Prepare yourselves. Grey nomads are I assume, baby boomers give or take. We, according to some of the younger generation say 18-25yo are to blame for ruining their lives by...yep you guessed it, ruining the planet.
We are according to these people, the selfish, materialistic and "had it easy" generation.
I've come across this attitude 3 times now on Facebook. I enjoy FB, for a variety of reasons but it does risk friends of my friends reading what they dont like...and comment accordingly.
This thread is not about facebook, lets leave that alone here. It is about being blamed for being born in a certain era and as an individual being blamed for the state of the planet.
Furthermore, when prompted by one 22yo about my contribution towards our country (I didnt know she meant in terms of climate change) I answered that I'd joined the RAAF at 17yo. Then came the abuse- "so you bombed people, how can that be honourable "?
To show maturity I didnt reply, there is no benefit in doing so. I was tempted to say "if we didnt have a defence force we'd be speaking Japanese, or English soldiers would be doing the goose step".
These are the people that try to ruin Anzac Day. Thankfully they are still in the minority.
Tony
pipes said
02:09 PM Apr 21, 2019
Tony. I made some comments just prior to Australia Day. I'm positive that many of the GN's comments were written without really reading, and understanding my posts.
Regards. Pipes
Eaglemax said
03:28 PM Apr 21, 2019
Dont know what you are referring to Pipes. ???
BW said
03:39 PM Apr 21, 2019
A lot of people on social media are loose canons , one day it will be regulated to the hilt , people will have to be carefull what they say , that will be a good day ahh!
Meredith said
06:58 PM Apr 21, 2019
To call a whole generation 'the blaming generation' based on a few fb posts is as bad as saying all baby boomers are selfish and materialistic. There are all types of people, kind, selfish, polite, grumpy, in all generations, including the younger ones.
rockylizard said
07:14 PM Apr 21, 2019
Gday...
I understand your thoughts, Tony, and have seem and heard these statements from various folk from various age groups from time to time.
Interestingly though, if one reads through many posted replies/comments to some recent topics on this and other fora, 'baby boomer/grey nomads' could also be included in a "blaming" generation.
Unfortunately, it seems to be increasingly the way of our modern society. Whatever goes wrong there is always someone else to blame rather than even oneself.
Cheers - and a wise man once said ... forgive them for they know what they say - John
Hewy54 said
07:21 PM Apr 21, 2019
rockylizard wrote:
Cheers - and a wise man once said ... forgive them for they know what they say - John
Not sure if this is the quote that you meant
"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
rockylizard said
07:41 PM Apr 21, 2019
Hewy54 wrote:
rockylizard wrote:
Cheers - and a wise man once said ... forgive them for they know what they say - John
Not sure if this is the quote that you meant
"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Gday...
Dunno Hewey, I wasn't there at the time - but I am sure the meaning must be about the same.
Cheers - John
Extraordinary Rendition said
10:17 PM Apr 21, 2019
Dont Faceplant or any of those other proponents of Globohomo. You waste youre time with this filth then you winge what you don't like the content. Same applies to the Lugenpresse in its entirety. The question provides its own answer.
Eaglemax said
07:23 AM Apr 22, 2019
rockylizard wrote:
Gday...
I understand your thoughts, Tony, and have seem and heard these statements from various folk from various age groups from time to time.
Interestingly though, if one reads through many posted replies/comments to some recent topics on this and other fora, 'baby boomer/grey nomads' could also be included in a "blaming" generation.
Unfortunately, it seems to be increasingly the way of our modern society. Whatever goes wrong there is always someone else to blame rather than even oneself.
Cheers - and a wise man once said ... forgive them for they know what they say - John
Thanks for a great reply. Tony
The Belmont Bear said
07:03 AM Apr 23, 2019
Back in the 60s and 70s we used to blame previous generations for lots of things, I think they used to refer to it as the protest era ....then most of us grew up
Cheers
BB
Eaglemax said
06:53 PM Apr 25, 2019
I could be wrong.
Judging by the young people proudly wearing their forefathers medals today, Anzac Day
Extraordinary Rendition said
07:32 PM Apr 25, 2019
These sorts of discussions are evidence that you all are being gaslight by a very select and prominent group of agitprop operators. These people are Paper Tigers. Destroy your Televisions and beware the Lugenpresse. They pit race against race. Generation against generation. They propose idiotic "normative social mores that are ridicuous and far from universally respected. Yet it is on the MSM so it must be the truth ... you are being played"
rockylizard said
08:02 PM Apr 25, 2019
Extraordinary Rendition wrote:
These sorts of discussions are evidence that you all are being gaslight by a very select and prominent group of agitprop operators. These people are Paper Tigers. Destroy your Televisions and beware the Lugenpresse. They pit race against race. Generation against generation. They propose idiotic "normative social mores that are ridiculous and far from universally respected. Yet it is on the MSM so it must be the truth ... you are being played"
Gday...
Hanna, are you able to translate that into English - Strayan English?
Cheers - John
Extraordinary Rendition said
08:49 PM Apr 25, 2019
rockylizard...absolutely impossible. It is your decision to admit to how much of the Globohomo adgenda you pretend does or does not exist. You cannot pretend it is incomprehensible therefore non existant to you. See Fluff run .. Run Fluff Run..
rockylizard said
09:06 PM Apr 25, 2019
Extraordinary Rendition wrote:
rockylizard...absolutely impossible. It is your decision to admit to how much of the Globohomo adgenda you pretend does or does not exist. You cannot pretend it is incomprehensible therefore non existant to you. See Fluff run .. Run Fluff Run..
Gday...
Hanna, I must be from another planet What is a Globohomo agenda (I can't pretend it exists or does not exist if I don't know what it is ) and what's fluff got to do with it?
What is gaslight (apart from the old fashioned way to light our streets 100 years ago), what are agitprop operators, paper tigers, Lugenpress, what is MSN (Micrcroft Service Network?).
Definitely none of that is Strayan English - well not my Strayan English.
Cheers - John
Extraordinary Rendition said
09:18 PM Apr 25, 2019
Well rockylizard .. Strayan English.. maaate... fair dinkum Stone the Bleeding Crows Cobber. ... It's all good for the Bush Mate! Fair dinks... no need to do any thinking or anything cobber China Plate.. no Wukkas bloke. Nunna that complicated **** about world politics need concern us Maaaaayte because if it did then the taxpayer funded Australian Bolshevik Collective would be the first to let Aussie rockylizards and such know that they might need to blink in the sunshine.
rockylizard said
07:21 AM Apr 26, 2019
Extraordinary Rendition wrote:
Well rockylizard .. Strayan English.. maaate... fair dinkum Stone the Bleeding Crows Cobber. ... It's all good for the Bush Mate! Fair dinks... no need to do any thinking or anything cobber China Plate.. no Wukkas bloke. Nunna that complicated **** about world politics need concern us Maaaaayte because if it did then the taxpayer funded Australian Bolshevik Collective would be the first to let Aussie rockylizards and such know that they might need to blink in the sunshine.
Gday...
Sad response, Hanna. Only confirms that you are pushing gooblegook and prefer to remain incomprehensible.
My question/s are valid and not loaded ... WTF are you on about??? Or perhaps, more importantly, what are you on?
Cheers - John
Dougwe said
07:54 AM Apr 26, 2019
Hey Rocky mate, sounds a bit like Macca talked.
dorian said
08:30 AM Apr 26, 2019
rockylizard wrote:
Extraordinary Rendition wrote:
These sorts of discussions are evidence that you all are being gaslight by a very select and prominent group of agitprop operators. These people are Paper Tigers. Destroy your Televisions and beware the Lugenpresse. They pit race against race. Generation against generation. They propose idiotic "normative social mores that are ridiculous and far from universally respected. Yet it is on the MSM so it must be the truth ... you are being played"
Gday...
Hanna, are you able to translate that into English - Strayan English?
Cheers - John
Most of those non-Strayan terms have made it into the Oxford Dictionary, although I admit that globohomo and Luegenpresse were unfamiliar to me. That said, both terms are very appropriate and descriptive of the present geopolitical climate. No doubt they'll find their way into the Oxford dictionary one day soon.
Possum3 said
11:53 AM Apr 26, 2019
Any person relying on non-colloquial verbiage to insinuate a point is talking through their ar5e. If they then won't (or can't) explain their position on any matter, their opinion is worthless.
Eaglemax said
08:26 PM Apr 26, 2019
As I'm the OP I ask those talking rubbish language and off topic maybe you cant start your own thread where you can write to your hearts content in a way only you understand.
Tony
-- Edited by Eaglemax on Friday 26th of April 2019 08:27:17 PM
BW said
08:35 AM Apr 27, 2019
I see David Attenborough has said , It's OK to blame older generations , for " Doing Terrible Things " concerning Climate Change . I was a bit surprised , I don't reckon he thought that one through enough .
Grandad5 said
09:35 AM Apr 27, 2019
I believe the younger generation saying we caused the problem is a bit simplistic. There's a certain amount of truth in it of course. We did.
Just like the hole in the ozone layer. That was caused by the gases being used in arousal cans at the time and we definitely used those cans. But once the results of that was made public I remember a fairly widespread boycotting of any arousals until science came up with a safe alternative.
So, yes. We were a party to the problem. The issue now is, are they happy to say not my problem. I didnt cause it? Or are they going to be a vehicle for change. Theirs and our choice.
rockylizard said
09:36 AM Apr 27, 2019
Gday...
Hanna, perhaps I could offer the following -
Effective communication is defined as verbal speech or other methods of relaying information that get a point across. ... An example of effective communication is when the person who you are talking to listens actively, absorbs your point and understands it.
If that were so, and the accepted norm, perhaps you would express this in a way that I, and perhaps others, can understand your contribution to the thread -
"These sorts of discussions are evidence that you all are being gaslight by a very select and prominent group of agitprop operators. These people are Paper Tigers. Destroy your Televisions and beware the Lugenpresse. They pit race against race. Generation against generation. They propose idiotic "normative social mores that are ridiculous and far from universally respected. Yet it is on the MSM so it must be the truth ... you are being played""
Cheers - John
Magnarc said
09:51 AM Apr 27, 2019
Rocky give up mate, there are some people that will never make sense. Put it down to a good old fashioned bit of stirring. The best way to deal with some posts is to totally ignore them thus robbing them of their moment in the Sun.
Magnarc said
10:00 AM Apr 27, 2019
Rocky and all posters. Put Hanna Reitsch in Google. May explain a few things?????????
BW said
10:01 AM Apr 27, 2019
Some wise words from Jim and Phil !
rockylizard said
10:48 AM Apr 27, 2019
Magnarc wrote:
Rocky and all posters. Put Hanna Reitsch in Google. May explain a few things?????????
Gday...
I didn't think ghosts would have been accepted as members?
Cheers - John
iana said
11:35 AM Apr 27, 2019
Yes done that, Hanna must have been quite a skilled pilot.
Prepare yourselves. Grey nomads are I assume, baby boomers give or take. We, according to some of the younger generation say 18-25yo are to blame for ruining their lives by...yep you guessed it, ruining the planet.
We are according to these people, the selfish, materialistic and "had it easy" generation.
I've come across this attitude 3 times now on Facebook. I enjoy FB, for a variety of reasons but it does risk friends of my friends reading what they dont like...and comment accordingly.
This thread is not about facebook, lets leave that alone here. It is about being blamed for being born in a certain era and as an individual being blamed for the state of the planet.
Furthermore, when prompted by one 22yo about my contribution towards our country (I didnt know she meant in terms of climate change) I answered that I'd joined the RAAF at 17yo. Then came the abuse- "so you bombed people, how can that be honourable "?
To show maturity I didnt reply, there is no benefit in doing so. I was tempted to say "if we didnt have a defence force we'd be speaking Japanese, or English soldiers would be doing the goose step".
These are the people that try to ruin Anzac Day. Thankfully they are still in the minority.
Tony
Regards. Pipes
Gday...
I understand your thoughts, Tony, and have seem and heard these statements from various folk from various age groups from time to time.
Interestingly though, if one reads through many posted replies/comments to some recent topics on this and other fora, 'baby boomer/grey nomads' could also be included in a "blaming" generation.
Unfortunately, it seems to be increasingly the way of our modern society. Whatever goes wrong there is always someone else to blame rather than even oneself.
Cheers - and a wise man once said ... forgive them for they know what they say
- John
Not sure if this is the quote that you meant
"Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.
Gday...
Cheers - John
Thanks for a great reply. Tony
Back in the 60s and 70s we used to blame previous generations for lots of things, I think they used to refer to it as the protest era ....then most of us grew up
Cheers
BB
Judging by the young people proudly wearing their forefathers medals today, Anzac Day
Gday...
Cheers - John
Gday...
What is gaslight (apart from the old fashioned way to light our streets 100 years ago), what are agitprop operators, paper tigers, Lugenpress, what is MSN (Micrcroft Service Network?).
Definitely none of that is Strayan English - well not my Strayan English.
Cheers - John
Gday...
Sad response, Hanna. Only confirms that you are pushing gooblegook and prefer to remain incomprehensible.
My question/s are valid and not loaded ... WTF are you on about???
Or perhaps, more importantly, what are you on? 
Cheers - John
Most of those non-Strayan terms have made it into the Oxford Dictionary, although I admit that globohomo and Luegenpresse were unfamiliar to me. That said, both terms are very appropriate and descriptive of the present geopolitical climate. No doubt they'll find their way into the Oxford dictionary one day soon.
As I'm the OP I ask those talking rubbish language and off topic maybe you cant start your own thread where you can write to your hearts content in a way only you understand.
Tony
-- Edited by Eaglemax on Friday 26th of April 2019 08:27:17 PM
Just like the hole in the ozone layer. That was caused by the gases being used in arousal cans at the time and we definitely used those cans. But once the results of that was made public I remember a fairly widespread boycotting of any arousals until science came up with a safe alternative.
So, yes. We were a party to the problem. The issue now is, are they happy to say not my problem. I didnt cause it? Or are they going to be a vehicle for change. Theirs and our choice.
Gday...
Hanna, perhaps I could offer the following -
Effective communication is defined as verbal speech or other methods of relaying information that get a point across. ... An example of effective communication is when the person who you are talking to listens actively, absorbs your point and understands it.
If that were so, and the accepted norm, perhaps you would express this in a way that I, and perhaps others, can understand your contribution to the thread -
"These sorts of discussions are evidence that you all are being gaslight by a very select and prominent group of agitprop operators. These people are Paper Tigers. Destroy your Televisions and beware the Lugenpresse. They pit race against race. Generation against generation. They propose idiotic "normative social mores that are ridiculous and far from universally respected. Yet it is on the MSM so it must be the truth ... you are being played""
Cheers - John
Rocky give up mate, there are some people that will never make sense. Put it down to a good old fashioned bit of stirring. The best way to deal with some posts is to totally ignore them thus robbing them of their moment in the Sun.
Rocky and all posters. Put Hanna Reitsch in Google. May explain a few things?????????
Gday...
Cheers - John