An absolutely terrifying article

[Archaea]

http://newyorkmetro.com/news/features/15589/index.html

if that's the benefit of elistist eastern high school education, then I'm glad my kids are country bumpkins is innocent, and pure, Vegas.

[JohnnyLingo]

Wow. Sounds like these kids put their hippie, free-lovin' parents to shame.

One of the outgrowths of the attack on morality... you're right, this is terrifying.

[Alkili]

"child-development specialists to label them the “post-gay” generation"

I think I'd call it the "post divorce" generation.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by Archaea

http://newyorkmetro.com/news/features/15589/index.html

if that's the benefit of elistist eastern high school education, then I'm glad my kids are country bumpkins is innocent, and pure, Vegas.

Archaea, you seem a little obsessed, single minded. The title of your post was misleadingly alarming. You know, there are worse evils in the world than this silly experimentation by kids. I bet it doesn't even hold risk of chromosme damage or (between girls) disease. Find some more evil stuff to fret about.

[Archaea]

Do you actually find their elitist attitudes harmless?

It's a signature of class warfare which may be on the horizon in yet our lifetimes. See me in forty years if their experimentation isn't harmful.

The sexual experimentation isn't the only thing that boggled my mind; it was the utter contempt from which they viewed the world. The kids there viewed themselves superior to others, and thus entitled to excesses. Sounds a little bit Hitlerian.

I have no idea how rampant those beliefs are, localized or in substratas, but if they become prevalent, we will see far greater problems. You also don't think safe sex is important?

America has many ills, and will continue to have them for years, but we're losing the strength of the WWII generation. I see no greatness from the upcoming generations. The general sense of work ethos, commonality, vision and willing to sacrifice for others is absent. Now this is a train which will stop slowly, and other cultures are also doing badly.

However, if China continues to get its act together, the US will become a second rate power. It probably won't happen entirely until the second half of the century but the trending is not positive.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Do you actually find their elitist attitudes harmless?

It's a signature of class warfare which may be on the horizon in yet our lifetimes. See me in forty years if their experimentation isn't harmful.

The sexual experimentation isn't the only thing that boggled my mind; it was the utter contempt from which they viewed the world. The kids there viewed themselves superior to others, and thus entitled to excesses. Sounds a little bit Hitlerian.

I have no idea how rampant those beliefs are, localized or in substratas, but if they become prevalent, we will see far greater problems. You also don't think safe sex is important?

America has many ills, and will continue to have them for years, but we're losing the strength of the WWII generation. I see no greatness from the upcoming generations. The general sense of work ethos, commonality, vision and willing to sacrifice for others is absent. Now this is a train which will stop slowly, and other cultures are also doing badly.

However, if China continues to get its act together, the US will become a second rate power. It probably won't happen entirely until the second half of the century but the trending is not positive.

I agree there's little as distasteful as spoiled kids without empathy and with an absolute sense of entitlement.