Schoolyard Bullies

What has become of adult society that makes it impossible to deal appropriately with children’s behavior? Take three boys in middle school, ages 12-14. One is of mixed racial descent. The other two boys are verbally taunting and ridiculing him. So he puts one in a headlock. There ensues an altercation. What happens? The one child is charged with assault and the other two with racial harassment. All are in court!! Good grief. We hear other stories of 8 year-olds being charged with sexual harassment for playground antics. These kinds of stories go on and on. What has happened to parents, teachers and principals? In the 60’s when I was in grade school, events like these would have resulted in a trip to ‘meet’ with the coach and a call to my parents who would have reinforced the coach’s teaching when I got home. That followed by a round of public apologies to the offended parties. We would have all learned our childhood lessons, moved on and been the better for it. No waste of law enforcement, court and lawyer time and resources. I know what has happened. It’s a combination of baby-boomers and way too many hungry lawyers. Not to mention the wacky parenting principles that came with the narcissistic boomers. I am embarrassed to be counted among that goofball generation. Instead of teaching children right and wrong, good and bad, behavior and consequences; boomers were told not to force values into their children, but rather build their fragile little self-esteem. Wrong! That’s not how the real world works. Unfortunately this cockeyed mindset has carried over into the adult world. Boomers think that they should never have to be offended and that nothing in life should ever hurt. If it does it must be someone’s fault and that person or company must be sued to compensate me for having my delicate sensibilities and self-esteem bruised. Suck it up and get over it! Life hurts and people are rude. Always have been and always will be. God save this country from my generation!

Like a Dimestore Lawyer

(Tune sounds like Rhinestone Cowboy, sung by John Edwards)
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I've been walkin' these halls so long
Singin' the same old song
I know every crack in these dirty hallways and courtrooms
Where hustle's the name of the game
And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain
There's been a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a dimestore lawyer
Riding out on a Caddy in a star-spangled legal show
Like a dimestore lawyer
Getting checks and letters from people I don't even know
Settlement offers comin' over the phone

Well, I really don't mind the strain
And a frown can fake all the pain
But you're down when you're tryin' the claim that's takin' the long way
And I dream of the things I'll do
With a subpoena and a cervical collar tucked inside my shoe
There'll be a load of compromisin'
On the road to my horizon
But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a dimestore lawyer
Riding out on a Caddy in a star-spangled legal show
Dimestore lawyer
Gettin' checks and letters from people I don't even know
Settlement offers comin' over the phone

Like a dimestore lawyer
Riding out on a Caddy in a star-spangled legal show

(FADE)
Like a dimestore lawyer
Gettin' checks and letters from people I don't even know