Originally posted by Remora91He didn't mention you and he was speaking in general terms, so your claims of harassment sound a bit ridiculous.
No, that age thing has happened several times. When I first posted my age, those who were participating in the thread were ones who I knew and trusted, and already knew my age. I thought the post would be isolated and few people would see it. However, since then you've devoted whole threads to my post, and whenever my name appears in the forums, so does my ...[text shortened]... d you politely several times to stop. Now please, grow up, and mind your own business.
You had a good point and you've made it before, there's no need to keep bickering about it.
I’m 61 and remember as a kid being afraid of everybody: my parents, teachers, police, even neighbors who’d rat me out to my parents if I did anything wrong. It inhibited me. Stores were closed on Sunday, and I remember one popular variety show on television (broadcast live in those days) where a guest accidentally said “damn.” People talked about it for a week! Not that people didn’t use the word, but it just wasn’t said on TV. In school we got into trouble for things like talking in class, chewing gum, throwing “spit wads”, and, in the spring, carrying guns (they were the kind that squirted water, not shot real bullets). I remember Elvis being condemned because of his obscene hip shaking…they wouldn’t show it on television.
The civil rights movement of the 60’s brought about a lot of positive changes (I was ensconced in the Marine Corps at the time, so missed a lot), but those changes came with a price. The “if it feels good, do it” and “do your own thing” mentality, and the loosening of restraints on just about everything were the result. We are seeing some of the results of that thinking today. People (not just kids) have no fear or respect for anybody, and their inhibitions are relaxed. Like what’s wrong with setting a homeless person on fire just for fun?
Not to say there wasn’t violence in the “old” days. I also remember hearing stories about lynching Negroes, and as a kid, westerns were the most popular television and movie viewing. The popular line was “the only good Indian is a dead Indian.” Growing up I was sheltered from a lot of things that are out in the open today. There has always been a mean and violent segment of society, but it seems like we are getting meaner and more violent and likely to put it all out in the open.
hmm....interesting im 20 and still barely understand viva la bam and all that stuff...now i do find it somewhat entertaining at times when the show doesnt seem as stage, now jumping to your other snippet i would enjoy watching that clip due to the fact that it might give me a little confidence on there being nice people around today yet especially with everything going on......now should i feel old?