pet peeve #5

the ignorant generation...
There was a discussion board about this teen pregnancy "epidemic" and this is one girl's response;
Saint Salvia
"Mmmm, nothing like more complaining about the sexual natures and identities of my generation, You're throat choking attempts at control are but a mimic of every generation before hand, yes, I see my contemporaries slowing killing themselves through celeb worship and drinking or drugs, but that IS THEIR CHOICE to do so, you seek to put you nose in everyone's business and control the world in old dying values, it is a new age, get used to it. Perhaps you should seek out the intellectuals of my generation, the philosophers, the ones thinking up new ideals, new believes and new beautiful expressions of how to define our world through art culture and music. and quit focusing on the wasting trash that has become the face of the current teen, put your hands back in your pocket and off the shoulders of the new generation, you should know just as well, nothing can be done to change. Stop promoting negativity.
-B. Age 17."

Now, I'm not that much older than her and want no part of the generation she's claiming, this was my oh-so-wise and mature response to her post ;)

And to little miss Saint Salvia...
It's because of thinkers like yourself, who believe they can do whatever they want and it doesn't matter because it's their life that such bigger problems exist in our society. Stop to consider the impact such thinking and decision have on others (like having sex at 15 then getting pregnant...now the "Its my life, leave me alone" excuse doesn't work because there is another life involved too, plus the people who have to take the time to deal with the teen mom, like doctors and parents...it wasn't their decision, but they have to "deal with it" now.). Take another example: teen drinking. Fine, we'll leave those kids alone too, let them make their decisions....then one of them makes the wise decision to drive while drunk (we left them alone, so its okay) they hit another vehicle and injured/killed (take your pick) others. But, we need to leave them alone because things are changing and they are making their own decisions...REALLY???
If we leave them alone...pretty soon there won't be any "intellectuals of [your] generation" left.

like I said...I have a lot of pet peeves!