1958 vs 2008

[jeezeweeze]

I thought about putting this in funnybone but I couldn't cause it ain't funny

Subj: 1958 vs 2008
>
>
> Sad but true........
>
> Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into
> school parking with a shotgun in his gun rack.
>
> 1958 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes
> to his car and gets his own shotgun to show Jack.
>
> 2008 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off
> to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called
> in for traumatized students and teachers.
>
> Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
>
> 1958 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and
> end up buddies.
>
> 2008 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and
> Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny
> started it.
>
> Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other
> students.
>
>
> 1958 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the
> Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt
> class again.
>
> 2008 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin; becomes a zombie;
> tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because
> Jeffrey has a disability.
>
> Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his
> Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
>
> 1958 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to
> college, and becomes a successful businessman.
>
> 2008 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to
> foster care and joins a gang. Billy's sister tells State
> psychologist that she remembers being abused herself and their
> dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.
>
> Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
>
>
> 1958 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking
> dock.
>
> 2008 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug
> violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.
>
> Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.
>
> 1958 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, and goes to
> college.
>
> 2008 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. NewspapeBLr articles
> appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a
> requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action
> lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher.
> English banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given a diploma
> anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot
> speak English.
>
> Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of
> July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a
> red ant bed.
>
> 1958 - Ants die.
>
> 2008 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with
> domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed
> from home, computers confiscated. Johnny's Dad goes on a terror
> watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
>
> Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes
> his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him
> to comfort him.
>
> 1958 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
>
> 2008 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her
> job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years
> of therapy.
>
>

[wordsmythe]

Oh come on stupid exaggerations are always funny.

[Detector]

It looks closer to the truth than exaggeration too me.

[wordsmythe]

That's because you are one of those who believes everything you read in your e-mail.

And that's just funny to me.

[hoarsewhisperer]

Originally Posted by wordsmythe

That's because you are one of those who believes everything you read in your e-mail.

And that's just funny to me.

majority rules wordy....geez you're grouchy today!

[wordsmythe]

Originally Posted by hoarsewhisperer

majority rules wordy....geez you're grouchy today!

Today?

[jeezeweeze]

Originally Posted by wordsmythe

That's because you are one of those who believes everything you read in your e-mail.

And that's just funny to me.

Wordie its true...You are just too young to have lived in the simple times when common sense was usually the norm.

[K C Muffin]

He is kind of a young whippersnapper, now, isn't he? I remember recess was on blacktop with painted lines for baseball or kickball. Now the little brats have manicured lawns.

[SGT T.]

I agree with you both. Wordy, good call. I'd rep you if I could but it won't let me. And KC Muffin, I will always dream of the snipe hunting that could've been...

I remember walking from my grandmothers house on 7th Street down to the C-Mart on Earp to play video games when I was 7 or 8 years old, by myself. Would you feel safe letting your kids do that today?

[Clueless]

Originally Posted by wordsmythe

That's because you are one of those who believes everything you read in your e-mail.

And that's just funny to me.

Wordy - I was in the 8th grade in 1958, and you can trust me - the 1958 answers are about 100% correct. Yeah, the 2008's are stretched - but overall, the difference between then and now is very, very wide.

If I got sent to the principal's office, I got a belt at home too. we used fists and not guns to settle matters. I broke several windows playing baseball or throwing newspapers, and paid my own money to fix each. Other parents disciplined me when I was out of line. The police never came - no-one I knew ever went to jail - other than BB rifles, we never carried a weapon. We all grew up with a sense of family, respect and values. I can't say that for much of our community in 2008.

Why? Because we've become so focused on our 'rights' that we've lost our community of people.