(05-18-2018, 01:27 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote:

(05-18-2018, 01:23 PM)Cleatwood Wrote: Totally agree here. This is why I refuse to let my son use our tablet. He's 2 and has no reason to use it but I see many parents out there who just give the phone or tablet to keep them quiet.

I just disagree with some posters who are trying to pin the blame on one generation. One generation is influenced by the previous one. These millenials were taught my the generation before them so they should be partially to blame as well right?

How many boomers were school shooters? Zero. Well I guess that guy in the clocktower in Texas.

How many Gen X'ers were school shooters? Zero.

How many millennials? like 3 or 4?

Now Gen Y or Z whatever it is... is going insane.

It's the deterioration of America.

There's a lot more people living in this country today in comparison to the Baby Boomer and Generation X eras. That doesn't excuse what's going on today though. Not one bit. But we're certainly getting crowded as a society and we're depending more and more on technology and less and less on old school tradition and values. 

It's certainly deteriorating though society wise. I don't know if we want to say it's because most parents bit off more than they could chew or they simply lost a good job or opportunity due to economical hits and it's forcing parents to spend more time working than actually taking care of their children at home. I've cited this before in more detail in other threads. 

Gun laws won't change much. But I still feel like we're not as violent as other countries or people here want to paint us out to be. I really do get tired of the comparisons to other countries and their polices when their populations are equal or just a tad bit higher than some of our major cities such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, etc. 

It's a [BLEEP] mess here. It's going to get a whole lot worse before it gets even remotely close to getting any better.

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