for their beliefs and lifestyle choices. to the parents, rights means everyone should be treated justly under the law. For the kids, rights means everyone should be able to do what they believe is best for them. For the parents, freedom means being free to do what they know they ought to. to the kids, it means being free to do whatever they want to. To the parents, truth is an objective standard of right and wrong. To the kids, truth is "whatever's right for you."