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#26
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sigmundoooz said:
I think you may have missed the point. I was trying to demonstrate the difference in the sensibilities of today's snowflakes in contrast to past generations. I do know that kids dying is not a particularly good thing. My father's best friend John H. Pate, Jr. died on May 5, 1968 during Little Tet in Vietnam. My wife's uncle George Wilfred Hough died on July 8, 1944 during the battle for Caen in Normandy, France so, yes I do know that wasn't a good thing.
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No I got it. I’m middle aged and I have great hope for our younger generations. We evolve. Old mindsets are not better simply because they’re dogmatic. Expecting kids (and science has found that the brain is still developing into our 20’s, including the part that is responsible for sound judgment, so they are kids) to act like adults, simply because they were put in adult situations in the past, isn’t reasonable. Further, the fact that kids were wrongly put in adult situations in the past doesn’t mean they should be going forward. We can (should) improve.

Using the “snowflakes” label is a poor excuse for nuanced thinking on the matter. Of course, it’s been my experience that those who use the term “snowflakes” are the first and loudest to complain when it comes to their own perceived “rights” (including their right to infringe on those of others).

So yeah, let’s not attack kids on Twitter just because some other kids died in World War II.
 
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#27
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SN-A-C Orange said:
For what it is worth ... the definition of adult changes with culture.
I for one have seen very few 'adults' in the age range of 18-24 ... granted I was never in the armed forces so that CERTAINLY limits my range of experience.
My daughter is 24 soon to be 25, and she has voted and is definitely not an 'adult.'
Auto industry does not consider you an 'adult' until 26ish I believe.
Traditional Jewish culture thinks you are a grown man == adult at 30.
My two cents, "adult" has less to do with age and more to do with maturity.
Or to borrow from Malcolm Forbes, "The only difference between boys and men is the price of their toys."
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When does the law say you’re an Adult? Everything else is irrelevant.
 
#28
#28
Sam I Am said:
Well, right now......18-22 years olds are holding rifles and standing in harms way everyday in the military.

So, buckle up buttercups. Dang....
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But they arent getting tweeted at by 50 year old losers trying to showboat and live vicariously through another military/baseball team.

You don’t look very smart defending some loser harassing college kids
 
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Incredible_duck said:
When does the law say you’re an Adult? Everything else is irrelevant.
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I agree.
Time to move on and put this in the Books.
Vandy is our next tgt.
Enjoy the Series Sweep....Done and move on to the next two targets this week
I am sure he has caught a lot of grief and will learn to catch it from his teammates & coach.
Focus forward and not the rear view window.
Time to move forward and focus on the Next Victim.
 
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I don't remember getting the memo that 18-22 year olds were "kids". I'm afraid this is part of our societal problems as it is. They gotta grow up sometime. If they can't deal with some dumbass tweet at that age... good luck with real life.
 
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I hate that the tweet put out by the university has overshadowed our wonderful weekend.
 
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Incredible_duck said:
When does the law say you’re an Adult? Everything else is irrelevant.
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Making 'the law' your standard is problematic. Laws are typically written by flawed, fallible people.
"Legal adulthood, as we know, does not ensure responsible behavior." - Knute Berger 2018 (In his article he discusses ... his frequent irresponsible behavior in his twenties.)
My brother is 58 year's old, and has been on Federal support since he was 18 and has never worked a day in his life (as far as I know). Adult? Legally, yes. He is also a high functioning autistic.
You quote, "It's the law." .... when it is says what you want to hear ... but do you conveniently ignore it when it does not match to what you believe at other times???
The laws of the USA, do contain ...
... some stupid/wierd/inane laws ... for your pleasure ... 50 Dumbest Laws In The US
... laws that regulate a speed limit .... do you observe that when you are out on the road ... or is that more of a 'guideline' ???
... laws that justify morally reprehensible behavior ... but it is the law, right? So, it cannot be wrong or arbitrary?!?
Citing the law is funny ... when you look at how many articles are our there - justifying breaking the very thing you are citing ... here are two ...
Is It Right to Break the Law?; The question is raised by recent incidents of civil disobedience in the United States. Here a philosopher examines a fundamental moral problem as old as Socrates. (Published 1964)
When Is It Right to Break the Law?.

I, for one, am attempting to follow the law ... as is good and right. But I am committed to higher ethics and moral codes than are sometimes advocated by "the law.'
It may be the law, but I struggle with a law that advocates that ending innocent human lives is 'legal.'

So, arbitrarily deciding that everyone is an 'adult' at 18 ... is legally true.
 
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jeff1vol said:
I don't remember getting the memo that 18-22 year olds were "kids". I'm afraid this is part of our societal problems as it is. They gotta grow up sometime. If they can't deal with some dumbass tweet at that age... good luck with real life.
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Sorry, can't agree. The kid at Ole Miss is a kid talking after competing hard and in a state of competition-shock at what had happened to him and his teammates. What he said was indeed worthy of some ridicule, but the adult people on twitter who are viciously attacking the kid personally and beyond proportion are losers.
 
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Jake Tate said:
But they arent getting tweeted at by 50 year old losers trying to showboat and live vicariously through another military/baseball team.

You don’t look very smart defending some loser harassing college kids
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Oh bite me Jake Tate! I was one of those 18-22 yr. olds. And I was not a kid.
I may not look smart, but you are a puss! Ya hear me? A PUSS !
 
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youcancallmeAl said:
Sorry, can't agree. The kid at Ole Miss is a kid talking after competing hard and in a state of competition-shock at what had happened to him and his teammates. What he said was indeed worthy of some ridicule, but the adult people on twitter who are viciously attacking the kid personally and beyond proportion are losers.
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I agree 100% that the people attacking him are idiots. However... you put yourself out there... expect the ridicule. It's sometimes a hard lesson, but a lesson nonetheless.
 
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Never ceases to amaze me how hard some people will argue for their right to act ugly to other people.

But I guess this conversation is about adults vs. children, so it’s on-brand.
 
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Sam I Am said:
Oh bite me Jake Tate! I was one of those 18-22 yr. olds. And I was not a kid.
I may not look smart, but you are a puss! Ya hear me? A PUSS !
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I was also one of those 18-22 year old kids. Don’t troll college kids on Twitter.

Big man on a keyboard, aren’t you? 😂
 
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