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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Red Tail 444 on May 24, 2004, 04:00:19 PM
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...And 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 cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based
paint.
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 a pickup truck on a warm day was
always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from
a bottle.
Horrors!
We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop
with sugar in it, but we were never overweight because
we were always outside playing
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one
bottle, and no one actually died from this.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps
and then rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot
the brakes.
After running into the bushes 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 CELL PHONES!!!!!
Unthinkable!
We did not have Play Stations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no
video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video
tape movies, surround sound, personal cell phones,
personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.
We had friends!
We went outside and found them.
We played dodge ball, 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.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.
Some students weren't as smart as others, so they
failed a grade 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 law.
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!
Please pass this on to others who have had the luck to grow
up as kids, before lawyers and government regulated our
lives, for our own good !!!!!
People under 30 are WIMPS !
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How many times is this going to be posted.
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People Over 35 Should be Dead
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Chain letters are so kewl!
I'm surprised you old farts learned how to operate this new fangled doodad called the "Internet".
-SW
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If you was on my six it was just for fun, and a minute later you would be shot down :D
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Originally posted by StabbyTheIcePic
How many times is this going to be posted.
Ohhh I see. If it's not a post saying how great Kerry is or how the big bad evil conservative America is you just dont want to hear it.
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Thank God Nader is here to bubble-wrap the world. We could get hurt.
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Great post! I always enjoy reading it!!
How true it is!
:)
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Let me have my lawyer read it over .
to make sure i am not being offended in any way.
:D
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Originally posted by StabbyTheIcePic
How many times is this going to be posted.
Must be a whiny 20 something....
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I got a great shock when I opened a running dishwasher when I was 3. It didn't affect me in the least.
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When I was 3, I received a great shock when I opened a dishwasher while it was operating. Id didn't have any long term effects.
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LOL
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I opened a dishwasher once. It was on and it gave me a shock I won't forget. That was when I was 3, and I haven't had any problems from it.
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Hey Math... didn't you have a dishwasher story?
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There's a reason why cars are packed with safety features.
People want them.
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sandie... I got no problem with packing cars or trucks with saftey features..
I have a huge problem with big nanny telling me I can't ride in the bed of a pickup truck if I want to.
One point that wasn't brought out is that we had a lot more fun back then. You would have been embarassed to pretend to be someones mom and tell them that you were voting for a law that would restrict their freedom for their own good.
We didn't sit in front of the internet or TV or nintendo all day and night.. we played semi dangerous stuff till it got dark or even latter... our first cars were lucky to have brakes. 300 hp cars with no brakes and no shocks taught you how to drive.
I can't believe anyone would defend the loss of freedoms that we are experiancing.
lazs
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I tend to agree. I think it's silly that we have helmet laws in some states. I also think it's silly to have mandatory belt laws.
In like fashion, I don't like any of the so called consensual crime laws. Prostitution, drugs, gambling, ticket scalping, sodomy, you name it. I don't see the point of protecting people from themselves.
Guns... I agree that gun locks and safes and all the other safety features that are available are probably a good thing to have. Still, I'm not convinced that it's something that we need to legislate. On the other hand, if one of my children was in someone's house and good gun safety wasn't practiced with a result of injury or death to one of my children, I would definitely be in the mood for a lawsuit.
Back on the car thing...
The car manufactures are going to load vehicles with crumple zones, air bags, shoulder restraints and all sorts of additional safety features because (I believe) the majority of the consumers desire such things. At the same time, I don't agree with our legislators making such features mandatory.
If a parent is so foolish as to allow their children to move about freely in a motor vehicle, completely unrestrained, good on them. They're not making the gene pool any deeper anyway.
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we agree on that but...
bet you can't figure out why it all went so bad? overpopulation for one thing... a good plague or natural disaster on the allmost apocalyptic scale will turn things back but...
not just that.. the real reason is womens suffrage. and shallow gene pools... at first womens suffrage was not so bad (except for prohibition and a bunch of socialist laws) because a lot of em either din't vote or voted like they were told. Now... they can elect a man like kerry or finestein.
shallow gene pools have created a paler version of men too... ones who feel weak and helpless and feel (much like women) that the government is their only salvation...
lazs
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Originally posted by lazs2
bet you can't figure out why it all went so bad? overpopulation for one thing... a good plague or natural disaster on the allmost apocalyptic scale will turn things back but...
After watching the History Channel this weekend and the Modern Marvels show, I know who to blame.
PLUMBERS.
:)
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and who do you think hires plumbers eh?
women.
lazs
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Originally posted by airguard
If you was on my six it was just for fun, and a minute later you would be shot down :D
hehe...must be a beautiful sunset in your delusional world :lol
seems some of ya's (not you airguard) missed the complexity of the post, and realize it's actually a compliment to us old men.
(handsomehunkes, and I'm 35, BTW...) :D
Have a Coke and a Smile, toughguys...
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women have been able to vote for nearly 100 years...this "nannying" is a pretty recent thing.
mandatory saftey items in vehicles are there not to stop you from killing yourself but to stop you from killing other people...warning labels and such exist because there are all together to many frivolous lawsuits...they exist only to protect companies from that sort of crap. gunlock laws and such are there because stupid people who keep there gun in a unlocked drawer where kids can get them...and they save kids (who do stupid stuff) because law abiding citizens will do it and non law abiding citizens will have more charges thrown at them thus incresing there deserved jailtime.
and is blaming women for these things any more acceptable than blaming oh lets say...gays?
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well... gays tend to vote like women for the most part because they are mostly liberal so yes... they would have a part in it but... they are a small portion of the population so in no way as big a threat as women.
you should really get a grasp of the balance of freedom and security... my not using safety devices does not endanger you anymore than some peoples rock climbing or bugee jumping does.
in any case... it is too late for you probly.. you are thouroghly brainwashed. or... are just very young and idealistic with no life experiance to speak of.
lazs
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Originally posted by AKS\/\/ulfe
Chain letters are so kewl!
I'm surprised you old farts learned how to operate this new fangled doodad called the "Internet".
-SW
Some of us still haven't....punk;)