People over 35 should be dead. .
>        
>         Here's why .
>        
>         According to today's regulators
>         and bureaucrats, those of us
>         who were kids in the 40's,
>         50's, 60's, or even maybe
>         the early 70's probably
>         shouldn't have survived.
>        
>         Our baby cribs were covered
>         with bright colored lead-based
>         paint.
>        
>         We had no childproof lids
>         on medicine bottles, doors
>         or cabinets, ... and when we
>         rode our bikes, we had no
>         helmets.
>         (Not to mention the risks
>         we took hitchhiking.)
>        
>         As children, we would ride
>         in cars with no seatbelts
>         or air bags.
>        
>         Riding in the back of a pickup
>         truck on a warm day was
>         always a special treat.
>        
>         We drank water from the
>         garden hose and not from
>         a bottle.
>        
>         Horrors!
>        
>         We ate cupcakes, bread and
>         butter, and drank soda pop
>         with sugar in it, but we were
>         never overweight because
>         we were always outside
>         playing.
>        
>         We shared one soft drink
>         with four friends, from one
>         bottle, and no one actually
>         died from this.
>        
>         We would spend hours building
>         our go-carts out of scraps
>         and then rode down the hill,
>         only to find out we forgot
>         the brakes.
>        
>         After running into the bushes
>         a few times, we learned to
>         solve the problem.
>        
>         We would leave home in the
>         morning and play all day,
>         as long as we were back
>         when the street lights
>         came on.
>        
>         No one was able to
>         reach us all day.
>        
>         NO CELL PHONES!!!!!
>        
>         Unthinkable!
>        
>         We did not have Playstations,
>         Nintendo 64, X-Boxes, no
>         video games at all, no 99
>         channels on cable, video
>         tape movies, surround
>         sound, personal cell phones,
>         personal computers, or Internet
>         chat rooms.
>        
>         We had friends!
>        
>         We went outside and found
>         them.
>        
>         We played dodge ball, and
>         sometimes, the ball would
>         really hurt.
>        
>         We fell out of trees, got
>         cut and broke bones and
>         teeth, and there were no
>         lawsuits from these accidents.
>        
>         They were accidents.
>        
>         No one was to blame but us.
>        
>         Remember accidents?
>        
>         We had fights and punched
>         each other and got black
>         and blue and learned to get
>         over it.
>        
>         We made up games with
>         sticks and tennis balls and
>         ate worms, and although we
>         were told it would happen,
>         we did not put out very many
>         eyes, nor did the worms
>         live inside us forever.
>        
>         We rode bikes or walked to
>         a friend's home and knocked
>         on the door, or rang the
>         bell or just walked in and
>         talked to them.
>        
>         Little League had tryouts and
>         not everyone made the team.
>        
>         Those who didn't had to
>         learn to deal with disappointment.
>        
>         Some students weren't as
>         smart as others, so they
>         failed a grade and were
>         held back to repeat the
>         same grade.
>        
>         Horrors!
>        
>         Tests were not adjusted
>         for any reason.
>        
>         Our actions were our own.
>        
>         Consequences were expected.
>        
>         The idea of a parent bailing
>         us out if we broke a law
>         was unheard of.
>        
>         They actually sided
>         with the law.
>        
>         Imagine that!
>        
>         This generation has produced
>         some of the best risk-takers
>         and problem solvers and
>         inventors, ever.
>        
>         The past 50 years have
>         been an explosion of
>         innovation and new
>         ideas.
>        
>         We had freedom, failure,
>         success and responsibility,
>         and we learned how to deal
>         with it all.
>        
>         And you're one of them!
>        
>         Congratulations!
>        
>         Please pass this on to others
>         who have had the luck to grow
>         up as kids, before lawyers
>         and government regulated our
>         lives, for our own good !!!!!
>        
>        
>         People under 30 are WIMPS !



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