OFF-TOPIC Re: [*BCM*] Motorist gets slap on the wrist for killing a cyclist

[rogerbwinn at letterboxes.org]

hey turtle,

i find your characterizations of teenagers unfair and very ageist.  i
feel that claiming that teenagers "just don't have the brain development
to be capable of seeing the world through anything but their own eyes,
and haven't yet learned to see beyond their limited life of raging
hormones" belittles and pigeonholes a lot of teenagers who i've seen put
a lot of of time into social justice work.  they simply don't fit your
bill.  this accident is a horrible tragedy, and i think that jennifer
should have to take full responsibility for it.  but don't blame all
teenagers because of one's ill-chosen actions.

love,
roger

On Fri,  1 Dec 2006 11:11:12 -0800, "turtle" <turtle at zworg.com> said:
> She's a teenager, she has little to no sense of her place in the world. 
> Teenagers, for the most part, just don't have the brain development to
> be capable of seeing the world through anything but their own eyes, and
> haven't yet learned to see beyond their limited life of raging hormones
> and the need to figure out what the heck they are supposed to do to be
> popular in their friend's eyes.  That's why they send teenagers off to
> war, because they will do pretty much anything to feel important, and
> can't think very much.
> 
> I don't mean to say that teenagers are bad or anything, because it's
> just a part of growing up, just like the terrible twos.  We all have to
> go through it sometime before we can make it into a mature mindset,
> where we honestly care about other people.  To expect teens to behave
> maturely is just delusional.  But we give them drivers' licenses and
> cars and guns nonetheless.  What does that say about us?
> 
> Peace, Love, and Bicycles,
> -Turtle
> 
> 
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> limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and
> feelings, as something separate from the rest -- a kind of optical
> delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for
> us, restricting us to our personal decisions and to affection fo a few
> persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this
> prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living
> creatures and the whole nature in its beauty."
> 
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