-=> Quoting Dennis Martin to Jim Casto <=-
 DM> In my opinion, the "not my responsibiliy" mind set came about from my 
 DM> generation, and how we were brought up.  (I'm 45.)
 That makes you about seven years older than my oldest. And puts your
 "growing years" in the 1960s and 1970s.
 DM> I can remember
 DM> many times, my parents, or my friends parents complaining because (the
 DM> ubiquitious "we")  "we weren't doing anything wrong" when the store
 DM> keepers or security guards  caught us shoplifting, loitering, fighting,
 DM> and other general mischief making. So suddenly we learned that it's all
 DM> right to do things wrong, as long as we  don't get caught, or if we
 DM> weren't causing too much trouble.   
 DM> I wasn't raised that way, but a lot of my friends were.  With me, the 
 DM> prevailing attitude of my folks was: "If you get into trouble, you're
 DM> going to have to get yourself out of it as well."  
 
 I am constantly amused by the parents of today trying to explain to _their_
 children why they (the children) can't do many of the same things _their_ 
 parents did. (drugs, rebellion against society, civil rights movement, etc.)
 Looking back, I think "it's someone else's responsibilty" was a _product_ of
 the futility a lot of people felt during that time. No matter how much
 someone _tried_ to change things, someone else was in control, hence, it is
 now "their responsibility because _I_ tried".
 Jim
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