Re: RE: Bush
HousesOfApollo said:
Heh. I could only talk to people over 30, they usually have the same sort of lugubrious attitude that I have. People my age act far too...youthful....
Damn, Apollo! You should march that word 'lugubrious' straight over to the Bird is a Word thread and post it!
Anyway, it works both ways for the age thing. One of the problems in modern North American society is, I think, the explosion of walled communities that are age-exclusive.
Instead of a wonderful 'melting pot' of ages, all whom learn from each other, you get little communities of 'just oldies', 'families with kids', 'young adults, no kids allowed' and so on. Oh, and I guess you get the 'bikers kick-everybody's-butt communities, too, but we won't go there (figuratively or literally).

I think these age-specific areas really lose out.
I love getting a better perspective of any issue by hearing from all ages, not to mention hearing from diverse areas of the world (which is why I am especially fond of our European and American forum members here) and even getting the odd redneck point of view. Okay, the last one doesn't usually work because the redneck doesn't actually have anything called an 'idea' in his head, but it is always entertaining, if nothing else.