Blogcritics Comments on Old People Need To Be Stuck In A Home

Comment by taz on Old People Need To Be Stuck In A Home

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:45:06 EST

old people shuld only be allowed out on a sunday

Comment by Aaron, Duke De Mondo on Old People Need To Be Stuck In A Home

Wed, 7 Jul 2004 20:04:53 EDT

Hey, didn't you hear that song by Pulp about Help The Aged? One day they were jsut like you, man, sex and drugs and sniffin glue. Cut em some slack, is what.

Comment by Mac Diva on Old People Need To Be Stuck In A Home

Wed, 7 Jul 2004 16:01:37 EDT

Okay, I'll cut'em some slack on tipping. But, having been harrassed by an elderly participant who has followed me from thread to thread hounding me since the very first day he found Blogcritics, committing some old people to 'homes' is starting to look good to me. Yup, they have rights, but so do the rest of us. And, I believe the old often trade on their age to get away with abominable behavior, as James described above and has been demonstrated here. Then, there is the bigotry issue. I've had to sue people three times on my own behalf. Two of the three, and half of the third, were elderly white people who to this day probably see nothing wrong with their discriminatory actions. The image of the old as Grandpa on The Waltons or whatever, is often in contrast to their actual behavior. My grandmother used to say, 'There's no fool worse than an old fool because he has had time to learn better.' I suspect she was on to something.

Comment by Justene on Old People Need To Be Stuck In A Home

Wed, 7 Jul 2004 10:16:26 EDT

We're going to throw people in homes because they are horrble tippers? We'll need more homes.

Comment by Chris Kent on Old People Need To Be Stuck In A Home

Wed, 7 Jul 2004 10:09:32 EDT

As far as I'm concerned, I'd take an intolerant senior citizen over an ignorant intolerant teenager anyday. I used to wait table in college and can personally attest that both of the above mentioned demographics are horrible tippers. Just horrible. I say throw them both into homes and throw away the God-damned key.....

Comment by James Gore on Old People Need To Be Stuck In A Home

Wed, 7 Jul 2004 00:55:34 EDT

To all who have posted, I get all your points; so don't think I'm ignoring what you're saying. I just hope you at least take a second to understand what I'm trying to say. And for the last time, not all elderly people are rude, crass, and evil. As well, I wrote something last week about how annoying teenagers are. As far as I'm concerned, I'd take an intolerant senior citizen over an ignorant intolerant teenager anyday.

Comment by James Gore on Old People Need To Be Stuck In A Home

Wed, 7 Jul 2004 00:52:22 EDT

Yeah, I noticed the questions marks too after I posted. I really should fix it. However, I don't think that's fair. I didn't insult the mentally challenge. In the essay, I'm defending him. I'm saying that the elderly people who were insulting him were very wrong. As well, I acknowledged in a previous comment that I prolly shouldn't have grouped all elderly people into my example, but I am not going to edit my article.

Comment by Shark on Old People Need To Be Stuck In A Home

Wed, 7 Jul 2004 00:39:21 EDT

Couple of things: 1) Be careful who you hate; Pete Townsend once wrote, "I hope I die before I get old," and he's hanging onto his 60 some-odd year old ass with every ounce of (low, aging) energy, fighting the cloaked man with the scythe like a teenager on crack. 2) Most old people I meet are the last of a soon-to-be extinct generation that actually had manners. Most impatient, rude, hot-headed pricks I meet are between 16 and 35. Your mileage may vary. 3) It's ironic that a half-assed, semi-literate 'essay' filled with typos and unstripped HREF symbols has as it's premise the mocking of 'old people' and the mentally challenged. I'm assuming you are smart enough to detect this irony, but I could be wrong.

Comment by James Gore on Old People Need To Be Stuck In A Home

Tue, 6 Jul 2004 22:22:44 EDT

Oh, I agree completely that there are plenty of great elderly people out there. Years ago, I did some volunteer work with the elderly and some of them are the nicest people I've ever met. I apologize with grouping them into the mix and it was wrong of me. I do enjoy spending time with the elderly. Some of my greatest conversations and revelations have come from an elderly person. However, I stand firm in my belief that there are many old cranks that are simply angry at the world. If they hate everything and anything that they don't understand, maybe they should be stuck in a home. Also keep in mind that I had wrote this only a couple of hours after the incident, so I was still miffed. In retrospect though, I still would have liked to have seen the mentally challenged gentlemen deck one of the old women. They were downright rude.

Comment by BB on Old People Need To Be Stuck In A Home

Tue, 6 Jul 2004 17:40:36 EDT

I understand perfectly. Most intolerant people rationalize their behaviour. Believe it or not I know of many so-called old people that are quite tolerant. In fact as one grows older most learn to temper their (re)actions. It's called wisdom and patience. It will be shorter than you realize before you find yourself one of the elderly. Food for thought.

Comment by James Gore on Old People Need To Be Stuck In A Home

Tue, 6 Jul 2004 16:11:33 EDT

Let's put it this way; I'm pretty intolerant towards those who make intolerance a hobby. I have no sympathy for those people.

Comment by BB on Old People Need To Be Stuck In A Home

Tue, 6 Jul 2004 14:28:05 EDT

Sounds like a case of intolerance all around... including yourself ;-)