are today's teenagers worse than previous generations

[russtafa]

What a droll chap you are russtafa lol.... Safe in your citadel of ignorance. Bullets for the left? Delivered perhaps by chaps like you... maybe in nice black uniforms and, to save on bullets, why not use gas. Far more effective. LOL

waste of gas

[Stavros]

Janis Ian! Now there's a name I had forgotten. This is a sweetly sung song of bitterness, about not being beautiful or popular; the anguish and frustration of being a teenager can, of course, lead to violence, but mostly its self-destruction. And they do grow out of it; I did -just.

[russtafa]

the left wing teachers teach these youths to disrespect authority especially the police and that's why we have these problems today its stems from the sixties hippies

[Stavros]

A snap portrait of two of my teachers, circa 1965:

1) the maths teacher: he enters the classroom, leans against the front of the desk, lights up a cigarette, and proceeds to tell us why we should support the US in Vietnam: because if Vietnam goes Communist, then so will Thailand, then India -ie, the domino theory. Pornography is funded by the USSR to subvert and undermine the values of western civilisation. And so on, and so on.

2) The history/civics teacher: if he didn't like someone he would pick an argument with them and then punish them: he had the knack of flicking a boy's ear with the tips of his fingers so you could hear the crack -and it did sting -he never did it to me, or indeed any of the boys, except one: the Jew.

We used to walk past the Jews every morning on the way to assembly, they had to line up outside the Hall and were not allowed in because of our Christian service.

Both teachers had been policemen in Southern Rhodesia, retired on their pensions and came back to make more money, play golf and lament the decline of those (allegedly) prosperous economies.

You cannot reach disrespect, but a teacher can lose it, if he or she had it at all. Every generation re-defines what can and cannot be allowed in the classroom; these days violence and verbal abuse should be against the law although one hears stories of it. The social structure of British society has changed; the route from school to work that once began at the age of 15 and meant a guaranteed apprenticeship has changed; and yet the aspirations remain the same for all young people: to get laid. And a lot of youth frustration is shaped by sexual unfulfillment and inexperience, and the manipulation of older people: notably drugs, which are often a substitute for sex.

And so on; there are some serious issues here Russtafa, it is a pity you seem to sweep everything up into a slogan that fails to capture the core of the problem. Had you been born in 1900 or 1920, what are the odds that you would have died on a foreign battlefield?

[russtafa]

sounds good to me

[Prospero]

Yep - volunteer for the Mujaheddin Russtafa. You KNOW it makes sense.

[russtafa]

i all ways like to tell the old diggers see what you fought for .rag heads in Australia,junkies,thugs,refo's,greedy politicians that would sell the country out in a heart beat .poor old buggers all ways get a sour look on their faces.and young wankers that want to rob them=god bless the socialists lol

[Prospero]

ragheads... what a model of tolerance you are
Actually your old comrades and those who didn't come back fought against the sort of intolerance you now embrace.

[Nicole Dupre]

Ea' now! Fro anaffa shwrimp on th' bawbee, moitee! Russtafa's gawt 'is bwrine in mowshun! Aleht th' pressis! G'day, moit!

You fuckin' uptight homo. *SMFH

[russtafa]

ragheads... what a model of tolerance you are
Actually your old comrades and those who didn't come back fought against the sort of intolerance you now embrace.

seriously doubt it