- I wish outraged oldsters remembered how we once laughed at those who were frightened by Elvis Presley. In 1956, The New York Times said Elvis had "no discernible singing ability." The New York Daily News called his act "animalism that should be confined to dives and bordellos." Even Frank Sinatra said his kind of music is "deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac (that) fosters destructive relations in young people."
Somehow, America survived Elvis.
I would not be surprised if the number of violent acts committed by youths is a direct function of the number of hours that are available to youths to commit violent acts. Ignoring all issues of psychology and culture, perhaps it's just harder to find time to go out and commit violent acts if you're spending all your time committing violent acts alone or with buddies on your computer. A Saturday night playing GTA vs a Saturday night out and about. Which one is going to result in a 911 call?It's true that kids today play incredibly violent games like Halo and Grand Theft Auto, but as the games' popularity increased over the past 20 years, youth violence dropped 55 percent. In Japan, kids spend more time playing violent games, and there's even less violence. And in America, despite media hype, there are fewer school shootings now, not more.
Nice to see my #gobacktobedgrampa tag getting some use. But ultimately... #whocares
There is a great talk by Studio360 broadcasted on NPR that compares Justin Beiber to the beetles... I always had the same theory, not exactly of Beiber/beetles, but the oldees > youngsta. It will happen again and again. To keep the open mind, in order to stay in the present. heres the talk
http://www.studio360.org/story/beatles-or-bieber/
for future reference, it's "Beatles" not "beetles". Sort of a "beats plus bug" thing. It will make it clear to other people to whom you are referring. You point rings true with me, for sure. There's definitely a "Get off my Lawn" or "Kids these days don't know nothin'!" thing going on.