As usual, some try to find offense where there is none offered.
No one has said ALL youth are slackers and not one word I have read in this thread denigrates today's military or especially those volunteers who serve. So climb off the high horses.
I do find it interesting that in my personal experiences, when I hear someone take umbrage when these things are said, that they many times are those whose offspring and family members frequently exhibit some of the worst traits described.
There is no denying that society today as opposed to 40 or 50 years ago is filled with more spoiled, entitlement minded, rude, self centered, hooray for me, clueless loudmouths who drag down society in general. Thank God if you live in an isolated land-that-time-forgot piece of America where none of that has invaded.
I defy anyone to show me something positive in the "hip-hop" culture of today that has crossed racial boundaries that uplifts and contributes to society in general and doesn't drag down certain groups and everything associated with it by its crass, vulgar, and crude public behavior.
I remember when many of my elders voiced the same concerns about the long-haired generation of the 60's that I happened to be a part of - and you know what ? In many instances they were right and it was justified. Look at what much of that has wrought politically and socially that tears us down and hinders us. Not all of it was correct and many of us went on to turn out to be productive citizens and rise above some of the worst traits we exhibited. But much of what we suffer today as a nation came from unrestrained and unbridled animosity toward more traditional values during those times. A lot of the worst offenders now are well placed in the media and our government. You don't have to be much of a sleuth or look very far to find them . . . .
What I miss most ? Common sense in the general discourse and the propensity to call a spade a spade.
