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.
>
>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
>
> We did not have Play stations, 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..
>
>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.
>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.
>
>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.
