Do you think the new generation is getting better than the older generation, or is it in fact, only getting worse?
The new generation tend to be better off at life, since they have all the latest technology to enjoy and more information to learn and know. At the same time, they only seem to be more spoiled and can't take anything.
Sure, there is now less racism and all, compared to the older days, since now everyone knows the consequences and more about each other. But then again, during the older days, the people are stronger ; they've learned to be more durable in such situations. They can fight back, hold their ground, take more punishment and genuinely think for themselves, instead of the newer generation, who would only cry, whine and complain and rely on others more than themselves.
Let's take the TOPIC here as an example:
Kind of ridiculous , where the girl killed herself over flame in the internet.
The internet was created, in hopes of promoting free speech. As in, everyone is completely anonymous and all kinds of views can be easily expressed without fear of any problems. Good, now people have a place to discuss more easily than in real life and are better protected in a sense. Ego, flame, etc has always been on the internet since the beginning, and that is pretty much acceptable. After all, it is just the internet, everyone's anonymous, no one really cares.
But what happens? People begin to take the internet more and more seriously, to the extent it becomes their "life" and forget completely about what happens in the real world. There are more immature people who can't even take this little level of flame or ego, or even regard constructive criticism as pure insult. What do they do? They cry, whine and complain, or even commit suicide. Then, we have parents who have, themselves, become overprotective, failing to realize it was the hardship they suffered that built them to become stronger. They demand for ways to protect the younger generation, but so much to the extent that they are instead, indirectly destroying the younger generation since this action would spoil them. They might even push the blame even though they had realized their child suffered from some problems. As parents, they should have been responsible for this.
Imagine there is a law in which no one can flame on the internet. We'll have a world in which no one can even take a little punishment. And the internet, so built for promoting free speech, is no longer free speech. You can't even voice out your opinions or some good criticism, which may be harsh but true, without having weak people taking everything to heart and report/accuse you for flaming. That's absolute rubbish right?
I believe that the newer generation, though having generally a better life, they have become less able to take punishment and less independent. This is because they have not suffered the same hardship that the older generation have, which is what made the older generation so much better in a sense.
So what do you guys think? Discuss.