youth?

[danceyogamom]

I read more and more about violence in our youth ... and in every instance you can *see* that while they understand their actions, and understand they are wrong - they don't have any concept of the actual effects or long term repercussions of their actions. I find this to be particularly evident in school shootings ... but even "little" incindents like this one scare me:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/27/family.poisoned.ap/index.html

I believe we as a society have a responsibility to educate our youth and prepare them to help create a better society ... instill in them a sense of communal morals if you will ...

but when I read about children like the one above, or parents like these:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/15/infant.death.ap/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/14/daughter.killed.ap/index.html

I wonder how much society in general can do?

[EminemsRevenge]

http://comic-books-world.com/marvel.jpg Comic books were once, and perhaps still is, the bane of society...but if you read the bible or mythology you'll see that the youth were always fucking up:eek:

Si vis pacem, para bellum--if you want peace, prepare for war--and one day you may all be saying Thank god for George Bush!!!

When you face the prospect of going to a never-ending war with little chance of coming back, you tend to be a bit more peaceful.

[danceyogamom]

yes, humanities youth is constantly chronicled as "fucking up" (as you so eloquently put it) ... and every generation says the kids of today are worse than ever before. I must admit I truely doubt that is true ...

however, now the chronicles show the parents as being completely horrible as well

one can only hope that *something* positive can come from GWB ... and I will happily accept society's backlash as the positive.