Its oh so quiet Shh Shh

[ConcinusMan]

"A psychologist reveals that the richer and more powerful a person is, the less empathy he or she is likely to have for people who are lower in status"

Ya think? gee, thanks for enlightening me, Dr. Obvious.

Why the Rich and Powerful Have Less Empathy | Alternet

[Stefan-A]

Kids these days scare the **** out of me. No respect for anyone or anything and don't even think twice about beating someone senseless for a pair of shoes. Makes me sick.

[ConcinusMan]

Something that may have gone unnoticed...

If you take a look at a line graph showing the potency and increased frequency of methamphetamine seizures and drug motivated property crimes, you get nearly an identical peak in the same years as this graph. The "meth epidemic" in America began about 1987, reached it's peak around 1996, and tapered off as the 90's came to a close (due largely in part to new pseudoephedrine laws). Coincidence?

Regardless of the statistics you showed me Stefan, I often overhear a group teens in public bragging about beating people senseless or worse, like it's some kind of sport. Like it's perfectly normal and acceptable behavior. Not long ago I was sitting in a park and heard some teens talking in the woods behind me. I glanced over and saw they were just smoking some weed so I ignored them. Next thing I know they start chucking rocks at me, nearly hitting me several times. i stood up and looked their direction and what comes out of their mouths? "Look over hear again and we'll beat you to death". That's when I lifted my shirt to reveal an object in my waistband. They just mumbled to themselves and left.

And it seems teens everywhere I go act like that now. It was rare when I was growing up. Now it seems to be the norm. it's their atttudes toward violence that scares me. They act like it's as normal and acceptable as brushing your teeth.

[ConcinusMan]

It will be interesting to see the violent crime statistics from 2007 to 2013. I'll bet it shows another spike considering this:



Even if it doesn't show a peak, is it because the crimes aren't occuring or is it because they aren't getting caught? In order to specify that a crime was committed by a teen, the suspect must be caught and identified first.

[Stefan-A]

[ConcinusMan]

That's amusing. I guess if you're too busy playing world of warcraft to stop and eat or shower you're going to be too busy to go out and beat the snot out of someone in real life.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

That's amusing. I guess if you're too busy playing world of warcraft to stop and eat or shower you're going to be too busy to go out and beat the snot out of someone in real life.

I played WoW for 5 years and I still ate and showered AND cared for 100 something garter snakes

[mikem]

I played WoW for a little bit over 6 years consecutively, then on and off for a month or two here and there. Finally kicked that habit for good during Cataclysm. Though I did try the 10 days free offer to check out the Pandaren starting area recently. Just couldn't get back into it. Looking forward to trying Hearthstone and can't wait for the Diablo 3 expansion.. oh, and the warcraft movie next year will be all kinds of awesome(i hope)! I did manage to shower and eat during my WoW time though Anyway, just wanted to mention I played warcraft, lol!

[ConcinusMan]

I still ate and showered AND cared for 100 something garter snakes

Weirdo!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I played WoW for a little bit over 6 years consecutively, then on and off for a month or two here and there. Finally kicked that habit for good during Cataclysm. Though I did try the 10 days free offer to check out the Pandaren starting area recently. Just couldn't get back into it. Looking forward to trying Hearthstone and can't wait for the Diablo 3 expansion.. oh, and the warcraft movie next year will be all kinds of awesome(i hope)! I did manage to shower and eat during my WoW time though Anyway, just wanted to mention I played warcraft, lol!

Once cataclysm hit, they had dumbed it down so much so that 10 year olds can play it that it wasn't fun for us anymore. Plus once skyrim came out, me being a huge elder scrolls buff, had all I needed I like open world gaming, but prefer PVE and campaigns as opposed to PVP.