On the Doomsday preppers show, the California man with the crocodile dundee hat made a statement about how the local "thugs" were celebrating because of a ballgame win. You could see the look on his face, and feel the disgust in his voice when he made this statement. This prompted me to write about an observation I made back in December.
A few months ago, I attended the midnight release at our local gamestop of Modern Warfare 3 (MW3). I was shocked to see the line of 300 plus people outside the store, wrapped around the back and sides. Around 40 degrees out, the kids were wearing shorts, screaming at others “teen” stuff, fighting, cussing loudly, and throwing things. As I waited and moved up to the other store fronts, I could see broken glass of one of the stores. I’m assuming this was caused by pushing/shoving each other into the window. The streets were littered with pizza boxes, Jolt/Amp/RedBull drinks as well. Kids were cutting lines and the parents were sitting back watching this go on like second nature. Gamestop handled the traffic very well in and out of the stores. I was very pleased with their management.
Where has this world gone with respect for others and their property? If I acted like that at that age, my parents would have thrown me in the car and I wouldn’t have seen a video game again for life! Don’t get me wrong, I have had my fair share of destructive incidents, but I had paid dearly for them (mainly from being caught), but to do this in front of the parents? Has the rated M (for mature, violence) games drove kids to do destructive things? I think not, since I know several kids that play the game and wouldn’t act this way. I think it’s your next X generation thinking they are entitled to this behavior regardless of what they play; it’s just going to be this way or worse. Call me old if you will.
As an observer of this nature, I noticed two police cars finally pulled up after the two fist fights that broke out. Does it take city authority to stop this type of behavior, when it could have been avoided by the parents simply holding the child’s hand in the line? The “Human inhabitants” of this Earth have gone to shit. Hopefully I will be long gone when the SHTF. Its just going to get worse. Thoughts?
A few months ago, I attended the midnight release at our local gamestop of Modern Warfare 3 (MW3). I was shocked to see the line of 300 plus people outside the store, wrapped around the back and sides. Around 40 degrees out, the kids were wearing shorts, screaming at others “teen” stuff, fighting, cussing loudly, and throwing things. As I waited and moved up to the other store fronts, I could see broken glass of one of the stores. I’m assuming this was caused by pushing/shoving each other into the window. The streets were littered with pizza boxes, Jolt/Amp/RedBull drinks as well. Kids were cutting lines and the parents were sitting back watching this go on like second nature. Gamestop handled the traffic very well in and out of the stores. I was very pleased with their management.
Where has this world gone with respect for others and their property? If I acted like that at that age, my parents would have thrown me in the car and I wouldn’t have seen a video game again for life! Don’t get me wrong, I have had my fair share of destructive incidents, but I had paid dearly for them (mainly from being caught), but to do this in front of the parents? Has the rated M (for mature, violence) games drove kids to do destructive things? I think not, since I know several kids that play the game and wouldn’t act this way. I think it’s your next X generation thinking they are entitled to this behavior regardless of what they play; it’s just going to be this way or worse. Call me old if you will.
As an observer of this nature, I noticed two police cars finally pulled up after the two fist fights that broke out. Does it take city authority to stop this type of behavior, when it could have been avoided by the parents simply holding the child’s hand in the line? The “Human inhabitants” of this Earth have gone to shit. Hopefully I will be long gone when the SHTF. Its just going to get worse. Thoughts?