Comments on: The Indignities of Being Young http://blog.youthrights.org/2006/01/18/the-indignities-of-being-young/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:15:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: SDavidson http://blog.youthrights.org/2006/01/18/the-indignities-of-being-young/#comment-30 SDavidson Thu, 19 Jan 2006 03:23:36 +0000 http://blog.youthrights.org/2006/01/18/the-indignities-of-being-young/#comment-30 I guess it depends on what you deem "childhood." The protectionists have tried to turn childhood in to a state of complete dependence and blissful ignorance that isn't really blissful at all. This is what "childhood" means to most people, and I must say that it is what initially comes to mind when I hear the word. If this is childhood, the youth rights movement is working toward its destruction and I could not be happier. Childhood, as an eighteen year sentence, is what John Holt was escaping from. Good riddance! But that is not childhood. That is a fabrication of the ageist machine. Instead, we see childhood as a state where one can be informed, competent, and respected, but at the same time lack the cynicism and apathy common among older people. This ought to be preserved. Great entry. I really liked some of the rhetoric you utilized. It was refreshing to hear the term "youth apartheid." I guess it depends on what you deem “childhood.” The protectionists have tried to turn childhood in to a state of complete dependence and blissful ignorance that isn’t really blissful at all. This is what “childhood” means to most people, and I must say that it is what initially comes to mind when I hear the word. If this is childhood, the youth rights movement is working toward its destruction and I could not be happier. Childhood, as an eighteen year sentence, is what John Holt was escaping from. Good riddance!

But that is not childhood. That is a fabrication of the ageist machine. Instead, we see childhood as a state where one can be informed, competent, and respected, but at the same time lack the cynicism and apathy common among older people. This ought to be preserved.

Great entry. I really liked some of the rhetoric you utilized. It was refreshing to hear the term “youth apartheid.”

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