Cheers and Jeers: March 8, 2010

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Plattsburgh Press Republican

JEERS to a couple of young teenagers in the mall recently — but it applies to groups of teenagers in just about any other venue anywhere — who for some reason have no regard for the sensibilities of passers-by as evidenced by the language they use. This particular pair was playing an arcade-type game right next to the food court and were spewing obscenities as if they were in a locker room. They were yelling, as a matter of fact, to the extreme discomfort of many people in the vicinity. One passerby rather abruptly brought the rudeness to their attention, but they were unmoved. It obviously says as much about the parents who raised the kids as it does about the kids themselves. Is there no respect for convention and others' feelings anymore? One adult remarked that the kids are destined to wind up in the Police Log someday. Meanwhile, civil people are left to wonder where somebody went wrong, that such language these days is so commonplace.