Too young and not old enough, The American Teen

I'm going to present a radical idea. It's an old idea, really, but it's been totally lost in "civilized" cultures of today.

Teenagers do not exist. In fact, the word "teenager" is a relatively new term. Before that, guess what 13-19 yr olds were considered? Children or young adults. That's right, you were one or the other.

But the important thing was back in the day you WANTED TO BE A MATURE ADULT. You strived for full adulthood, even if you were confused and emotionally unstable. You strived to be like your parents, because they were your "adult models". You immitated ADULT behavior.

Contrast that with today. Teenagers do not strive to be adults. Sure teens WANT to be adults, but they aren't striving for it. They strive for popularity, they strive for beauty, they strive for pleasure, they strive for love, but not adulthood.

Even worse, they are taught and encouraged by their parents and the world that THIS IS OKAY. It's okay to ignore the future, to revel in the here and now and not worry about tomorrow.

That is very unhealthy. You and I both know it.

Can you imagine if the entire "teenage" population was *striving* to be mature adults? Imagine the types of things they'd be into and want to achieve!

The Fearsome Threesome

I was reading this post today, and the response. You will notice, rather quickly, that three people seem intent on disagreeing. That would be Adam Beckham, Luke, and the new player Remington.

I would like to dedicate this post to them. If they ever read this (which is doubtful!) I want to ask them not to comment on my journal. They "troll" WORLDblog enough as it is... LOL!

Of the three, Adam is probably the most lovable. This is mostly because he only disagrees 99% of the time, and usually is very good at explaining himself. Sometimes he even makes sense. (He is, in fact, appreciated in an odd sort of way by the commentors, since he always brings more info about a post.)

Luke doesn't post as much as Adam. If he does post, it's normally just to agree with Adam and then take a pot-shot at whoever looks the most vulnerable. I'm glad Luke doesn't post much, because he's really very annoying. Unlike Adam, he rarely brings anything to the discussion, and instead seems content on saying how horrid and stupid everyone is who disagrees with him.

Remington is new. At first I thought he might be nice, even amiable. But my hopes were soon proven false. He's just as hateful as the most hateful conservative claims-to-be-Christian person could be. It's astonishing his conscience even lets him "open his mouth" with how blatantly hypocritical he is.

Oh yes, I almost forgot Fred. (Gravin I think..) The best way to describe Fred is "funny". Funny in that weird ironic sort of way. Fred accuses anything and anyone of being racists. If you have the name "white" in your name, look out! You're racist! (LOL!)

I often feel that Fred HAS to be someone's idea of a joke. Is it possible for a person to really believe that "white people" are basically all racists, no matter what they do? Because that seems to be essentially what Fred believes. o_O;

I am constantly fasinated with Adam, Luke, and Rem. How is it that three people can hold such a similiar view, post only on particular topics (such as the war or homosexuality), and seem to hate everything related to Christianity? I sometimes wonder if they aren't the same person!

Of course Fred is just weird. I really do believe he's someone's attempt to mock everyone on WORLDblog. For instance..

"All white people are racists and are out to put the "black man down"."
..could be...
"All liberals are anti-religious and out to put the "Christian man down"."

His deep apparent hatred for homosexuals could also be someones attempt to mock Christian's apparent "hatred" of homosexuals.

Now that I think about it, I think I might be right. How else could one explain such astonishing extreme-ism?

Anyway... that's all I can think of to say at the moment. It's late and my mind is starting to lose focus.