Is there such a thing as "shaken teenager syndrome"?

MissMillie

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Wed Aug-03-05 10:20 AM
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Is there such a thing as "shaken teenager syndrome"?

The young man we took in needs a good shake.

He talks about joining the military all the time, and he has no problem at all going to fight in Iraq.

He said, "We got attacked, so I'm going to go fight."

I said, "Iraq didn't attack us. That is a Bush lie!"

He said, "Well, if he tells me that Iraq attacked us, then I'm fighting Iraq."

I said, "Even though you know it's a lie?"

He said, "Yes."

Apparently this makes him "patriotic."

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Nicholas D Wolfwood

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Wed Aug-03-05 10:21 AM
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1. the boy needs to find the truth himself.

I guarantee you there is nothing you can do to make him see that. I'm deeply sorry though. :hug:

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LynzM

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Wed Aug-03-05 10:21 AM
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2. Ugh.

I'm tempted to say 'let him go'.... I don't know how you get through that kind of illogic. Sit him down for a viewing of F9/11, if he'd watch it? Hugs to you, MM :hug: Good luck.

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China_cat

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Wed Aug-03-05 10:25 AM
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4. Better yet, take him to a local VA hospital

and let him see the legacy of war for some of the lucky ones first hand.

(lucky as in a sarcastic manner...lucky to be alive but little else)

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WCGreen

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Wed Aug-03-05 10:24 AM
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Teenagers should be shaken and not stirred....

HAve him watch a couple of Over There on FX....

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WCGreen

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Wed Aug-03-05 10:24 AM
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3. Teenagers should be shaken and not stirred....

HAve him watch a couple of Over There on FX....

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pitohui

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Wed Aug-03-05 10:25 AM
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5. er yeah, adults too

you can be shaken badly enough to suffer permanent swelling of frontal lobe resulting in unpleasant personality change

i know of man in his 30s now permanently institutionalized

arguing w. teens wastes your time and annoys the pig anyway

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LoZoccolo

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Wed Aug-03-05 10:43 AM
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6. I say let him go.

Serious! A lot of people who disagree with the war are getting sent...why not let someone who wants to go go?

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Rabrrrrrr

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Wed Aug-03-05 10:46 AM
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7. Go get that 11 year old girl to toss some rocks at him

that ought to clear his head up enough.

What an asshole.

"Yes, I will happily fight for a lie". Dick.

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Chicago Democrat

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Wed Aug-03-05 10:48 AM
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8. Stupid is as Stupid does....

My family contains many adopted people. I am sad to imform you the average gene pool of the material available is substandard and damaged on average. (Adopted myself)

The cure is to understand both healthy people and the source of your own insanity by contact with birth parents if possible, or at least some knowledge of them. "if I wasn't here, I would be X"

This way the person can at least understand where certain idiotic tendencies come from and can learn to choose the correct path and not the idiotic one. Assuming they can live long enough to get there.

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kick-ass-bob

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Wed Aug-03-05 11:22 AM
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9. Tell him that doesn't make him patriotic,

it makes him a serf.

Then tell him to look it up.

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