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07-12-03, 09:40 PM
Here's why - According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids in the
40's, 50's, 60's, or even maybe the early 70's probably shouldn't have survived.
Our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paint that we would chew on.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, and when we
rode our bikes, we had no helmets. Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts or air bags. Riding in the back
of an old van and being thrown about was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors!
We ate cakes, bread and butter, and drank pop with tons of sugar in it, but we
were never overweight because we were always outside playing.
We shared one bottle of pop with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually
died from this.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of s********s and then rode down the hill,
only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes or wall a few
times, we learned to solve the problem.
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back
when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day.
NO MOBILE PHONES! Unthinkable!
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all,
no 99 channels on sat or cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal
cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.
We had friends! We had to go outside and find them.
We played football, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt. We fell out of trees,
got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents?
We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to
get over it. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms, and
although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor
did the worms live inside us forever. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's
home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them.
Not everyone made the football team. Those who didn't had to learn to
deal with disappointment.
Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a test and were held back
to repeat the same grade. Horrors!
Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own.
Consequences were expected. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a
law was unheard of. They actually sided with the Police. Imagine that!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and
inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.
And you're one of them!
Congratulations! :notworthy:
40's, 50's, 60's, or even maybe the early 70's probably shouldn't have survived.
Our baby cots were covered with bright coloured lead-based paint that we would chew on.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, and when we
rode our bikes, we had no helmets. Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts or air bags. Riding in the back
of an old van and being thrown about was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors!
We ate cakes, bread and butter, and drank pop with tons of sugar in it, but we
were never overweight because we were always outside playing.
We shared one bottle of pop with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually
died from this.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of s********s and then rode down the hill,
only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes or wall a few
times, we learned to solve the problem.
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back
when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day.
NO MOBILE PHONES! Unthinkable!
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no video games at all,
no 99 channels on sat or cable, video tape movies, surround sound, personal
cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.
We had friends! We had to go outside and find them.
We played football, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt. We fell out of trees,
got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.
They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember accidents?
We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to
get over it. We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate worms, and
although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor
did the worms live inside us forever. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's
home and knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them.
Not everyone made the football team. Those who didn't had to learn to
deal with disappointment.
Some students weren't as smart as others, so they failed a test and were held back
to repeat the same grade. Horrors!
Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own.
Consequences were expected. The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a
law was unheard of. They actually sided with the Police. Imagine that!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and
inventors, ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.
And you're one of them!
Congratulations! :notworthy: