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cemeteryconsort

Cars vs Guns and other stuff.

Feb 09, 2009 20:56

I was listening to a story on NPR about ice racing in NH, and some of the racers who race on frozen ponds were 13 years old, not even legal to drive on solid ground. The girl also said she was driving standard, which she really didn't know how to drive. Now, I have never seen an ice race, but it occurred to me that there is a strange disconnect ( Read more... )

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west_ February 10 2009, 02:34:22 UTC

and yet, at age 12 David Farragut took command of a captured british warship, and sailed it home to Boston on the high seas, later becoming our first admiral.

how far we've fallen.

cemeteryconsort February 10 2009, 03:05:05 UTC

A lot has changed. We live longer, we can afford to grow up more slowly. That will probably change back in due course.

driving standard anonymous February 10 2009, 07:43:00 UTC

autos work better than automatic shift on ice anyday! meanwhile the long childhood imposed on today's kids does not make them capable of being better adults later on. in fact many more are still behaving like kids past 30 to 40 years of age. no wonder most of you are into drugs and booze or worse. go freak out some more. Wildflower 09

Re: driving standard cemeteryconsort February 10 2009, 11:35:53 UTC

Who's into drugs and booze? "Not I" said the fly. Just coffee for me. My only drug of choice.

Re: driving standard sushioga February 10 2009, 11:50:42 UTC

Does baked brie count as a drug?

Seriously, though, maturity is a greatly delayed process these days and it has hurt us. Kids have handled guns and wagons for centuries, but they were also expected to start families and work as soon as they hit adolescence. They may not have been mentally mature back then either, but at least everyone was raised with solid upbringing so they knew how to make basic decisions. Then there's that fear of God thing, which apparently did a lot to keep kids in line.

I might add there's no need for machine gun training in this day and age in America so most of them just shoot as a show of power (like wearing a tie, having a fast car or grunting at the table).