gryphon618

Your right, youth rebellion occurs because parents don't beat their kids, not because it's a vital part of human growth and development closely connected with human beings rise to self-aware intelligent beings (in Ancient Greek societies which formed cradle of modern philosophy and thought, teenagers were given complete freedom to choose their own path in life). It's not as if kids in the USA are rebelling against a legitimate evil; a corrupt and lying government, a dangerous and innefective war on drugs, and a massive effort to drug up kids on manufactured speed and anti-depressents. Oh, yeah, because I mean, when kids are 7-year-olds, they completely understand the evils of the world. And, I mean, EVERY SINGLE PARENT in the world who spanks their child just wants to drug them, depress them, and act like a Stalin to them. :roll: When youths rebel against their parents, (and I mean most parents, who want the best for their child) they're rebelling for bad reasons. Have you ever seen a kid rebel against their parents for GOOD reasons? I mean, because drugs and smoking are GREAT reasons. And, oh yes, its always a good reason to push Bobby down from the Monkey Bars, especially when Mom and Dad told you not to? And its just great to call your friends (insertbadwordhere) even though Mum told you not to say that in public? Its AWESOME to go up to Pop and say "I hate you, go fall in a ditch!" No, (most) parents want the best for their children, and for their children not to act like morons! Now, no "go up to your room" sort of thing really helps. I mean, most kids are gonna go to their room, log onto their computer, watch TV, or play video games. They don't think it over, and they learn NADA. Time-outs are stupid, as they get the child MORE angry. No child thinks about how its wrong, they just create a bigger tantrum and get the parents MORE annoyed. If you sit down and talk to the kid, sometimes, they won't listen, and sometimes they just forget. It doesn't really work well, and sometimes that makes kids want to rebel more! Now spanking, thats a way to send a signal to the kid, "Hey that was wrong, I asked you nicely to stop, but you didn't." The kid understands its wrong, and he won't do it again. A couple of years down the road, the kid'll realize that he/she behaved wrong. Spanking works wonders! Oh yeah, I have seen these cases a LOT on the playground. The Bobby case actually happened to my best friend, who broke her arm because a punk wanted to push her down so that he could go on the Monkey Bars. And he didn't even get punished! High school sucks. I dropped out, best choice I ever made. I got my GED and now I'm going to college, where you can get a real education. Nothings wrong with dropping out. I'm glad that you made that desicion, but not many people go back to college. Some are just slackers who don't BOTHER to work and get a job. Then they blame the schools, parents, Indians/Chinese people for taking their jobs, etc. because of THEIR mistake. (The good) Teachers encourage one to work hard. (Good) Parents encourage the child to pursuit his goals and dreams. I'm sure there must be at least 1 elder who can make this difference in 1 child's life. With modern medicine more and more people are living older and older. People need to live their lives, not live old peoples lives for them. For thousands of years people have been complaining about how little children respect their elders, maybe the elders should shut the hell up and try to fix the world while they are adults. However much I love my parents, they are still the [wagon] who elected George Bush, allowed the disastrous war on terrorism and war on drugs to continue, helped [bleep] the environment over, and allowed the events of September 11 to go uninvestigated. Where the hell does George Bush come into this? Why bring politics? Are we discussing politics? Oh noez! Someone in Calafornia spanked their kid for being a brat and then GLOBAL WARMING HAPPENED!!!!! In New York, someone spanked their kid and then WE LOST SO MANY TROOPS IN IRAQ! :roll: I hope when you have kids, and you become older, and weaker, facing many health problems, and after working your butt off EVERY FREAKIN' DAY to provide for the kids, love them, cherish them, they come up and preach that in your face. You'd love that won't you? (and this is coming from a 13-year-old!) Look at America, a culture of freedom and love, peace and prosperity, being dragged down by it's "Conservative" corrupt and evil government run by [wagon] who were probably spanked alot as children. Where the hell does George Bush come into this? Why bring politics? Are we discussing politics? Oh noez! Someone in Calafornia spanked their kid for being a brat and then GLOBAL WARMING HAPPENED!!!!! In New York, someone spanked their kid and then WE LOST SO MANY TROOPS IN IRAQ! :roll: Please, at least make SOMEWHAT VALID statements when debating :roll: .

^ An insult to all things squarular (Thats good- I'm saying you aren't a square) < Is not a square V SPAZ ZAPS SPAZ!!!!

Remember what Gandhi said: "Spare the rod and Spoil the child" Lets look at a 3rd world country like India or China: Kids are spanked black and blue from the time they are born, and behave badly. The products: Most kids grow up to be polite, smart adults who now know how to control themselves. Look at how many "jobs are taken" by Indians/Chinese people because their parents spanked them and made them study. Look at how they treat their elders- with respect. Why? Because kids realize their elders spanked them black and blue out of LOVE! Now look at America's spank-free "loving" society. The kids don't get repremended by spanking. Mostly, kids don't get repremended at all. What does that lead to? Kids smart-alecking parents, and rebelling, doing the opposite of what they are supposed to. Parents have that pent-up frustration and their blood pressure rises, bringing their health down. 10 years down the road, the kid drops out of high school, pretty much neglects his parents in THEIR time of need. Why is there a very high amount of elderly people in elderly homes? Sure, some need it, but most are just neglected by their kids. In simpler words, notice the culture in India/China. Kids are beaten black and blue, but they know their parents were doing what was best for them. Look at America. Kids aren't spanked, and they turn into brats who neglect their parents in their parent's time of need. To those of you saying "Use another method," please tell me a method that works. In most schools in the US, they have the detention/office refferal method where your teacher just yells at you until you've really annoyed them to death. In my class, all kids do is goof OFF! I mean, I haven't seen anyone but 3 kids actually work. The rest are talking, drawing, wisecracking the teacher, etc. The thought of a detention scares nobody. "z0mg I'm gonna get a detention my life is over!11" is only seen in goody-goody-2-shoes. No one cares about school. I'm in high school, and 4 more years of school are remaining. From the time of kindergarden, no one has "gotten mature" and has become serious about life. If we brought back spanking, everyone would shut up and learn to focus, from day 1, which is what we need. Our teachers would actually prepare us for college, and we'd learn more. The troublemakers would get punished, and actually care that they were. So, in conclusion, spanking is IMPORTANT. I haven't seen a kid behave well without it. The lawmakers think they're "stopping child abuse" but what they are doing is causing more and more rebelling unbehaved BRATS! -.-

so all classic games are complete crap? Nadril's post really cleared up what I was trying to say: What I meant, is with recent technology, a game has to at least look DECENT. In those day, Halo-type Graphics were impossible. The "crappy" classic graphics were the best, and yeah, I judge by time also. I won't say "OMG that Ice Climbers game was so stupid because da graphx suxs!!!!" No! It was good for its time. I realize the confusion of my point. I'll edit my first point.

BAnned for being a hypocrite

Well, IMO, graphics and gameplay are like bread and butter- one's not more important than another, they both need each other for a good game. This is also based on time. Like one of the classic Nintendo games (Ice Climber) would probably be considered "crappy," but it was OK for its time period. Back then, there wasn't technology great enough to make a Halo game. I judge by time too. What use is playing a game with great graphics but a horrible gameplay? I mean, sure, it looks nice, but seriously, who wants to play a boring game? The vice versa works (to an extent) too. What use is playing a game with great gameplay but horrible graphics? You can play it, but if you can't tell what an item/part of the game is, whats the point? However, if graphics are graspable by the audience, but not perfect and precise, I really don't see the problem. Sure, perfect graphics would be awesome, but if not, thats ok by me, as long as its a good game.

^Remembers who he is, but doesn't... < Is confused V Likes to cut up flyers and making them into flyers (Paper Airplanes, its a pun, get it, get it?)

Banned because, lyke, where would lyke, we lyke totally be without the lyke fashion advice! lyke OMG! :roll:

Banned for changing your avvy

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Fired from Savet3htrees Inc. for having over 60 wc.

Granted. While you try saving the world, the US government thinks you're Bob the Builder and does freakish experiments on you while making you watch PBS kids... I wish that I could become a computer scientist.

He saw a car rushing at 90 mph about 5 miles from him. If he ran at a rate of 5 mph away from the car, that gives him not enough time. He barely escapes the car when an 18-wheeler comes heading his way... and then...

^Needs a bib (2 negatives= positive!) V Thinks that elementary school teachers are scary.

My answer is one word. Because. Why is the answer to life 42?

^ Likes 7up < Is addicted to all and every type of soda V Will not give me soda

Yup. A limited edition red one. Its the pwnzors! T.P.U.M likes to drink soda

^ Its a HER, thank you. And what are you talking ab... [a mysterious item weighing 3 tons falls on gryphon618] > Got hit by a mysterious 3 ton item V Likes 7up

Banned because its overly hawt! 8-)

Yeah, apparently she could be in Mensa Mensa..? Uhh.. I think it's a society of geniuses, people with an IQ of 150 or above. Not sure on definition so don't rely on mine. I'm pretty sure that it's a sort of club for people who pass an IQ test that tests logic, reasoning, and other skills associated with a high IQ. I don't know what activities Mensa actually does, maybe try to design a puzzle that stumps the other Mensa members? They design puzzles. My 4th/5th grade teacher got one of those box calenders that has a Mensa puzzle a day, which we all did (even the summer ones!)

Banned because he IS the creator, he had account problems with Dominatr, so he made Dpminatr.

lol, the site is probably run by them... Actually no, its just that if you read about Unitarian Universalist on the site, for pretty much every catagorey it says "diverse." So, whether one likes it or not, they're stuck with a high percentage in the Unitarian Universalism

Hinduism is my belief, but I'm a 100% Jain... that was not what I was expecting, but I like it! : I thought I would be more of a Buddist

^ Poor pessamistic chap < Will not butt out V Will criticize me for doing so.

Because jelly < honey. Honey is the pwnzors! Why is it that the good die young?