Saturday, December 20, 2008

Teenagers condoning violence = unethical adults = Belichick = retake the GREs = you failed logic

The title of this article: 'U.S. Teens Portrayed as Violent, Unethical'

The gist: that 20% of U.S. teens (male) resorted to violence in the past year.

Much of the article: offering reasons that this data may not be all that relevant (teens are not fully developed mentally, they often act selfishly, people tend to lie on surveys).

How this will lead to an entire generation of Belichicks: 'Lastly, Miller worries not just about violence but that teens will carry their ethical relativism into adulthood. On that point he might be right: A lot of adults have lousy ethics. One need look no farther than the Wall Street Ponzi scheme of Bernard Madoff or the New England Patriots head football coach Bill Belichick's cheating last year for proof.'

Where is a 'rolling eye smiley' when you need one?

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