Would you believe...second greatest generation?
We are coming up to a very interesting time in history.
When the current generation of elderly people passes away and the baby boomers take their place there is going to be a shift coming which most people don't anticipate.
You see in the future we won't have to respect the elderly.
Think about it.
At least in our lifetime it was best to respect and revere the elderly en masse for their contribution to either of the World Wars or the effect those wars had on them. If they were of another race, sex etc. you respect them for the ridiculous oppression they faced. Heck, they probably even respected their elders for pioneering the western world or sticking to their traditions or fighting in countless other wars of independance.
But with the passing of the so-called "greatest generation" so passes my ability to just let the elderly slide on mass respect. The next generation in line did what? a few fought in questionable wars...some helped increase understanding to causes...but there's no one thing they all really have in common which is worthy of my respect and thats not even mentioning the things they tended to do together which seem to have made this world shit. Heck you could hate the next generation of Seniors for the way they treated the current generation of seniors.
Granted some will say "with age comes wisdom" and it's true in a street-wise sense but to say that all old people are smart and wise and knowledgable is like saying all young people are stupid.
I'm not going to say "once these nice oldies kick it disrespect the rest". We should still care for the elderly and help them out with their needs but but why bother with a system which demands constant respect for people based soely on age? I'll respect the elderly like I respect other people: On a completely individual basis. If you are a crochety old man expect to be treated like an asshole fratboy. It's all I'm saying.
Look out boomers for we are your echo
I bet you wish you didn't have so much sex now.
We are coming up to a very interesting time in history.
When the current generation of elderly people passes away and the baby boomers take their place there is going to be a shift coming which most people don't anticipate.
You see in the future we won't have to respect the elderly.
Think about it.At least in our lifetime it was best to respect and revere the elderly en masse for their contribution to either of the World Wars or the effect those wars had on them. If they were of another race, sex etc. you respect them for the ridiculous oppression they faced. Heck, they probably even respected their elders for pioneering the western world or sticking to their traditions or fighting in countless other wars of independance.
But with the passing of the so-called "greatest generation" so passes my ability to just let the elderly slide on mass respect. The next generation in line did what? a few fought in questionable wars...some helped increase understanding to causes...but there's no one thing they all really have in common which is worthy of my respect and thats not even mentioning the things they tended to do together which seem to have made this world shit. Heck you could hate the next generation of Seniors for the way they treated the current generation of seniors.
Granted some will say "with age comes wisdom" and it's true in a street-wise sense but to say that all old people are smart and wise and knowledgable is like saying all young people are stupid.
I'm not going to say "once these nice oldies kick it disrespect the rest". We should still care for the elderly and help them out with their needs but but why bother with a system which demands constant respect for people based soely on age? I'll respect the elderly like I respect other people: On a completely individual basis. If you are a crochety old man expect to be treated like an asshole fratboy. It's all I'm saying.
Look out boomers for we are your echo
I bet you wish you didn't have so much sex now.
posted by Cam at 8:28 PM
1 Comments:
Totally true, but already implicit.
These days you have to kind of tip your hat to the very very old because for all you know he was a captain of industry in the mccarthy era.
However, a sad looking 60 year old gets fuck all from me because he litterally lived in the most boring part of the 1900s . . . which isn't to say it was dull, but rather that the likelyhood is that he had no great part in any interesting aspect thereof.
But I don't respect the elderly to begin with, so who am I to opine.
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