People are a product of their genetics and their experience.
The above I believe to be axiomatic.
You can't do anything about your genetics. And although
some people believe that we are genetically deteriorating
(a fascinating subject, and one certain to rile the moderators)
let's disregard that for the moment and assume that youngsters
today have the same genetic advantage as youngsters 100
years ago.
So what's different? Clearly (to me, at least) it is their
experience.
Growing up in the late 20th century (80's & 90's) was simply
put, a complete clusterf__k compared to growing up in say
the 50's or 60's or even 70's.
I have to tread carefully here, lest our over-zealous moderators
take offense at what I say here, but I think I can safely say
that people in the 80's and 90's somehow concluded that risk
had been eliminated, and proper child rearing involved placing
it in front of the TV when it was very young - you don't want
them outside, taking risks in the big bad world, oh no - which
terminates with them smoking pot 24x7 and playing video
games. Safely, inside the fisher price playpen created by the
helicopter parents.
It is sad, how as a society in Canada, that we have deteriorated
from the rough and tough farm boys of World War One that
kicked @ss - google the hundred days - and even during WWII
we were a force to be reckoned with. The RCAF in Europe
in the 1950's was quite something.
But sometime after WWII - certainly by the 60's - Canada fell
to pieces, and the culture changed. Men needed to be soft,
gentle, sensitive and ignorant of how things worked. Again, I
must tread carefully to avoid offending the moderators and
having this posting deleted. The subject of Canada's deterioration
is not something which can be discussed in public, at least not
without considerable censorship.
The bible has a wonderful quote: "as ye sow, so shall ye reap"
or something like that. There's a lot of nonsense in it, but that
quote proves that if you have enough monkeys typing, something
brilliant will emerge.
If you don't like kids these days, take a look at whom is responsible -
their parents. Look in the mirror. That's who's to blame for our
kids being such useless pussies.
Not all of them are, however.
