Smoking deviants rob local charity

[a_small_bear]

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Hilarious puns--even the unintentional (AH)

[anonymous]

Hello, bear. I'd like to commemorate your honesty. I knew as soon as I saw the disclaimer that the raw bear was coming to town.

The first situation was hilarious, very very hilarious. We all have moments of vanity like that, and unless you want to do away with mirrors altogether, that stuff is going to happen. Sometimes, you just look dang good.

Though I wouldn't say that racism and the stereotyping of the elderly are exactly the same types of prejudices, I would propose these questions:

Where do you think some of your biases come from?
What do old people do that bothers you?
How many of those sorts of things might you do when you are near to dying?
How does your culture influence the way you feel about old people, and how does it influence the way aging people view themselves?
How many old people do you know personally?
Are you afraid of dying?
Why do other cultures value the elderly more than ours?
When your friends grow old, will you discrimante against them? Against yourself?

Think about it, Mr. Bear, and...
let me know.

Re: Hilarious puns--even the unintentional (AH)

[a_small_bear]

Well, I understand your questions and I will try and answer some of them. I do know some old people personally which is why I say it is a stereotype I have rather than a view of all elderly. Where do my biases come from, well, from situations. The situation stated above is one of many. When an old person drives horribly in from of me causing me to take action to avoid certain doom I take of note and add it to my bank of elderly incidents. The list goes on. I hope that when I become older that I will break the stereotype just as I strive to break the young 20 year old college bear stereotype now. Hopefully I will drive well and be aware of my surroundings and not ramble and lecture and so on and so forth. I do not want to fall behind on the times and not know what an Ipod is. Unfortunately you hit upon a difficult truth, our culture and society view elderly as a burden. They simply take our tax money and fill the isles at wal-mart. In other countries elders are said to have wisdom and should be respected. While I partially agree with I

Re: Hilarious puns--even the unintentional (AH)

[mojokingbee]

"In other countries elders are said to have wisdom and should be respected. While I partially agree with I also disagree with this. If we were to follow our elders strictly we would not have progress as we have today."

I think the purpose of "listening to your elders" is not to always follow their examples, but to learn from their mistakes. I do agree that tradition can be stupid, though.

Oh, and the first part made me chortle. Good job, Franklin.