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[email protected] · April 22nd 10, 08:37 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london

On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:44:55 +0100
Paul Terry wrote:
In message , d
writes

No doubt the increasingly poor behaviour of kids is down to all the
extra violence and school and in the home these days.

Couldn't agree more. "The children now love luxury. They have bad
manners, contempt for authority, they show disrespect to their
elders.... They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They
contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at
the table, cross their legs, and are tyrants over their teachers."

Attributed to Socrates by Plato.

Swings and roundabouts. Kids are less well behaved than 30 years ago. But
they're probably better behaved than 200 years ago. Everything goes in
cycles but thats no reason to be complacent.

B2003