Originally Posted by John Davis (Post 240833)

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. 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 tyrannize their teachers."

Socrates

Originally Posted by John Davis (Post 240833)

My dad, who was born in 1917, couldn't wait to trade in his 20 ga. Fox Sterlingworth for a used automatic shotgun with a cracked stock. He hated being limited to two shots. Thought five was better. I grew up shooting auto's and never owned a side by side until I was in my thirties. Now I've got more double barrels than I know what to do with and wouldn't allow an automatic in the house. Wish I had that old Fox. Not sure anything ever really changes. The older generation has always thought there was no hope for the younger.

"The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. 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 tyrannize their teachers."

Socrates

Originally Posted by Eric Eis (Post 240880)

That Socrates quote could easily have been said today about today's society. That's scary.......:eek:

Originally Posted by John Davis (Post 240886)

I suspect every generation before and after Socrates said the same thing.