Bah, this is the reason kids are gunning down kids these days. No sense of consequence. Throughout known history children have played army, cops 'n robbers, cowboy 'n indians etc., and that play started getting the notion in their heads if you shoot someone they die. Cartoons like Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, Tom 'n Jerry etc. did the same thing. You whack someone over the head with a big mallet, it's gonna hurt. Yeah, you laugh at it, but it gets in your psyche. Corporal punishment in schools: You do something wrong or stupid you get your butt paddled or for you parochial kids your knuckles rapped. Plus the embarassment of waiting for the punishment, going to the office, public punishement etc.
Now kids get "time out" or some non-sensical garbage that imparts nothing to a child but the idea of no serious consequence for bad actions. Entertainment is so bland and PC it appears life is all pastel choices and everyone wins. Not much reinforcement for the hormonally imbalanced thought processes coming down the pipe on the adolescence train.
Yeah, Americans like to bash Europe. But we've become what Europe was when our ancestors bailed that country for its oppression. Now, when Americans see something they think they don't like watch out! All the entitlement factions and such get revved up and it's time to kick someone's butt for thinking for themselves.
I caught part of a show recently that examined the average American sheep-mentality. They had someone go around a protest where they were calling for a ban of bio-engineered crops. This person was getting signatures to ban the use of hydrogen oxide, stating where it was being used and what processes it supported. It was amazing how many people signed on and decried the un-regulated use and proliferation of hydrogen dioxide. Unreal. Hydrogen oxide is WATER.
Sorry, had to rant a bit, found out people were believing commercial news again.
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