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@astrologica wrote:
Whilst I don't always go along with Rose's take on things, I do have some sympathy with her post regarding how young people today would react if we were to find ourselves at war. Before I get jumped on and berated, I would say that most youngsters are ok, and would support their country. But there are some people who do behave as Rose has suggested, mainly in the poorer areas of the country. Lambsy has a very positive view of society, and maybe that is easier for him because maybe he doesn't come into contact with the type of people that Rose refers to. That's where I asked where he lives. I live in South Wales, a very deprived area of the UK, and I often look at some of the you do people around here and wonder, just like Rose, how they would react if we had to go to war and life suddenly got very tough for them. If they had to swap their designer trainers for Army boots!

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Please excuse my previous reply it came before you posted this.

All I said earlier was it's not ALL bad, there's plenty of good.

I generally keep a positive attitude but I certainly don't have an overly positive view of society. I was raised and educated in a comprehensive school in Coventry, and I came across many deprived people who channeled their angst against myself and others. I was given plenty of reason to have a negative view of those around me but I've grown up, ventured out and met with plenty of good too!

You say yourself most youngsters are OK, but there have always been those who behave as Rose suggests, this is not a new phenomenon! And remember not everyone back in 1914 or the 1940s were too thriled about the idea of war, not all ran to the recruitment centres to do their duty.

I don't have rose-tinted glasses nor a gloomy outlook, I'm just realistic

I did a favour for someone the other day who had ran out of petrol, he said "you don't find people willing to help these days." Well you do, I did, you probably would, and there's many more like us. So yes there's plenty of rotten scum out there who I'd rather not give the time of day to, but I find it better to not concern myself with them and concentrate on the good I can find and give!