School shooting in Jokela

[Old Vantaa Man]

Every generation imposes rules on itself. It's called fashion, and that's been around forever.

Consumerism gone mad? It's just the natural progression of capitalism without a war getting in the way. The evil children of hippies? You're just getting old and paranoid, mate. Most top TV, record company, advertising, bank and mobile communications executives are at least our age, if not much older.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fuller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Larian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sorrell

[LivePsy]

Originally Posted by Old Vantaa Man

Every generation imposes rules on itself. It's called fashion, and that's been around forever.

Consumerism gone mad? It's just the natural progression of capitalism without a war getting in the way. The evil children of hippies? You're just getting old and paranoid, mate. Most top TV, record company, advertising, bank and mobile communications executives are at least our age, if not much older.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fuller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Larian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Branson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sorrell

Thanks for the research on these fine examples to which we should all aspire I don't blame these captains of industry for exploiting youth, but they are not the evil I am talking about.

The 'evil children of hippies' in my mind refers to the youth themselves - a generation which encourages itself to being sucked into greed, conformity and consumerism. No one is making them buy into it. I'm not saying it didn't happen back in my day, I really didn't notice. But can't they wake up and free themselves from the pressure?

Perhaps I was too alternative to even fit in with the alternative crowd. Not so much reacting against anything as just doing my own thing. A whole heap of difference.

Cheers,
B

[Old Vantaa Man]

Psy. Were you raised by a troupe of Kangaroos in the fucking outback?

[Old Vantaa Man]

Damn. Forgot to post this vid of our Psy as a lad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCHY6n907OE

[AlexHall74]

BWAAAAHHHH!!!!!

Is Skippy the Australian version of Lassie?

Funny as hell!

[LivePsy]

Originally Posted by Old Vantaa Man

Psy. Were you raised by a troupe of Kangaroos in the fucking outback?

Heh, I guess growing up as trailer trash in Auckland NZ is equivalent to the outback for you.

I only wanted 2 things desperately as a teenager (apart from the obvious), a hammond wheel organ and a mini moog. Of course I couldn't afford either of them. But I have a TI to make up for that. Don't worry, I feed the consumer machine myself, but I'm doing it for the right reasons (greed) instead of seeking approval.

Cheers,
B

[AlexHall74]

LivePsy wrote:
"Don't worry, I feed the consumer machine myself, but I'm doing it for the right reasons (greed) instead of seeking approval."

Nicely put! Gordon Gecko, the main character in the movie "Wall Street" said:

"Greed works. Greed is good"

My mother even once said: "There is nothing wrong with want as long as you have some sense about it. Without want you would sit around with no drive to succeed and ultimately, accomplish nothing."

I have my own wants and desires just like anyone else but I also think its important to help others in need as you can.

Back to the Columbine kids. In my high shcool there were these kids that wore black trench coats and were majorly obsessed with computers. They caught some crap from the mainstreamers as I remember. I myself was somewhat removed from the mainstream and happy about it. I was one of the biggest kids in my high school so I didn't get messed with. I had a girlfriend and a job and got good grades, so I didn't need to play football to try and get laid. I'm glad none of those kids went postal in my school!

[LivePsy]

Darn OVM, I missed your Skippy link on the top of the next page. I love that show! All the bad guys were camp or just out of prison, and Skippy unlocks doors, lights fires and such with close ups only showing her inflexible paws.

NZ was a lot different to that, mostly I remember the maori and pacific island gangs at school. No one had the guts to shoot down the school because you'd have to face them.

So points given for being different. But points taken off for shooting.

Cheers,
B

[Old Vantaa Man]

Psy. Bloody hell. You're from NZ. Shit, I thought you was an Ozzy. My mistake.

All the bad guys were camp or just out of prison, and Skippy unlocks doors, lights fires and such with close ups only showing her inflexible paws.

I fucking loved Skippy. Very popular in UK, too.

Tell more about Maori gangs at school (and outside school), please mate. Never read about that anywhere but always wondered what it's like in NZ. Is there much alcoholism amongst Mauris like with Abbos in Ozzy?