Finch: You have inspired me to do the same. I am tired of people always talking about this and that but not having the actual document to support their claim.
If I could I would buy you a beer. The simple truth is that many of our younger people dont care about these sorts of things. I am a young person myself (25) and I am currently in college. I see many people just not caring over what is going on with our country and even in our local areas.
An example is that in my hometown of Orland Park, Illinois, there is a smoking ban. They banned smoking in all public buildings. And within 50 feet of an entrance to a public building.
The majority of the younger people I know complained about this and how it violates their rights. They complain about how it isnt fair and that it will drive out businesses. But then when you ask them why they voted for the people they did it was either "I didnt vote" or "I didnt know they stood for this" or "I voted all party line". Sadly the most common being that they didnt vote.
When you ask them why they support a position (gun control, smoking bans, abortion, war on terror, etc. etc) they often dont know. They usually have some sort of emotional based response or a reason because my parents said it was a good idea. This kind of thinking bothers me a lot. I can write for hours on how much this pisses me off simply because if your not willing to research the issues and candidates then you should not complain about them.
Our generation is going to drag this country down, however I suspect the preceding ones will pull it farther until it is gone completely. I am starting to like the idea of the government becoming more of a nanny and more repressive because maybe, just maybe, it will open up the eyes of my generation. As soon as they are affected they will start to get active and they dont realize that by then it is to late. Hence when you start to talk about the Bill of Rights and our rights as citizens you are ostracised because you are not the typical person they meet. I really hate my generation and I dont know what will wake them up and get active, what will spark the idea of freedom in them?
I strongly think that we have been placated with luxury here in America. We have so much of an abundance of choice, wealth, luxury, and freedom that we forgot what made America great. We forgot what it was like to be without and to have to work for it. We forgot that freedom is not free or that we have to exercise our rights to keep them. That we are not children of the state and that our government is not our nanny. That we have to be responsible for our own actions and that we have to provide for ourselves. We forgot about what injustice tastes like. We forgot that people paid a price for the things we take for granted. A great thing to do is ask people what happened on December 7th. Most people my age dont know. But they know how to program their IPOD with over 30000 songs.
We as a generation and a nation have forgotten our roots. It is simple as that. Ask someone what 5 rights are protected in the first amendment? Ask them what amendment is what and watch as they dont know.
It really sickens me.
