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Hook Dem
08-25-2004, 07:08 PM
People over 35 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, 60's, or even maybe
> the early 70's 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.
>
> 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!