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Originally Posted by sampvt

Or maybe youngsters need to respect elders views, cuts both ways or does the world exist on the present only and discounts the pasts history. let me remind you that the present is built on the past and what we did gave you a platform to live on.

Also don't have time for people defining themselves by their age; "Respect your elders" is a phrase that I have absolutely no time for at all.

I will respect those who demonstrate that they are individuals deserving of my respect... whether they are my age, 10 years younger or 40 years older.

Age is entirely arbitrary. I have met some elderly people with some amazing stories, vast experience of the world, kind and generous natures and brilliant humour. I have HUGE respect for them. I have also met plenty of elderly individuals who have never left their home town, harbour endless prejudices and toxic opinions, which they spout aggressively at any opportunity, along with just being aggressive and unpleasant in general.

Do I respect those people, just because they happen to have been doing these repulsive things for "quite a long time"? Err... no. In fact, I judge them more harshly than I do a 20 year old with the same opinions, because they have had a lifetime to gain wisdom and perspective, but have failed to do so.