Originally posted by: phantom309
Originally posted by: jmoe782
sad deal. our country is going to hell but who can we really blame..
In the old days mom stayed home and raised the kids right. Now both
parents are working full time to make ends meat. So kids suffer and
turn out like this. Then we ask why with the dumbfounded looks on
our faces.
There has always been a certain amount of violence in our schools - if anything they're probably safer than they were in the "good old days". When I was in HS in the 70s there were fistfights almost every day. People sometimes got broken noses, broken arms, etc. For the most part nobody sued, nobody pressed charges. It was considered part of growing up and we were expected to be able to defend ourselves, and solve our own problems. The funny thing is, I never once heard of anyone using a weapon, even though pretty much everyone had easy access to guns and knives.
Personally I don't think most kids today are "suffering" very much. I think a lot of them are fat spoiled weaklings who blame their problems on their imperfect parents and on "the system", at a time when they should be learning to take control of their own lives. They never learn how to honorably defend themselves - so the first time they feel threatend all they can think to do is run home and get Dad's gun.
