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Originally posted by masscatI don't know if we're are getting meaner and more violent. I think it's more due to the fact that it's more out in the open. While this may very well be less hypocrite, it also may have the negative effect of turning it into something socially acceptable or even commendable.
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.
It exists, there's no point in denying it, but the general population should be ashamed of it, not celebrating it. It seems idiocy is quite idolized nowadays (e.g. Jessica Simpson, Paris Hilton, Bam, Big Brother celebrities, etc.) and that is the problem, in my opinion.
Originally posted by ahoffmanYes, definitely.
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?
I should have felt old all my life.
Originally posted by Red NightJust another idiotic american show.
I'm flipping through the channels LAST NIGHT and I pause for a few minutes on an MTV show called Viva La Bam. I didn't really understand what was going on but these young kids spent the entire 5 minutes that I could stomach wrecking stuff and beating on each other. They smashed the windows on some homeless guy's trailer spewing glass all over him in his b ...[text shortened]... The Juxtaposition of these two events really caused me to think that maybe I am out of touch.
Originally posted by ahoffmanOnly if you define post-teenager as old.
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?
Originally posted by masscatI agree almost totally with you.
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 ...[text shortened]... t it seems like we are getting meaner and more violent and likely to put it all out in the open.
We say in spanish:
"el diablo sabe por diablo, pero más sabe por viejo".
Poorly translated to english, it means something like:
"the devil knows by devil, but it knows more by old".
Originally posted by PalynkaAgreed!
I don't know if we're are getting meaner and more violent. I think it's more due to the fact that it's more out in the open. While this may very well be less hypocrite, it also may have the negative effect of turning it into something socially acceptable or even commendable.
It exists, there's no point in denying it, but the general population should be a ...[text shortened]... , Paris Hilton, Bam, Big Brother celebrities, etc.) and that is the problem, in my opinion.