I went digging through my old blog and found this interesting little tidbit of a post, circa 2007, talking about the oft-maligned youth of today. Being a bit older and having had the opportunity to observe a bit more, my opinion hasn’t changed significantly from then, particularly in the sense that a lot of the problem isn’t always traceable back to young people.
I leave you this:
I’ve had about enough of adults, particularly adults that are over 30.
There’s always crime in any community, but “adults” are quick to pass blame onto youth like myself and anyone else from 12-30. This is especially true in summer when people are not in school and have some idle time.
A lot of this problem is over drugs. The way I see it, we wouldn’t have a drug problem if parents and adults pulled their heads out of whatever hole or bodily orfice it was in and actually paid attention to the fact that other adults give kids drugs, alcohol and cigarettes then the kids in turn pass them around and like magic, we have a problem. Where did it start? The adults.
If there’s anyone over 30 reading this that does not pass blame to youth, I apologize for lumping you into this group, but your peers screwed it up for everyone.
I try to be an advocate for youth, particularly in a bid to help clean up the community, so it obviously makes me angry whenever I read or hear of adults saying “our community is going to hell because of the kids”. Give me a break. Wake up, smell the coffee and realize one thing: you and members of your generation are the ones that made our generation the oppressed, pissed off and divided generation we are.
The disconnect has grown exponentially over the past several years. There are initiatives to engage the younger generations in the community, but you seldom see those get noticed. Instead, you hear about the kids that vandalized the side of the school and got caught smoking dope in the school parking lot.
I’m done rambling, but have some advice for the older generations. The golden rule dictates “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. That being said, the return is coming and in some cases is already here.
I’ve said my piece for now. You don’t like it, too bad, you had it coming.
