Kicker
05-03-2009, 06:48 AM
People over 30 should be dead. Here's why............
>
>
> According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those
> of us who
> were kids in the 40's, 50's and even 70s probably
> shouldn't have
> survived.
>
> Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored
> lead-based paint.
>
> We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors
> or cabinets,
> .and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not
> to mention
> the risks we took hitchhiking.)
>
> As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts
> or air bags.
> Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was
> always a
> special treat.
>
> We drank water from the garden hose and not from a
> bottle. Horrors!
>
> We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop
> with
> sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we
> were always
> outside playing.
>
> We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one
> bottle, and no
> one actually died from this.
>
> We would spend hours building our go-carts out of
> scraps and then
> rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the
> brakes. After
> running into the bushes a few times, we learned to
> solve the
> problem.
>
> We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
> as long as we
> were back when the street lights came on. No one was
> able to reach
> us all day. No cell phones. Unthinkable!
>
> We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes,
> no video games
> at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies,
> surround sound,
> personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet
> chat rooms. We
> had friends! We went outside and found them.
>
> We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would
> really hurt. We
> fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth,
> and there were
> no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents.
> No one was
> to blame but us. Remember accidents?
>
> We had fights and punched each other and got black and
> blue and
> learned to get over it.
>
>
> When a family member or a friend died we didn't have
> grief counselors
> and crisis counselors and psychologists come rushing
> to our aid. Mom
> was our counselor and we learned to cope with it.
>
> We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate
> worms, and
> although we were told it would happen, we did not put
> out very many
> eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.
>
> We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked
> on the door,
> or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them.
>
>
> Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the
> team. Those who
> didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.
>
> Some students weren't as smart as others, so they
> failed a grade and
> were held back to repeat the same grade. Horrors!
> Tests were not
> adjusted for any reason.
>
> Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected.
> The idea of a
> parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard
> of. They
> actually sided with the law. Imagine that!
>
> This generation has produced some of the best
> risk-takers and
> problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years
> have been an
> explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom,
> failure,
> success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal
> with it all.
> And you're one of them!
>
> Congratulations!
>
>
> According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those
> of us who
> were kids in the 40's, 50's and even 70s probably
> shouldn't have
> survived.
>
> Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored
> lead-based paint.
>
> We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors
> or cabinets,
> .and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not
> to mention
> the risks we took hitchhiking.)
>
> As children, we would ride in cars with no seatbelts
> or air bags.
> Riding in the back of a pickup truck on a warm day was
> always a
> special treat.
>
> We drank water from the garden hose and not from a
> bottle. Horrors!
>
> We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop
> with
> sugar in it, but we were never overweight because we
> were always
> outside playing.
>
> We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one
> bottle, and no
> one actually died from this.
>
> We would spend hours building our go-carts out of
> scraps and then
> rode down the hill, only to find out we forgot the
> brakes. After
> running into the bushes a few times, we learned to
> solve the
> problem.
>
> We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
> as long as we
> were back when the street lights came on. No one was
> able to reach
> us all day. No cell phones. Unthinkable!
>
> We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes,
> no video games
> at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies,
> surround sound,
> personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet
> chat rooms. We
> had friends! We went outside and found them.
>
> We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would
> really hurt. We
> fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth,
> and there were
> no lawsuits from these accidents. They were accidents.
> No one was
> to blame but us. Remember accidents?
>
> We had fights and punched each other and got black and
> blue and
> learned to get over it.
>
>
> When a family member or a friend died we didn't have
> grief counselors
> and crisis counselors and psychologists come rushing
> to our aid. Mom
> was our counselor and we learned to cope with it.
>
> We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and ate
> worms, and
> although we were told it would happen, we did not put
> out very many
> eyes, nor did the worms live inside us forever.
>
> We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked
> on the door,
> or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them.
>
>
> Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the
> team. Those who
> didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.
>
> Some students weren't as smart as others, so they
> failed a grade and
> were held back to repeat the same grade. Horrors!
> Tests were not
> adjusted for any reason.
>
> Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected.
> The idea of a
> parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard
> of. They
> actually sided with the law. Imagine that!
>
> This generation has produced some of the best
> risk-takers and
> problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years
> have been an
> explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom,
> failure,
> success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal
> with it all.
> And you're one of them!
>
> Congratulations!