Originally posted by: Anchorhead
You're right on the money. Our society is angry, spoiled, mean, and opinionated these days, but a thorough and proper discussion of how that's come to be, it's repercussions - current and future - is beyond the scope of this board.
Look at our popular culture these days. All of it is voyeuristic gang mentality. TV shows teach people how to gang up on their fellow citizens and insult them, defeat them, vote them off, eliminate them, and humiliate them. Then they laud the ones who do so. Meanness and anger are rewarded, civility and compassion are seen as weaknesses. people don't tune into to American Idol because they have an interest in the next recording contract - they want to see people make fools of themselves, or to see Simon insult someone until they leave the stage in tears - and it's all offered as entertainment.
Everything is about arrogance, entitlement, and attitude these days. The more - the better.
Yet when we turn on the nightly news and see our school children massacre each other - the nation stares in shock and disbelief, wondering what went wrong.
Originally posted by: TheCassidy
There is an entire generation of spoon-fed men and women under the age of 25 or 30 that is a cynical, negative, whining.....
There is an entire generation of spoon-fed men and women under the age of 25 or 30 that is a cynical, negative, whining.....
You're right on the money. Our society is angry, spoiled, mean, and opinionated these days, but a thorough and proper discussion of how that's come to be, it's repercussions - current and future - is beyond the scope of this board.
Look at our popular culture these days. All of it is voyeuristic gang mentality. TV shows teach people how to gang up on their fellow citizens and insult them, defeat them, vote them off, eliminate them, and humiliate them. Then they laud the ones who do so. Meanness and anger are rewarded, civility and compassion are seen as weaknesses. people don't tune into to American Idol because they have an interest in the next recording contract - they want to see people make fools of themselves, or to see Simon insult someone until they leave the stage in tears - and it's all offered as entertainment.
Everything is about arrogance, entitlement, and attitude these days. The more - the better.
Yet when we turn on the nightly news and see our school children massacre each other - the nation stares in shock and disbelief, wondering what went wrong.
Buddy that is so dead on. This country has become a mean spirited country, whether it is politics or TV it' all about being mean or getting at somebody. I've even exhibited some of that mean spiritedness towards people myself. I can't watch these reality shows because they have nothing to do with reality. Reality shows not involve plots and cliques trying to get rid of each other. You wnt reality TV? Watch Cops, these are people who on't want to be on TV and are not on there for fame or money.
But on to the question, 30 is an arbitrary number some around 30ish like 29 I can regard with espect. It's those people who's first exposure to STar Wars was episode I who think that Lucas is a genius (still) thatI can't relate to.
I'll tell you a story. I'm a member of the 501st and we were asked to do line duty for an appearance by Dave Prowse for a memorablilia store. It was a good crowd. The kids really dug it I asked one kid which were his favorite Star Wars movies, he could not have been more than 12. He said "The original ones" Good answer I said, and here's the clincher, "But I don't like it when George Lucas keeps changing it."