Societal norms, the Moral Majority and a rant that feels so good

innerSpaceman · 11-01-2005, 06:52 PM

As most people with children can tell you, human offspring seem to require learning everything for themselves ... with far too little observing what to do from parents. There are times when we'd rather have bear cubs than human kids. Animal babies seem to learn from their mamas; human kidlets seem to learn only from personal experience. It can be maddening.

But it's why we, imo, should not harshly judge 6-year-olds for being stupid, or 17-year-olds for being lame, or 26-year-olds (ahem) for not making the wise decisions that are clear to me at 45 (but were just as obscured when I myself was 26 ... or 17 or 6).

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And it's so interesting how we can all judge Crystal's ex-friend for the crime of having judged Crystal.

Don't get me wrong; I think the ex-friend is a lametard asshat. But how far off is that judgment from the one that judged Crystal in the first place? It's a vicious cycle.

11-01-2005, 06:52 PM	#10
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	As most people with children can tell you, human offspring seem to require learning everything for themselves ... with far too little observing what to do from parents. There are times when we'd rather have bear cubs than human kids. Animal babies seem to learn from their mamas; human kidlets seem to learn only from personal experience. It can be maddening. But it's why we, imo, should not harshly judge 6-year-olds for being stupid, or 17-year-olds for being lame, or 26-year-olds (ahem) for not making the wise decisions that are clear to me at 45 (but were just as obscured when I myself was 26 ... or 17 or 6). * * * * * And it's so interesting how we can all judge Crystal's ex-friend for the crime of having judged Crystal. Don't get me wrong; I think the ex-friend is a lametard asshat. But how far off is that judgment from the one that judged Crystal in the first place? It's a vicious cycle.
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