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    #31
    Originally posted by d000hg View Post
    Not at all. the older people have already worked and paid their dues, investing in their country. The young people have less to lose.
    The young have much more to lose. Their future. Much more important than money. The spoke out with one voice for change, and it was blown out by those now in the winter of their lives.

    Had the younger population not had to move out the country to find work, like myself, the 65+ would not have had much influence as they did.
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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      #32
      Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
      The young have much more to lose. Their future. Much more important than money. The spoke out with one voice for change, and it was blown out by those now in the winter of their lives.

      Had the younger population not had to move out the country to find work, like myself, the 65+ would not have had much influence as they did.
      Oh dear, 'ow sad, never mind!

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        #33
        Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
        The young have much more to lose. Their future. Much more important than money. The spoke out with one voice for change, and it was blown out by those now in the winter of their lives.

        Had the younger population not had to move out the country to find work, like myself, the 65+ would not have had much influence as they did.
        I know in the UK there is little respect for experience earned through ageing. Until the SNP came up with a viable monetary policy the wise way to vote was "No" which the old folk did.
        "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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          #34
          Originally posted by SueEllen View Post
          I know in the UK there is little respect for experience earned through ageing. Until the SNP came up with a viable monetary policy the wise way to vote was "No" which the old folk did.
          Age is no a guarantee of experience. Plenty English in their later years still think of Germany as the enemy, they just can't move on.

          It's astonishing the next generation is receiving such a crap deal from their elders stuck in their own little world.
          "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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            #35
            Not to mention all the German elders who still blame themselves for Hitler and inflict the same guilt trip on their kids, who had nothing to do with it (even assuming that the elders or their elders did), sort of like an expression of original sin. Experience being a good teacher requires the person in question to be a good student.

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              #36
              Originally posted by Zero Liability View Post
              Not to mention all the German elders who still blame themselves for Hitler and inflict the same guilt trip on their kids, who had nothing to do with it (even assuming that the elders or their elders did), sort of like an expression of original sin. Experience being a good teacher requires the person in question to be a good student.
              There's never enough good teachers.
              "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                #37
                Originally posted by scooterscot View Post

                Had the younger population not had to move out the country to find work, like myself, the 65+ would not have had much influence as they did.
                You say that as though you moving out was somehow a BAD thing!!

                “The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”

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