[HPFGU-OTChatter] OT: Concert Etiquette

[Bumbledor]

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From: "Laura Ingalls Huntley" <lhuntley at fandm.edu>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 5:13 PM
Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] OT: Concert Etiquette


> Bumbledor:
> > No, Beth.. its quite common..
> > Sad state of affairs in this country, when even public manners have
> > hit an
> > all time low.
> > I stood in line at a matinee movie last week and listend to 4 17 year
> > olds
> > cuss their head off, one using the F word at least 8 times in 30
> > seconds.
> > Felt ashamed of his parents.
> > In my day any adult would have been free to put that boy in his proper
> > place. .But now, try it and you get thrown in jail.
>
> I hardly think you would get thrown in jail for telling a 17 year old
> to watch his mouth.  In fact, I can think of very little that would get
> you in trouble with anyone (aside from physical violence, that is).
> Surely you weren't talking about *smacking* the kid, were you?  'Cause,
> gee, *that's* just the epitome of civility, isn't it?

Bumbledor writes:
 When I said, "put in their place" I meant giving them a hand full of soap,
or the back of a hand. Thats what we got for swearing in public.

> I think you should take a good, long look at the faults of your own
> generation before you run about condemning this one.  I seriously doubt
> that teens in "your day" didn't ever make mistakes or disappoint their
> parents or say/do rebellious things.  I'm sure you were *just* the
> model student/child, but you know what? Me too.  So you don't get to be
> the individual while you essentialize me and my peers.

Bumbledore writes: Ohh, hit a nerve there, didn't I?


> You want to talk about the sad state of affairs in this country?  What
> about an older generation that's fighting equal rights for homosexual
> people tooth and claw?
Bumbledore writes:  I as a pagan Druid, believe some people are born
Homosexual. Others learn the behavior. I believe they have the same rights
as anyone else, and left alone, they can enjoy those rights. What bothers me
is when they demand rights above and beyond the avrage citizens.
But this is not a political email group, this is Harry Potter. So I will
drop this part of the conversation.

> What about a time when racism and sexism were still written into our
> laws?  What about the society in which only middle and upper class
> white boys had access to decent educations and jobs?  What about the
> culture that thought it was perfectly okay to call homosexuality a
> "disease"?
>
> Laura (who thinks her generation is doing pretty okay in the grand
> scheme of things, thankyouverymuch.)

Bumbledore writes:
And I wonder what generation you are talking about?  Gen X, or the one after
that?


>
> P.S. I hate talking in the theater too, in case anyone was wondering.
>