I do agree that things go to shit because of the parents. Obviously I am a lot older than most of you (Insert old joke here, I have heard them all) and when I grew up, I never even swore in front of my parents for fear of getting my assed kicked. To this day, I still do not swear in front of them. It is called respect.
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I think i was the last of the breed, where you would get the shit kicked out of you for swearing or being asshole when younger. I do swear in front of my parents now… but only when I’m heated, and the situation brings it out.
So if you don’t believe in god that automatically makes you an atheist?
What about this?
nihilism [(neye-uh-liz-uhm, nee-uh-liz-uhm)]
An approach to philosophy that holds that human life is meaningless and that all religions, laws, moral codes, and political systems are thoroughly empty and false. The term is from the Latin nihil, meaning “nothing.”
So if you don’t believe in god that automatically makes you an atheist?
What about this?
nihilism [(neye-uh-liz-uhm, nee-uh-liz-uhm)]
An approach to philosophy that holds that human life is meaningless and that all religions, laws, moral codes, and political systems are thoroughly empty and false. The term is from the Latin nihil, meaning “nothing.”
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Uhh…
Higher power, or no higher power was the options. (Atheism) was just an example, I can list hundreds of variants of either. dont be a pain in the butt
So if you don’t believe in god that automatically makes you an atheist?
What about this?
nihilism [(neye-uh-liz-uhm, nee-uh-liz-uhm)]
An approach to philosophy that holds that human life is meaningless and that all religions, laws, moral codes, and political systems are thoroughly empty and false. The term is from the Latin nihil, meaning “nothing.”
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Ve don’t care. Ve still vant ze money, Lebowski, or ve fuck you up.
EXACTLY! The younger generation today does not even KNOW what “respect” really means. I was lucky enough to live across the pond for a while so I have perspective of a different (European) society… The differences are staggering.
Over there you would get the living shit stomped out of you for pulling some of the crap people here pull… and there would be no “lawsuits” or “waaa, Ill call the Police”… you would get fucked up and everyone would say you deserved it for being a asshole. And guess what… Last fucking time you would do that stupid thing again.
Here some jackass neighbor will get you in court for spanking you wise ass kid… just pathetic the direction this society is going.
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Was your time there spent in the UK? Becuase if so, that’s not the impression I got while there. I could see out in mainland Europe there is a more general attitude of personal responsibility, but England especially is becoming more and more a nanny-state to the point of madness. No body there seems to be responsible for their own actions or overall personal welfare anymore. :sad:
