Comments on: Water-Boarding http://www.vindaugagallery.com/archives/379 Light + Glass Studio Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:50:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: gclark http://www.vindaugagallery.com/archives/379#comment-4055 gclark Fri, 09 Nov 2007 03:13:35 +0000 http://www.vindaugagallery.com/?p=379#comment-4055 nope, they're really clueless. i hate to say this, because every older generation says this about the one just one step younger than them, but i think in this case it's true: 18-25 yr olds are mostly blissfully unaware of the larger world around them. they're issue-aware -- global warming, etc. -- but only as much as their media outlets of choice allow them to be. and their media outlets of choice largely discourage them from following up on bad news. i've had SEVERAL students over the last 18 months say something like "they're just looking at the negatives" or some such in their papers, esp. when dealing with criticism of current US policy. like, "oh, forget what THEY say. they're just being partisan." torturing humans isn't partisan. it is, for lack of a better word, a sin. nope, they’re really clueless. i hate to say this, because every older generation says this about the one just one step younger than them, but i think in this case it’s true:

18-25 yr olds are mostly blissfully unaware of the larger world around them. they’re issue-aware — global warming, etc. — but only as much as their media outlets of choice allow them to be. and their media outlets of choice largely discourage them from following up on bad news.

i’ve had SEVERAL students over the last 18 months say something like “they’re just looking at the negatives” or some such in their papers, esp. when dealing with criticism of current US policy.

like, “oh, forget what THEY say. they’re just being partisan.”

torturing humans isn’t partisan. it is, for lack of a better word, a sin.

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