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ironsides 
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 9:56 am to Powerman)
Fine - but you are talking about the younger generation specifically - you are making a generalization on the entire population.
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Powerman
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 9:58 am to ironsides)
Right
And typically violent crimes are committed by young adults
So the younger generation is in their violent crime prime and crime overall is still down
Want me to draw a fricking picture for you so you can connect the dots on this one?
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Aristo
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 9:58 am to Powerman)
Advances in DNA may have a little to do with it and possibly the big brother cameras everywhere you go. No-one wants to be caught.
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Powerman
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 10:32 am to Aristo)
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Advances in DNA may have a little to do with it
How much do you think DNA advances in one generation? 
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possibly the big brother cameras everywhere you go. No-one wants to be caught.
I don't know. People that resort to violence aren't typically the most rational people.
And I'd have to think that a lot of violence still takes place where there aren't cameras. In homes for instance.
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Gmorgan4982
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 10:33 am to Aristo)
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Advances in DNA may have a little to do with it
I'm no science expert but probably not.
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Powerman
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 10:37 am to Gmorgan4982)
The amount of inane hypotheses that have come up in this thread is pretty impressive if I might say myself.
Advancements in DNA
Cooking the statistic books (because this could have never happened in the 1990s)
People are too busy playing video games
We're actually too lazy to commit crimes
The stupidity doesn't end in this place
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Antonio Moss
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 10:54 am to LSUwag)
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Violence takes an effort. You dumb asses are too busy playing video games and texting each other.
Yeah, young Americans should put down the X-Box controller and start killing each other at higher levels like their grandparents.
Jesus, people on this board are stupid.
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ironsides
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 10:56 am to Powerman)
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Want me to draw a fricking picture for you so you can connect the dots on this one?
Settle down nancy. What about incarceration statistics? You are drawing a conclusion based on a very simple data set. That is your assumption.
I don't think Gen Y or Z are any less violent than previous generations.
But maybe you're right - maybe since your generation can be a bunch of internet tough guys, you don't have to prove how tough you really are.
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Antonio Moss
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 10:58 am to ironsides)
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I don't think Gen Y or Z are any less violent than previous generations.
Most of the data on the subject disagrees with this.
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Gmorgan4982
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 12:16 pm to Powerman)
I want to go kill a few people right now but that would involve getting out of bed. No thank you.
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Powerman
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 12:55 pm to ironsides)
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Settle down nancy. What about incarceration statistics? You are drawing a conclusion based on a very simple data set. That is your assumption.
I don't think Gen Y or Z are any less violent than previous generations.
Presumably some of the generation Y and Z people aren't in prison yet
So presumably they are still capable of carrying out violent crimes like their ancestors. It's just that they don't do it as frequently.
Odd isn't it?
This post was edited on 12/6 at 12:57 pm
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Powerman
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 7:20 pm to Powerman)
So what's the status? Are we all officially in denial about crime going down here?
Or is it that crime is going down but because of some other nebulous reason that obviously must be terrible?
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Aristo
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 9:36 pm to Powerman)
Maybe you misunderstood. Not advances from a mutation. Advances in the use of DNA to fight crime or ID a suspect easier.
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Powerman
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 9:38 pm to Aristo)
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Maybe you misunderstood. Not advances from a mutation. Advances in the use of DNA to fight crime or ID a suspect easier.
OK that sounds a little more reasonable
Although I still maintain that people that are violent aren't reasonable and getting caught isn't really on their mind until after the fact
But I'm not violent so maybe I'm wrong.
And we're talking about all violent crimes here. Not just murder which I assume you are alluding to with the DNA evidence. It's not likely that anyone is going to bother messing with DNA over a bar fight or a mugging.
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Aristo
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 9:45 pm to Powerman)
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Although I still maintain that people that are violent aren't reasonable and getting caught isn't really on their mind until after the fact
For some of the people, violence is a lifestyle. It's how they were raised. And before I get called a racist, this can represent the LP trash that beat their children because they were beaten by their father. 
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Powerman
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 9:49 pm to Aristo)
I don't think it's really all about race
It's about a culture of stupidity that old people are unwilling to let go of
Old people actually think of younger people as "pussies" for not using violence to discipline their children. I mean, what could be more manly than slapping your children around and whipping them? It takes a real man to do that right?
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Aristo
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 10:09 pm to Powerman)
BTW, I wasn't saying you were going to bring up race, but you know how the poliboard is.
Culture has a lot to do with the problems in this country.
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Powerman
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 10:12 pm to Aristo)
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Culture has a lot to do with the problems in this country.
Right
And most of our problems are minor thankfully
And our culture is consistently improving over time I think
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Gmorgan4982
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 10:15 pm to Powerman)
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Old people actually think of younger people as "pussies" for not using violence to discipline their children. I mean, what could be more manly than slapping your children around and whipping them? It takes a real man to do that right?
I've been called all types of things on here by arguing against beating children. Most of them try to insinuate I'm some sort of wimp. Such stupidity.
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Powerman
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| re: One thing the younger generation doesn't get enough credit for (Posted on 12/6/12 at 10:16 pm to Gmorgan4982)
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I've been called all types of things on here by arguing against beating children. Most of them try to insinuate I'm some sort of wimp. Such stupidity.
Right
You're a pussy if you don't use violence to discipline your kids
Really there are 2 groups of people who believe this
1. Old people
2. Stupid people
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