Re: virus: alienated youth

KMO (kmo@c-realm.com)
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 21:28:46 -0700

Lordy, if you didn't just step right out of a song by Ministry...

Guess I'm givin' my age away by admitting knowledge of music as old as that.

-KMO

Richard Aynesworthy wrote:

> ...I hereby declare myself the resident angry young man.
>
> ...the cereal box version is that the anger results from an inability
> to effect tangible effects on the world around you. Anger and
> violence have effects, tangible ones. Effects that last.
> ...it's not for attention, it's for confirmation of reality.
>
> psypher
>
> >
> > Any answers for Roni from the Virus crew?
> >
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:49:48 -0700
> > From: "Chapman, Rhonda" <RChapman@ESD.WA.GOV>
> > To: "'kmo@c-realm.com'" <kmo@c-realm.com>
> >
> > Hi KMO -
> >
> > I've wondered for a long time and I'm curious if you have any
> > answers. A
> > close friend of mine has a 15 year-old son who didn't come home last
> > night.
> > Of course, she is frantic, depressed, frustrated, and confused.
> > They actually have what I would call a good relationship. He's a
> > terrific kid
> > for the most part. I really like him.
> >
> > I'm sure some of what he feels is boredom and frustration. She
> > says he is
> > also very angry. That's what I just don't get. Why are so many
> > kids so angry? What is society doing to them? The problem seems
> > too wide spread to
> > be anything other than some form of general social breakdown.
> >
> > You seem very in touch with this stuff. 'Wondered if you have some
> > thoughts. We can't "fix" it if we can't understand the cause.
> > Somehow I
> > don't think this will get better if left alone.
> >
> > Thanks, R
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