Oh, Lynn, we are of like minds.? Soon we will continue in this direction until we have no say in our lives as it will be regulated by all those stupid 'helpful' laws on the books.? Wonder why kids revert to vandalism.? Could be they are kept from having REAL fun.? Have no clue anymore what it is.? Sooooo.? We destroy to get the attention.? Laughter at our antics are now replaced with tears of the victims.? Connie -----Original Message----- From: Lynn Vondran <lynnvondran@att.net> To: padutch-life@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 9:44 am Subject: [PD-LIFE] Personal Responsibility I agree with Connie, it's such a shame that kids these days don't have this wonderful experience because we can't accept responsibility for the consequences of our own actions!!! The sad thing is that we can't go back to these days, except in our memories, because of the abounding law suits this kind of thing would bring. Too many people are sue happy over everything in their lives, and too many are being granted money for ignorance. I could see this senario panning out today, someone experiencing the joys of this kind of riding, the kids act up a bit, one falls out, gets hit by the car following, and the parents of the kid who was hit, would sue the owner of the car following instead of taking on the responsibility for the injuries or death of their child. This is why we need the laws we have today. You are absolutely correct, Connie. Mike and I have GREAT discussions about this at least once a week, when we are reminiscing about our childhoods, and the things we were allowed to do, because we were responsible for our own actions. Hah, I wouldn't have ANY stories to tell about the Tully, if back then were like today!!! We started experiencing it toward the end of our adventurous years, where we were told by those in charge that we weren't allowed to do the things we did for years, and that our parents did for even more years of their lives. We get into this discussion when we hear them attacking the fast food places and how they are being regulated because THEY are making people fat, not the fact that people don't have self control making them fat :o) or that they CAN'T possibly teach their children what to eat and not to eat. LOL!!!!! It's sad. So much happiness is lost these days, but understandably so, with the way the courts rule anymore. My this sounds like the Journal writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder over 100 years ago!!!! Which shows you, there is absolutely NOTHING new under the sun :o) Lynn Connie wrote to Sheila's "The Green Hornet": What a great memory which would never come to be in this day and age as what you were doing in the back of the truck would bring out a fine or whatever came to mind to punish the driver for allowing unsafe transport of children in an open unsecured manner.? We were so much more aware, really and did not expect others to protect us.? We took responsibility and caution.? Congratulations for allowing us into your scrapbook of time.? Connie ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PADUTCH-LIFE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com