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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of this is proof we have raised a generation of selfish partiers who care nothing for others if it means delaying any gratification for themselves.[/quote]
Possibly a tangent, but the [i]collective[/i] sacrifice the younger generation is currently making for a much older generation is massive and rarely acknowledged.[/quote]

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They experience the cost of social distancing harder (they are at an age when they are trying to form lifelong bonds with people they've never met before) and the cost of not social distancing weaker (they rarely get seriously ill).  All that can motivate them is an interest in the collective well-being of society and their elders.  And they've been given inconsistent information about what to do, what works etc.  They will be bearing the economic costs of this through taxes in their futures.  I've been impressed.
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I disagree.  Unless you want to start looking at collective sacrifices that other generations made before this one -- in WW II, for example.  Or the collective sacrifices medical professionals are making to treat overwhelming volumes of sick people in a pandemic.  To sacrifice is part of being human, or a least a good human as Christ demonstrated (and this is a Catholic school, btw).  I know as parents we want to protect our kids and I'm not discounting the horrible impact this is having on college-age kids.  I've got two college kids myself.  But anyone who doesn't think this generation has been pampered, and as unfortunate as the timing may be, could benefit from a wake up call that sometimes things just happen and you have to adapt -- as opposed to getting your parents to buy your way out of the problem.  [/quote]

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