Post by Francina on Jan 15, 2004 16:39:19 GMT -5
People over 35 should be dead. 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 Playstations, 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 house
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. Kind of makes you want to run through
the house with scissors in our hands!
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 Playstations, 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 house
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. Kind of makes you want to run through
the house with scissors in our hands!