Steve Kemp wrote in a message to Roy J. Tellason:

RJ>RJT>Wow,  personal responsibility,  what a concept!  :-)

RJ>CH>  It's a terrifying challenge for some.

RJ>I guess so,   though I don't know why it should be.  Blame the
RJ>parents for not raising those kids properly!

 SK> Blame those parent's parents! :-P

 SK> Shit, have you noticed the kids today?
 SK> They have ZERO respect! (but then, Plato said the same)

 SK> _I_ think it's because they have ZERO responsibilities or worries.
 SK> I say...REINSTATE THE DRAFT!! :-P
 SK> Give'em something to worry about!

 SK> Hee!!!

I suspect that it's headed in that direction.

 SK> I'm serious, though!

 SK> _I_ lived through that. And _I_ joined instead of being drafted,
 SK> BTW.

I got 4-F'd myself.

 SK> BUT kids can be deferred if they get good grades and go to college!
 SK> The ones that can't "go there" WILL learn a bit of respect, and
 SK> will be knocked down a notch from the "you can't do anything to 
 SK> me!" attitude.

The army ain't what it used to be,  though.  Too much feel-good liberal
politics has seeped in there,  too.

 SK> If the youth mind-set, as is, is allowed to prevail we will have
 SK> unruly adults raising even MORE unruly children. IMO.

Yeah,  a lot of that stuff doesn't matter as much as it used to.

 SK> Kids NEED a REAL threat to snap them into reality. Shit, so do 
 SK> adults.

Sure do.

 SK> It's the punk ass parents that have created the unruly and totally
 SK> out of control kids of today.

 SK>  ;)

You sure?  Why don't you tell us how you *really* feel?  :-)

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