Mind's Eye Re: the classics. books

It's healthy to rebel, as a matter of fact. It's how children separate
from their parents and become individuals/adults. The forms rebellion
takes is varied, however- it doesn't have to be physically violent, it
can opposition and/or choices that are contrary to parental values.
(Then, when that doesn't work out, mom and dad can say "I told you
so!" !)

On Aug 22, 3:38 am, Lee Douglas <leerevdoug...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Heh Kenny,
>
> There is really no choice when it comes to living through your teen years.
> There is no learn the easy way, it has always been and I suspect it will
> always be learn the hard way.  Nope I'm not buyng inot this violnce of the
> youth malarky.  It was violent when I was a youth, it was the same for my
> farther, it is the same for my teen age boys.  the world has always been
> complex and I should imagin will just get more so as new technology and new
> scientific discoverises  are made.
>
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> On Wednesday, 22 August 2012 06:30:28 UTC+1, kenny wrote:
> > well, i understand what you mean fully. but our world is getting very
> > complex now and we have to change our ways some or else face bad
> > consequences. have fun in a car and you could die. have fun at work and you
> > could be fired. what i am getting at is that fun is great and all but you
> > can either learn the hard way or the easy way. i see you learn the hard way
> > i'd guess. get a criminal record in today's economy and good luck getting a
> > decent job. it just sickens me so bad how people don't think for themselves
> > most the time. they always want want and want. i would not want to spend my
> > whole life chasing social status and making people see me as i wish them to
> > see me, i just want them to see me as i am. i was in navy 4 years. i ws so
> > happy when i had money to buy a brand new vehicle(only new because of cash
> > 4 clunkers(govt program)) and i thought i'd have one of the nicer cars in
> > our barracks parking lot...-__- nope. all the kids want fast sports cars
> > and high end expensive clothes. they all screw around with their girl/boy
> > friends, and talk crap behind each others backs... i thought when i saw a
> > few instance of such things it was just a small amount and that we pay
> > attention to bad things, and notice them, more than we do good things, or
> > just normal things, but the cars in parking lot really brang it home to me
> > how superficial our society is quickly becoming. i mean look at history
> > channel, the learning channel, and all that crap that used to be great.
> > it's all reality t.v. now. wtf??? it is easy to brush it off as
> > youthfulness, but we have so many more responsibilities now because things
> > are becoming very advanced and quite delicate. the world is advancing by
> > the few scientist and researchers, but the people in it are still acting
> > like the world is just a big playground and we don't affect anyone else.
> > selfish people that do not know, or even care about things i talk about now.
>
> > On Sunday, August 19, 2012 10:57:08 PM UTC-4, kenny wrote:
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> >> i am a kinda young man, almost 25, but i find that no one hardly in my
> >> generation is familiar with the classics, such as Henry David T.,
> >> Aristotle(though i can hardly understand his advance thoughts), and even
> >> just regular classics from Alexander Dumas, Thomas Hardy, and of course the
> >> great Samuel Johnson. this is just a brief idea of what i mean. and what i
> >> mean to discuss is my wonder at why this great chance to learn about human
> >> nature and how to best deal with our faults n such, is
> >> not recommended anymore. with philosophers, i see the whole bettering
> >> yourself thing, and with the novels of classicity(probably not a word) i
> >> think prime our mind to... understand true human feeling and great
> >> imagination(crime and punishment comes to mind). i bring this up because i
> >> see so many problems with our youth in their regards...even tonight i see
> >> at a gas station a guy throw a plastic water bottle out of his car on
> >> ground like he not care, and he even looked at me like he was askin me to
> >> say somethin...-__-. a person like this i hate so much. why have so many
> >> young people lost their self decency nowdays? do you try to teach your
> >> children to learn the valuable information which has withstood such great
> >> test of time, like Confucius or maybe even Eric Hoffer? thanks people.- Hide quoted text -
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