Reply #24: teenage mastery

[nashville_brook]

(you know you've struck a chord, UdoKier, when you get people replying to their own replies -- a sign of a provocative writer)

"responsible" suburbanites move their children out to the suburbs b/c they want to "protect" them from the "danger" of the city. but what they end up doing is teaching their kids the ONLY thing they have to master in order to feel competant and masterful --- is to be a good shopper. there's a Cingular commmercial out right now where a teenage girl deliveres the tagline: "It shows we are smart shoppers" -- our response is supposed to be, why yes, aren't you -- how nice!

bottom line these parents are being lied and willingly perpetuating it. the suburbs are not any safer than the city -- as a matter of fact, they are more dangerous for kids b/c kids get to roam in their Lord of the Flies world of malls and theaters.

oh, i could go on for days -- thank you for the tweak.