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'Some old people love to grouse about how Things Were Better Then, and how Children Used To Respect Authority...' I don't know if things were better then but (
by dazc 9y ago
'Some old people love to grouse about how Things Were Better Then, and how Children Used To Respect Authority...'
I don't know if things were better then but (as a kid in the 70's) we certainly respected authority because the threat of physical violence was a real one.
I am not saying that was a good thing by the way, just explaining.
- isostatic 9y agoAs a kid in the 80s I didn't respect authority because I read Enid Blyton books (written in the 40s), who taught me that the local police were at best benign, but more likely incompetent.
- dazc 9y ago'...the local police were at best benign, but more likely incompetent.' True, but it didn't matter because the worst thing that could happen to you as a child would to be kidnapped by smugglers, tied up and left in a cave to die. Thankfully though, it was OK for kids to carry knives back then so you could always escape and run away...
- jacquesm 9y agoHeh. You just made me realize that the pocket knife I used to carry would probably land me in jail today if I was ever frisked. And back then nobody cared at all.
- watwut 9y agoYoung people today commit less crime overall, less violent crime, get pregnant less often and take less drugs. So much for respect.
- eesmith 9y agoI think you respected violence, not authority.