Hi Edgar, You are absolutely right.
Those days we were kids and played -- as a consequence we have grown up and now are no longer kids -- shoulder responsibilities and get on with the job -- The present generation of kids have not played and have not grown up and continue to behave like spoilt kids all their lives Cheers Aloysius D'Souza ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 6:21 PM Subject: [Goanet] Re: Now we are afraid to die. > In a message dated 6/3/03 5:48:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time, EdgarStmartins > writes: > > << > Friends, Goans and countrymen! Everyone wants to go to heaven but nobody > wants to die. So he will avoid to wear a helmet to bed:-) > ===================================================== > > According to today's regulators and bureaucrats, those of > us who were kids in the 50's, 60's, 70's and early 80's > probably shouldn't have survived, because...... > > Our baby cots were covered with brightly coloured lead-based > paint which was promptly chewed and licked. > > We had no child-proof lids on medicine bottles, or latches > on doors or cabinets and it was fine to play with pans. > > When we rode our bikes, we wore no helmets, just flip > flops and fluorescent 'clackers' on our wheels. We never > crossed the laws as we did not possess 2-wheelers. We > did not know that drugs existed and we could not afford > cigarettes let alone lace them with drugs. > > As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or > air bags. Riding in the passenger seat was a treat. > We rode our bikes, fell, had sores on our body and survived. > > We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle - it > tasted the same. > We respected everyone older than ourselves and often called > strangers who were old enough, uncle or aunt. > > We ate sorpotel, sanna, cocoanut curry, tons of cholesterol > and drank limbu soda with sugar in it, but we were never > overweight because we were always outside playing. > > We shared one drink with four friends, from one bottle or can > and no one actually died from this. SARS did not exist, the Nile > was far away and the mosquito was a friend. > > We had candles and no candle power, water from a well and > took our baths next to the banana plant to share the source of > life with a tree which finally gave us potassium and calories. > > We would spend hours building go-carts out of boxes with > elliptical wheels and then went top speed down the hill, only > to find out we forgot the brakes. > > After running into stinging nettles trying to collect kantans for > pickle and to eat. We learned to solve the problem with a pin that was not > sterilized.. > > We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as > long as we were back before it got dark. No one was able to > reach us all day and no one minded. > > We did not have Playstations or X-Boxes, no video games at > all. No 99 channels on TV, no videotape movies, no surround > sound, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet > chat rooms nor goanet which could be used to put down anyone > we envy like crabs. We had friends - we went outside and found them. > > We played gilly dando, godde and 7 tiles and street rounders, and sometimes > that > ball really hurt. > > We fell out of trees, got cut and broke bones and teeth, > and there were no lawsuits. They were accidents. We learnt > not to do the same thing again. > > We had fights, punched each other hard and got black and > blue - we learned to get over it. > > We walked to friend's homes. No one molested us. > We made up games with tiles and tennis balls and ate live > stuff, and although we were told it would happen, we did not > have very many eyes out, nor did the live stuff live inside > us forever. > > We rode bikes in packs of 7 and wore our coats by only the > hood. Our actions were our own. Consequences were expected. > > The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke a law was > unheard of. They actually sided with the law. Imagine that! > My Dad permitted my Latin master to whip me with a cane > and I bear the marks of many a punishment. > > This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers and > problem solvers and inventors, ever. The past 50 years have > been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, > failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to > deal with it all. And you're one of them. Congratulations! > > We have had the luck to grow up as real kids, before > lawyers and government regulated our lives, for "our own good". Today they > do it to line their pockets. We ate organic and not GM foods. We aimed not > to dig our graves with our teeth. > > When today's kids eat dough nuts and baigles, we ate the centre of these > goodies - nothing. We learnt to cook instead of demanding food on the table or a > trip to eat junk food and we were less obese. > > > Edgar Martins > > ########################################################################## > # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # > # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # > # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # > # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # > ########################################################################## > ************************************************************ Quick Heal Version : 6.09 Virus Database : 28-05-2003 This mail is certified VIRUS FREE by Quick Heal. 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