> I'm afraid. I'm afraid that the adolescents of my age will one day take over the world. Recently the faith I have had in teenagers has taken a sharp drop as I watch their festering media-rotten minds leak away any maturity, intelligence, emotion and ability they had left. I have always felt a little out of the crowd, and that may contribute to my blistering opinions of them, but I simply cannot comprehend what drives them to drink recklessly, smoke, toss their virginity out the window, and/or not care at all about anything that really matters in life. I just want to know if someone could help me understand these people.

Hrm. Afraid I can't help you with the understanding... but I do have some stuff to say. Unfortunately I do not have time now, but this is just a reminder to myself to write a longer post later. I do agree with your beginning analysis and premises - I just have a lot more that I think you've missed.

unipeg