Excuse me...

Are you attempting to correlate age with your views of what is proper/improper civil behavior?

Age is totally irrelevant as your thoery has no basis in fact..

Oh, and in case you are wondering, I am 35....

Another thing, I had my son, who will be 9 next month in Cub Scouts. Took him out. The Cub Scouts might be one of the most corrupt organizations on the planet.

Here is my experience.. Paid in a lot of money. And yet, I wonder where all the money goes. I went to a few leader events. A bunch of adults giving EACH OTHER awards while dressed in their lame uniforms. Talk about a bunch of people that have to get a life.....


>I am both troubled and intrigued by the recent discussions about community standards, censorship, freedom of speech, need to blow off steam, political correctness, off-ramps, insults, profanity and vulgarity.
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>I am not naive. I've been around and seen and heard a lot of things. But I am amazed at the intensity with which some here seem to be attacking long-established concepts of dignity, respect, courtesy, modesty, self-control and honor.
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>So I'm wondering if there is perhaps a fuzzy dividing line in time that marks that sea-change of attitudes. Those on one side of the line see the change very clearly. Those on the other side may not even comprehend the comparison.
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>There may be something to this, although I don't think for a minute that it's the *only* explanation. For example, my 9-year-old son is learning in Cub Scouts about many of the traits I have listed above, so he would be an exception to the age idea.
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>But age and generational outlook are the questions of the moment for this thread.
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>I am 48 years old. I am very curious to know the ages of the following UT'ers, who are the Top 50 UT Posters for the past 7 days, as of 8:20 am. I will *respect* your right not to reveal that information, and I will not associate any names with any conclusions that I reach from this limited research.
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>Ages may be sent to me privately if you prefer, but general discussion of the issues raised should be kept public. Others not listed are welcome to participate.
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>Ed Rauh
>John Petersen
>John Koziol
>David Stevenson - 48
>Erik Moore
>George Tasker
>Nancy Folsom
>Michelle Cox
>Karl Peterson
>Mark McCasland
>Doug Dodge
>Nadya Nosonovsky
>Fred Taylor
>Roxanne Seibert
>Perry Forman
>Stephen Russell
>Pablo Roca
>Garrett Fitzgerald
>Marcia Akins
>Nick Neklioudov
>Mike Yearwood
>Larry Miller
>Al Doman
>Evan Delay
>Bruce Campbell
>Bret Hobbs
>Peter Cortiel
>Craig Berntson
>Christof Lange
>Terry Thurber
>Walter Meester
>Michel Fournier
>Rick Strahl
>Barbara Paltiel
>John Harvey
>Bill Caton
>Edgar Del Gesso
>Paul Vlad Tatavu
>David Frankenbach
>Peter Brama
>Cindy Winegarden
>Larry Moody
>Tom Welch
>Chris Mccandless
>Alex Wieder
>Sylvain Larin
>Jim Booth
>Rick Borup
>Barbara Peisch
>Mike Helland