skippy15 wrote: » don't know whether to laugh or rant- Just like groups of women stand outside shops and talking, groups girls outside clothes shops, people outside pubs,tourists gathered around town, kids playing on the side of the road.... Just because you felt uncomfortable its not there fault-:rolleyes: Apart from having a drink what did they do wrong- so go climb down of your high horse, polish of your cane, and leave the kids alone cause there are lots out there worse off than them..... i'd love if you used that terminology about these kids to there parents, little fcukers, gougers, standing around where you get your drugs from- pretty sure you have no kids either let alone a sense of reality:mad::mad:
pragmatic1 wrote: » I agree that its mostly the parents fault but I dont think that corporal punishment is effective. I used to get hammered when I was younger, belts and all. I learned absolutely nothing from it apart from being more sneaky and that violence is acceptable. Its lazy parenting.
Khyra24 wrote: » Love, anyone?
Trog wrote: » How much?
easyeason3 wrote: » Maybe get down off your own high horse for a minute. It wasn't because there was a group of them that made me uncomfortable, it was the way they were acting. And who the fcuk ever said that the house they were standing around is where I buy drugs??? Or that I buy drugs at all??? Seriously who exactly do you think you are to make that assumption about me?
indough wrote: » and who are you to make assumptions about the younguns who were just standing around doing nothing wrong?
Trog wrote: » So... Did this woman try to walk past and they didn't move, or did she walk around them of her own volition? Not liking their 'demeanour' is the same as not liking the look of them. I don't like people that bounce when they walk, it makes me uncomfortable. Does that mean they're doing something wrong? Did they say anything or do anything that suggests they were doing something wrong other than standing there when you'd prefer them not to be standing there, and not looking the way you would prefer them to look? (you can include their demeanor in how they look.)
Trog wrote: » Too rich for my blood, darlin.
easyeason3 wrote: » She tried to go through them but no one moved but they all laughed when she had to move around them. They were doing a mixture of things really, shouting at each other even though they are beside each other, shouldering each other, one guy had another guy in a headlock, a friendly headlock but they were being rough with each other. Other than the very loud comments on people passing & rough play I wouldn't have paid much attention to them. I was dressed in a hoodie & tracksuit as they were. I don't really see a hoodie & a tracksuit as an immediate alarm
skippy15 wrote: » I made the comment to prove a fact, I don't know you, your history or anything....so how can I make that assumption? You dont know these three groups of kids and you associated these three groups as drunks drug users and anti social youths, so who are you to make an assumption of 10 15 people??? based on solely on how you felt, did you never stand around talking as a kid?
easyeason3 wrote: » I'm not old by any stretch but there's no way on earth I'd ever have been so disrespectful & downright ignorant as some of these gougers.
WTF is happening out there at the moment that teenagers are given free reign to do as they please?
Khyra24 wrote: » A lot of teenagers have no respect for elders and authority these days. They're really fresh and you know why? Because a lot of parents don't really give a damn. They let them do as they please or they're afraid of their own children. I think a lot of kids are in need of some corporal punishment...as it was done in my time!
Bullseye1 wrote: » A curfew should be introduced. Too many parents couldn't care less where their kids are or what they are up to.
admiralofthefleet wrote: » kids noadays have nothing to do. back in the 80's/early 90's when i was a kid we went out and found stuff to do that kept us occupied
angerfist2009 wrote: » Funny how it only usually seems to bother people over a certain age when theres young people hanging around.
Dudess wrote: » Actually it's 20-somethings here who seem to go on like auldies the most. Several Boards regulars in their 30s/early 40s seem way more relaxed and way more of a laugh.
easyeason3 wrote: » Group standing outside drug house are regularly picked up by the Guards, drunk group were in fact drunk & were intent on letting everyone else know that they were in fact pissed & the third group were so rude, ignorant & obviously tough that they felt the need to let the rest of us know. Living in a small town so it's easy to know who is who. And you didn't make that comment to prove a fact. You made it because you were thick. And if I was off on a rant about the youth of today I would probably have thanked your post as it would have snapped me back to reality.
Dudess wrote: » Just like you weren't disrespectful, plenty of today's teens aren't disrespectful either. Those kids you saw aren't representative of all teens (if they were up to anything dodge that is). It's absolutely nothing new - you have an extremely rose-tinted view of the past, which was what... 10 years ago? :pac: "Your time"? You seem about 25, if even that. A bit young to be going on like a cantankerous old fogey... This stuff about complacent parents is really presumptuous - if you expect parents to constantly watch their teenagers you've a very skewed view of reality. Like what? I'm the same age as you and what's being described above sounds not too different to when I was a teenager. Actually it's 20-somethings here who seem to go on like auldies the most. Several Boards regulars in their 30s/early 40s seem way more relaxed and way more of a laugh.
angerfist2009 wrote: » True hard to tell when cant see what age people are on here. You do see half the topics on here and assume ah these lot are past it just bitter with life at this stage :P
average citizen wrote: » The youth of today really have no respect. They should be legally forced to tip their hat to every woman and bow their head to every older man who walks by (aswell as carry their groceries should they require assistance). There's an old couple living on my road, the poor woman is trapped in her home and never leaves because of a group of youths who sometimes congregate around the local cornershop drinking energy drinks and using vulgar language. The most shocking thing is that people would apparently sooner offer her anti-anxiety medication to help her conquer her fear (which is completely reasonable considering how defenceless she is compared to a group of teens) rather than force the little brats into line just to be safe. I have little hope for society.
ShooterSF wrote: » Also where does this respect your elders bolloxology come from? A certain level of respect should be universal regardless of age, after that respect is earned and not by avoiding death for a long period.
Dudess wrote: » "Your time"? You seem about 25, if even that. A bit young to be going on like a cantankerous old fogey... This stuff about complacent parents is really presumptuous - if you expect parents to constantly watch their teenagers you've a very skewed view of reality.
RMD wrote: » I hate them type of pricks, because they give the rest of the people my age a badname. Was walking down the road there on Saturday night about 8 o'clock with 2 of my mates and there's an elderly couple slowly walking in our direction, in their eighties is my guess and they weren't very mobile. They see us coming and decide to cross the road to avoid us, you could tell they were trying to avoid us by their change in pace and the reaction from one of them when they copped us. I was fúcking disgraced, not with me or my friends, we weren't doing anything wrong after all. I wasn't disgraced with the elderly couple either, I can understand where they're coming from, I was pissed off at the fact that an elderly couple in their 80s can't walk around a nice enough area without having to cross the road when they see 3 lads. Seriously, the dickheads who give people my age a bad name wreck my head just as much as anyone else, but don't assume we're all like that, for the most part, we're alright people OP. :pac:
brendansmith wrote: » If a person works hard all their life and pays taxes and contributes to society, the society should take care of them in their latter years. In a perfect world, teenagers should show them respect because teenagers have not yet contributed anything and are cnuts.
Dudess wrote: » Although you can take back that "30-something auld ones" comment. :-/ :pac:
