Mr.Guvernment
Posts: 76 +0
I guess this applies to some here 
According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of us who were kids
in the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's or even the early 80's, probably shouldn't
have survived.
Our baby cribs were covered with bright coloured lead-based paint. We had
no
childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, and when we rode
our
bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention the risks we took hitchhiking.)
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags!!!
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. Horrors! We ate
cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we
were
never overweight because we were always outside playing. We shared one soft
drink with four friends, from one bottle, and no one actually DIED from
this.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then rode down
the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the
bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were
back
when the street lights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. No
cell
phones. Unthinkable! We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no
video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, video tape movies, surround
sound, personal cell phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms. We
had friends! We went outside and found them.
We played dodge ball, and sometimes, the ball would really hurt. We fell
out
of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits
from
these accidents. They were accidents. No one was to blame but us. Remember
accidents?
We had fights and punched each other and got black and blue and learned to
get over it. We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and knocked on the
door, or rang the bell or just walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't
had to learn to deal with disappointment. Some students weren't as smart as
others, so they failed a grade and were held back to repeat the same grade.
Horrors!
Tests were not adjusted for any reason. Our actions were our own.
Consequences were expected
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was unheard of. They
actually sided with the law. Imagine that! This generation has produced
some
of the best risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever.
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas We had
freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal
with it all, before lawyers and government regulated our lives.
