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when the old people die...

Post by Tero » Sun Jul 27, 2014 1:35 am

...we can get rid of fox news. I mean real old people, like on social securtity and anti change and anti Obamacare. Fox can keep local news. It's good for road construction news and what neighborhoods to avoid for all the stray bullets.

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Post by Blind groper » Sun Jul 27, 2014 2:12 am

It is not just Fox News, though that is a very good example of something that needs to be terminated with extreme prejudice. Every generation carries a load of old cobblers with it as baggage, and that baggage is only lost when the older generation die off. We have had previous generations that firmly believed in racism, in slavery, in using the death penalty, in making guns freely available and loads of other very damaging ideas. Those ideas gradually disappear as the anacronisms die off.

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Post by JimC » Sun Jul 27, 2014 3:54 am

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Post by piscator » Sun Jul 27, 2014 9:34 am

"Shoulda waited 'till all the auld folks passed before ya changed the phizzies!"

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Post by cronus » Sun Jul 27, 2014 10:19 am

There's no growing old gracefully. Old folks grow more right wing and cantankerous as they realise there is less to live for and want the younger generation to suffer as they do. It is all down hill after seventy, there should be choice, know what I mean, and a nudge given then? It is the only way if a ageing demographic is not to cause world war three. Us or them.
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Post by Hermit » Sun Jul 27, 2014 10:46 am

Scumple wrote:There's no growing old gracefully. Old folks grow more right wing and cantankerous as they realise there is less to live for and want the younger generation to suffer as they do. It is all down hill after seventy, there should be choice, know what I mean, and a nudge given then? It is the only way if a ageing demographic is not to cause world war three. Us or them.
Not necessarily. My father never became cantankerous or more right wing by the time he died aged 87. One of our previous Prime Ministers, Malcolm Fraser, used to be excessively combative and very much on the right wing concerning his views. His motto was that "Life isn't meant to be easy", and he had battle type policies to match. He is 84 years old now, moderate and relaxed in expression and downright humanist, promoting peace and harmony among humankind. I am only 61, but much less aggressive than I used to be and certainly less right wing than when I was 17. Just anecdotal stuff, I know, but I did not notice you furnishing evidence of any sort in support of your opinion.
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Post by rainbow » Sun Jul 27, 2014 11:15 am

I like Fox News. It's very funny.

I assume it's a skit, since nobody is really that stupid.
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Post by Tero » Sun Jul 27, 2014 11:30 am

Yes they are. Stupid. That was something I did not discover till past 50. How most people are stupid. Leave all the decisions to those that are 45-60.

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Post by cronus » Sun Jul 27, 2014 2:59 pm

You can find exceptions to the rule with social attitudes but I find evidence.

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Post by Tero » Sun Jul 27, 2014 7:14 pm

It's just that the vote on, and fear, things that don't affect them in any way. After Fox convinces them it's a good thing and will keep things the same.

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Post by Blind groper » Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:02 pm

As a person wo has now reached 65 years, it makes me cantankerous to read someone saying that we oldies become cantankerous and right wing.

Seriously, I am also more relaxed and humanist with greater age. We need to remember the 'angry young man' phenomenon. I would also point out that the last time in recent history when the population of western nations became overloaded with young people (1969 to 1992 due to the baby boomers) was also a time when murder rates rose sharply, and did not fall again till the baby boomers started getting old enough to be mellow.

You may note that the political trouble spots in the world today, like Africa, and the Middle East, are all places where there is a high percentage of young men in the population.

A significant number of older people in the population helps to cool things.

That does not alter the fact the old people dying off leaves room for new, and possible better, ideas.

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Post by laklak » Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:24 pm

Young men should be kept in pens and milked for artificial insemination purposes. When they're in their mid to late 30s they're allowed to join society, but if they're still assholes they're euthanized. Young women should be taught to please the older men.

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Post by MrJonno » Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:54 pm

laklak wrote:Young men should be kept in pens and milked for artificial insemination purposes. When they're in their mid to late 30s they're allowed to join society, but if they're still assholes they're euthanized. Young women should be taught to please the older men.

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Post by Svartalf » Mon Jul 28, 2014 9:04 pm

Only because you're old enough to benefit from his plans
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Post by Tero » Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:51 pm

Blind groper wrote:As a person wo has now reached 65 years, it makes me cantankerous to read someone saying that we oldies become cantankerous and right wing.

Seriously, I am also more relaxed and humanist with greater age. We need to remember the 'angry young man' phenomenon. I would also point out that the last time in recent history when the population of western nations became overloaded with young people (1969 to 1992 due to the baby boomers) was also a time when murder rates rose sharply, and did not fall again till the baby boomers started getting old enough to be mellow.

You may note that the political trouble spots in the world today, like Africa, and the Middle East, are all places where there is a high percentage of young men in the population.

A significant number of older people in the population helps to cool things.

That does not alter the fact the old people dying off leaves room for new, and possible better, ideas.
Ah, but I am willing to give up my rights in 5 years just so the other people at 65 don't keep messing up the country. Have to start at some age. At 85 it's too late. They barely know what they are voting for at 75.

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