Posted on 07/30/2006 1:56:33 PM PDT by Coleus
Because they are SCARED of their own children,thats why they don't"take them back"
I am going to say something that may get folks mad at me but here goes:
In the Sixties,lots of the smug,self righteous New Left-SDS types used to irritate the crap out of me with their"we know it all"condemnations of society.
Yet for all their faults,I miss that generation when I compare it to that current crop of pampered hedonistic amoralists who are featured in the article.
At least the Leftists stood for SOMETHING,albiet misguided as hell.These spoiled jackasses believe in nothing but self gratification.
Thats all it would take to keep me away.I wouldn't care how many hot chicks were there.Besides,my bar hopping days are long over.I've been down their path.Guess that makes me an old fart now.
Growing up in Bayonne, heading to "the city" on a Friday night at 10:00PM was nothing unusual in the 80's.
I was home from college as were my friends, we were legal at the time (19 in NYC) and we went dancing and occasionally drank too much. The same rule applied then as now: Go with your friends, Leave with your friends.
Danceateria, Cat Club, CBGBs, whatever they called that church on 6th ave coverted to a night club back then and other places I can't remember. Studio 54 was for people in their 20's and 30's back in the 80's.
I spent a lot of time (and money) on Bleeker Street then too. The Peculier Pub and the Bitter End (RIP) were my favorites.
McSorley's was a popular hang out of mine and I celebrated my 21st birthday there. And no celebration at McSorely's would be complete if we weren't thrown out by Brendan.
And of course the obligatory slice of pizza from Ray's on 11th and 6th before getting on the PATH on 9th St.
We were young, but not immature. Forcing young people to commit crimes in order to enjoy social activities that they will partake in for the rest of their lives is silly. Keeping them out of cars after the bars, I'm fine with.
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whatever they called that church on 6th ave coverted to a night club
That would be the Limelight -- owned by Gatien and implicated in a murder that was turned into the movie Party Monster.
What? You missed Mill's Tavern and David Peel?
I did crazy things too...and I truly Thank GOD everyday that I'm still alive, because I really, really shouldn't be. When you're young, you think you're invincible, that's nothing new. The world is alot more dangerous than when I was tooling around Manhattan drunk in the wee hours of the morning. Although, it was pretty dangerous then too.
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Of the last three big stories of this type, that seems to be the common mistake made by the young women who died.
They left without their friends.
give them access to open bars 'over there'
Tomorrow's Democratic voters
You make a good point! But Bloomberg is too busy campaigning for amnesty for illegals, claiming that our country would come to a sudden halt without them. Maybe that's why he has so little time to keep murderers out of bars and off the streets!
You'd think the people at the impound lot would have had teh brains to call the cops. They called an ambulance. I can't believe how creepy, weird, sad and scary that whole story is. I can't believe the perps "girlfriend" was there when he killed the girl and helped dump the body. I mean, I know there is mucho crime, but that whole story, it's like she fell into a twilight zone of mayhem.
I was a sworn to guy in the city for a while. You've no idea the bad things that can and do happen.
I know a lot of my friends who do this kind of, er, stuff...
In a sense, it's a shame my generation brings onto itself. Suffice it to say, I live in a generation where "It's all about me, me, and me." These kids have no common sense--something that's equally apparent on campus and in public.
It's a sad commentary on what our society has devolved into. OTOH, all hope isn't lost. There are people with common sense and who know right from wrong. And there is faith in God above...
And these people are going to be running the country fifteen to thirty years down the road? Utterly appalling.
What's a sworn to guy? Where you a court officer?
LOL!! Your Yiddish is getting better every day...
NYPD. Sworn to Protect and Serve.
Ah! Thank you. And Thank you.
Exactly. You leave with the people you came with. And you ate at Gray's Papayas.
As long as they're not smoking Bloomberg doesn't care.
It's no shame to want to go out and have a good time with friends. Alcohol, for better or worse, is part of that for most adults.
NYC is much safer now than it was when I was a teenager. 18 & 19 year old girls who don't know their limits (and at that age, who does) should go to these clubs with male friends they trust. If they don't have male friends they can trust, then perhaps some introspection on their part would be better than clubbing.
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