>All people over 25 should be dead.
> > >
> > > To the survivors:
> > >
> > > According to today's regulators and bureaucrats,
> > > those of us who were kids in the 40's, 50's, 60's,
> > > 70's probably shouldn't have survived.
> > >
> > > Our baby cribs were covered with bright colored
> > > lead-based paint. We had no childproof lids on
> > > medicine bottles, doors or cabinets, and when we
> > > rode our bikes, we had no helmets. (Not to mention
> > > the risks we took hitchhiking.)
> > >
> > > As children, we would ride in cars with no seat
> > > belts or air bags. Riding in the back of a pickup
> > > truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
> > >
> > > We drank water from the garden hose and not from a
> > > bottle. Horrors! We shared one soft drink with four
> > > friends, from one bottle, and no one actually died
> > > from this.
> > >
> > > We ate cupcakes, bread and butter, and drank soda
> > > pop with sugar in it, but we were never overweight
> > > because we were always outside playing.
> > >
> > > We would leave home in the morning and play all day,
> > > as long as we were back when the street lights came
> > > on. No one was able to reach us all day. No cell
> > > phones. Unthinkable.
> > >
> > > We would spend hours building our go-carts out of
> > > scraps and then rode down the hill, only to find out
> > > we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes
> > > a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
> > >
> > > We did not have Playstations, Nintendo 64, X-Boxes,
> > > no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable,
> > > video tape movies, surround sound, personal cell
> > > phones, personal computers, or Internet chat rooms.
> > >
> > > We had friends! We went outside and found them. We
> > > fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and
> > > teeth,and there were no lawsuits from these
> > > accidents.
> > >
> > > We made up games with sticks and tennis balls and
> > > ate worms, and although we were told it would
> > > happen, we did not put out very many eyes, nor did
> > > the worms live inside us forever.
> > >
> > > We rode bikes or walked to a friend's home and
> > > knocked on the door, or rang the bell or just walked
> > > in and talked to them.
> > >
> > > Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the
> > > team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with
> > > disappointment.
> > >
> > > The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a
> > > law was unheard of. They actually sided with the
> > > law. Imagine that!
> > >
> > > This generation has produced some of the best
> > > risk-takers and problem solvers and inventors, ever.
> > > The past 50 years have been an explosion of
> > > innovation and new ideas.
> > >
> > > We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility,
> > > and we learned how to deal with it all.
> > >
> > > And you're one of them!
> > >
> > > Congratulations. Please pass this on to others who
> > > have had the luck to grow up as kids, before lawyers
> > > and government regulated our lives, for our own
> > > good.
> > >
> > > Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors?
>
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