Day 266 - The Kids Aren't Alright
It turns out that the person who created the Facebook poll asking whether President Obama should be killed was, as the Huffington Post reports it, a juvenile. And apparently, the juvenile isn't being punished for creating the poll. And that, right there, is another example of why the that generation is going to run roughshod over the country - no one is holding them responsible for their actions and they get to be coddled by everyone from their parents to, apparently, the government. We hold forums on how to stop bullying in schools. We take away advanced placement classes because we don't want the kids in "regular" classes to feel like they aren't special. We make sure that every kid gets a trophy, even if they come in last place in a competition. Everybody is special, every kid is unique and no child should ever feel like they've lost, because everyone is a winner. The real world doesn't work that way. If it did, someone would have felt bad about me no...