Quoted: I think this thread is going to divide along the lines of young'uns and people who have been around.....
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Young, old, what have you...
Does being around for 50-years really let you get in .03 cents instead of the usual .02? I know as many compentent 29-year-olds as I do compentent 53-year-olds...
So, age isn't the issue here. Again: AGE IS NOT THE ISSUE.
Morals and ethics, however, ARE.
And, if you want, I can give you the names and numbers of some people that were around and lived when you were still in diapers - and perhaps they'll still think this is a stupid possible sentence.
Again, age is not the issue, and those that think it is are those deluded with feelings of superiority (that do not exist) because they are young/old. People that think age is the issue are avoiding the issue at hand.
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As being one of these "young'ins" you claim a catagory for, I am not pleased with the overall stance many (but thank god not all) seniors (and I mean that in age, not legally a senior citizen) take to younger people. A lot (but again, not all) elders think that if someone is young, they are inexperienced, unknowledgable, and uneducated; or all of the above. This is not true. Also, I find it to be a double-standard in this sect that I can be discriminated against because of my age, yet if I discriminate you, it's "disrespect."
Young people don't ask for much. I respect elders - IF THEY RESPECT ME. Respect is a two-way street with occasional obstacles... And I, for one, do not want to be on side of the street simply because a man that is older than me thinks he's wiser and more experienced than my entire generation and therefore considers my opinion null and void. Young people, again, don't ask for much. Just treat us like decent human beings and don't act like just because we're young that we don't know anything.
Again, this is a double-standard (that I am not accusing you of holding). I have met incompetent 18-year-olds, and incompetent 55-year-olds... Age is about as relevent as penis size.