[Intrepid]

I was called a gentleman last week, I was quite surprised, I do make an effort to be nice, there are things that bother me however, but I don't see why people shouldn't be polite.
Everything is a lack of respect, opening a door for someone is considered strange now, if I do it the person stares at me, ha, I was going somewhere with this girl and her father was driving and I opened the car door for her and her father said "wow, you don't see that anymore".
another example, some guys picked a fight with my group of friends a while back for no reason just that they greatly outnumbered us, hell we had a girl with us and she had to witness that. Vengeance was ultimately ours at a later date however, but my point was kids are just brats now, they look for fights, and are just idiots. I think a major part of the problem is that they find fighting fun, and it gains them respect. Another major problem is a lack of respect for society, sure society sucks, but the lack of respect is the cause of so many problems, like vandalism, if we had respect for another person's property then there would be less problems.
But honestly it's how the kids grow up and where they do so, if they grow up in the gutter and are utter derros, then they will be derros. That "apple doesn't fall far from the tree" thing applies, if the parents did something then this might not be a problem, I mean these kids are f***ing each other at ages like 11, and have mobile phones in primary school, and that adds to it, and uncensored media too.
Basically, parents nowadays tell their kids "fight fight fight" in life, because someone else will beat them to something if they don't, sure it may be true, but the kids need to know when to let up, getting a seat on a bus won't help them in life, they need to know when to be nice, and when to be competitive and discern between these times.
Also a lack of empathy is really bad recently, I read about loads of elderly people being bashed and killed, I mean what the hell is that?! if I saw someone doing that...
Right, (it seems I’ve got a lot to say about this) I was talking to a guy I’m friends with, he's about 65 now, and he's an ex-air force pilot, he's been in a lot of combat situations and has killed in the air. He fought for our side against communism, and when he walks down the street and some 20 something year old brats call him an "old f***" and a "fa**ot" what can he do? the police will charge him if he touches them, yet they can get away with it. Where is the respect? if it weren’t for people like him they might be earning an unavoidable $46,000 AUD a year, in an oppressed hell.

Look, I’m not some kind of fanatic or anything, but what I’m about to say is a little strange, but I believe the solution (however I hope beyond hope it never happens) is war, if we had a war and enlisted some of those idiots and taught them some respect in the service, and showed them they are not invincible then that might work.
But I hope there is a better solution, I only come to that conclusion based upon history, also our generation being rapped in "cotton wool" is a major part of it. I was told the police would be called if I continued to climb a tree in my local park, I was told the police would be called if I didn't get out of a small creek, it just strikes me that kids can't have fun outdoors anymore, what do you expect them to turn into?
They are not going to have an understanding of things if they are shielded from everything bar TV.

I'm 17 and I hate my generation.