More Brits embarrassing themselves abroad “allegedly”

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I've seen this all the way through the pandemic.

It would be interesting to see some stats on where people have contracted the virus, I'm sure it must have been collated.
 
SocketRocket said:
Ever since Covid?
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No the young have always believed that they cannot die. It’s just a fact, that’s why young people take more risks and do what older people consider to be reckless and crazy things, it’s just part of being young. And they are right, statistically they will bury their parents and live to a decent age.
 
Fade and Die said:
No the young have always believed that they cannot die. It’s just a fact, that’s why young people take more risks and do what older people consider to be reckless and crazy things, it’s just part of being young. And they are right, statistically they will bury their parents and live to a decent age.
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I rather think all generations in the last war behaved differently than what you are describing.
Frankly, I am not proud to be British now.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
I rather think all generations in the last war behaved differently than what you are describing.
Frankly, I am not proud to be British now.
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Do you think it will only be Brits on that beach? The moans about youngsters ignoring rules is the same across Europe, no doubt the same across the world.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
I rather think all generations in the last war behaved differently than what you are describing.
Frankly, I am not proud to be British now.
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Iraq or Afghanistan?... Doesn’t matter really the young have always taken risks. (That’s why that make good soldiers. Older folk too cautious!) and has as been said they would have been from all nations, re not being proud to be British? That’s your problem. I’ve always been proud.
 
Any damn fool can sound English, or wear an England footy shirt. They also had similar problems like this previously down under, which resulted int he police breaking up the gathering and issueing fines. Why haven't they repeated those actions this time?
If it's English idiots, isolate them for 2 weeks on some lonely island then send them back home at their expense.
Didn't the virus originate in China btw, not London?
 
Fade and Die said:
No the young have always believed that they cannot die. It’s just a fact, that’s why young people take more risks and do what older people consider to be reckless and crazy things, it’s just part of being young. And they are right, statistically they will bury their parents and live to a decent age.
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I think there's a difference between young people acting with high spirits and acting with disregard to other peoples lives.
 
Fade and Die said:
Iraq or Afghanistan?... Doesn’t matter really the young have always taken risks. (That’s why that make good soldiers. Older folk too cautious!) and has as been said they would have been from all nations, re not being proud to be British? That’s your problem. I’ve always been proud.
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Taking risks in war or when it is necessary is one thing, , taking risks with other people's health when what you are doing for your own selfish pleasure,and is not necessary ,and is a refusal to help others survive, is another..
That you don't seem to see that, is not only your problem, it becomes others as well. Every time you see the news now, there are appeals by NHS staff and others, for people to restrain their behaviour.
Telling me that you are proud of behaviour that takes risks with other age group's health because it's little risk to theirs, just reinforces my beliefs of how this country has deteriorated.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
Taking risks in war or when it is necessary is one thing, , taking risks with other people's health when what you are doing for your own selfish pleasure,and is not necessary ,and is a refusal to help others survive, is another..
That you don't seem to see that, is not only your problem, it becomes others as well. Every time you see the news now, there are appeals by NHS staff and others, for people to restrain their behaviour.
Telling me that you are proud of behaviour that takes risks with other age group's health because it's little risk to theirs, just reinforces my beliefs of how this country has deteriorated.
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Bold bit 1: I never said what they was doing was not irresponsible I said that they have no fear of getting COVID

Bold bit 2: please show me where I said I was proud of their behaviour.

Bold bit 3: oh dear what a pity. Never mind.
 
banjofred said:
Older generations are always disappointed with the younger generations.....things change.
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“Children; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. They no longer rise when elders enter the room, they contradict their parents and tyrannize their teachers. Children are now tyrants.”

The above quote was from Socrates. It was ever thus.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
“Children; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. They no longer rise when elders enter the room, they contradict their parents and tyrannize their teachers. Children are now tyrants.”

The above quote was from Socrates. It was ever thus.
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The problem with older generations complaining about the manners of the next generation is that it was those in the older generation that were responsible for teaching the younger generation. The blame lies with some of the parents of the younger generation for allowing some of them to become what they have become.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
“Children; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise. They no longer rise when elders enter the room, they contradict their parents and tyrannize their teachers. Children are now tyrants.”

The above quote was from Socrates. It was ever thus.
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I don't disagree that it is like you example above. But we are not talking about disrespect of authority etc as in children .We are talking about behaviour of young adults, at a time when they know such behaviour will cause some people, other than their peers, to die. That's not the usual "growing up" syndrome- that is callous , amoral behaviour. And it's becoming more and more usual as time as gone on since the fifties and sixties.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
I don't disagree that it is like you example above. But we are not talking about disrespect of authority etc as in children .We are talking about behaviour of young adults, at a time when they know such behaviour will cause some people, other than their peers, to die. That's not the usual "growing up" syndrome- that is callous , amoral behaviour. And it's becoming more and more usual as time as gone on since the fifties and sixties.
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Equally, there are a bunch of old people who are probably not that far from the end anyway expecting everyone else to put their lives on hold. Some of the young people might even have a significant amount of their economic future impacted.

Not saying that to be flippant, but it's actually something I was thinking about as to who is the selfish group in covid times, the older population who is more at risk making everyone else put their lives on hold, or the younger generation not at risk and not caring about the older group who are. Both are inflicting serious damage on each other, just different kinds of damage. Probably 6 of one and half a dozen of the other, as I could never reach a definitive conclusion.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
I don't disagree that it is like you example above. But we are not talking about disrespect of authority etc as in children .We are talking about behaviour of young adults, at a time when they know such behaviour will cause some people, other than their peers, to die. That's not the usual "growing up" syndrome- that is callous , amoral behaviour. And it's becoming more and more usual as time as gone on since the fifties and sixties.
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It's just a bit different, but the young acting like this is what has always happened. Older folks complaining about younger.....just like your statement. I'm not trying to be snarky.....but I'm a "Baby Boomer"....they have their own reputation (not good)...also not totally inaccurate.
 
Swinglowandslow said:
I don't disagree that it is like you example above. But we are not talking about disrespect of authority etc as in children .We are talking about behaviour of young adults, at a time when they know such behaviour will cause some people, other than their peers, to die. That's not the usual "growing up" syndrome- that is callous , amoral behaviour. And it's becoming more and more usual as time as gone on since the fifties and sixties.
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It's different but the same really. Every older age group condemns the youth of the era forgetting that their elders thought the same about them.

Equally you don't have to look far to see people of all ages breaking the guidelines with full awareness of what they are doing. They may not be breaking rules on a beach but they are still breaking them. If you think there are not older people out there breaking them then you are kidding yourself. If you think the bulk of younger people are callously breaking the rules then you are just as wrong. It's an easy attack.
 
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