[David E. Gervais]

Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
Why can't parents take responsibility for their kids?

Well, the answer to this is simple,.. because the parents are not at home to raise their kids. So why should they be held responsible? (in case it is lost in print..this statement is dripping in sarcasm.)

Seriously, in my generation, there was always one of the parents at home to 'raise' the kids. (And the parent that worked made enough to support a familly of 4.) Today, due to the extremely fast rising cost of living, both parents need to work just to make ends meet. More taxes, rising prices on 'necessities' and lower wages (based on the cost of living) is destroying the social structure. Oh, and in case none of you have noticed, within 5-10 years it's going to get extremely worse. The worlds 'infrastructure' (highways, bridges, sewers, etc.) is crumbling at an allarming rate. 50+ years of 'Patching' things that needed to be replaced is going to come to a climax.

Mark my words, things are going to get very 'Interesting' and this is indeed a curse.

[/babble mode off]

Cheers!