ya know i have to agree with this thread (at least the first post) it has been true that the majority of kids i've met are plain stupid, and the fact that if you ask 9/10 teenagers what they think about politics or the war, they won't know what to say, for whatever reason my unfortunate generation lacks passion for continuing the notions that made this country great, but you do not see us protesting, rioting and changing the government institution as our parents did, and i always ask myself why, why do you not care that the government now has the legal right to listen to your conversations on the phone and cell phone? the fact that the bill was passed in the first place makes me sick, as each month goes by i feel my allegiance to the united states slowly crumble away, or perhaps it is simply gaining strength as i realize that those in government now cannot be allowed to destroy this beautiful nation, although Bush can denounce me as a "liberal coward" I know this is not true, i am a pariot and i am proud, but i still ask waht is there to be proud of now? it is clear that our government has loopholes and tweaks which help people like Bush get into office and run our society like a tyrany, so what can we do now but hope for a great president, one who will reform the system so that each and every person's personal liberties are never infringed upon, maybe the government will stop acting like herb is an evil and quit brainwashing my generation and those to come, it is evident that we were brainwashed to me, i ask members of my class their opinion on it and of course they tell me its bad, but for whatever reason they never seem to know why it is bad, they claim it is bad for you health and to that i reply, besides lung cancer how else it bad for you? the government/school system brainwashed us early on starting in 3rd grade for me, still young and trusting of those in power, it was easy for them to instill negative emotions attached to the use of marijuana, these emotions were buried, but when ever that oppurtunity to smoke a joint comes up, they feel like they are somehow harming the world and society, deep in their stomach they can feel that somehow the herb is legal, most of us have already forgotten the lies told to us in DARE, but the emotions they made us feel as elementary school students have never changed for most of us.... sorry for the rant i didn't realize that was going to happen.. -kwef