Thats just bullshit

every generation has differences, but every single generation that has ever existed has complained about the changes brought by the younger

this is not some new thing, complaining about young people

That's absolutely true

I think you have it backward chaos... respect should be a given to anybody, but if somebody do something to make you lose your respect in them, that's another story

See that depends on the type of respect you are asking for

I think the word is used wrongly in many contexts

like, normal, proper respect, common courtesy

things that the younger generation lack the most

and the type of respect that old conservative generations are asking for is an admiration of their seniority and an higher evaluation of their decisions based simply on that fact

not that of common courtesy

a better word for what you are talking about is simply "consideration for others" or "empathy"

not respect

well, for the most part, they worked their ass off all their life to raise their children, contributed to society like you are nothing close yet, senior deserve respect

no they don't

that's bullshit

now as for their decision, that's another story

people do not deserve respect just because they lived their life

for purpose of stable productive society which preserves institutions, respect for older generations is necessary

imo it dont matter if deserved or not, just necessity for functioning goodness

being considerate of other people is a form of respect, empathy, that's something different

respect isn't limited to good consideration you have of other people, but it's still a good begining

yup

Also I think you are full of shit for thinking that the current younger generation has less consideration for others than any of the previous generations, what a load of shit. Where did you come up with that idea? At maximum it is possible for you to know and assess innacuratedly the personality and traits of about 200 people that you directly come in contact with. And you think you can make accurate statements about the temperament of an entire generation of people?

What a load of crap

I have 3500 students, where you 200 comes from ?

lol

You don't know them individiually

you can't make any assesment of them

for sure I don't know them individually, but their general behavior is really far from the way i've been educated

The number comes from studies that estimated the average amount of people that a person can come into contact with and actually "know" although that definiton is not objective

but it's really irrellavent on that point

Lots of studies done on generations rlooking at their politics and economics and what not

that's a simple statement regarding what I've seen, not a general truth

still, I tend to believe that the behavior of the young generation nowadays is really far from the behavior of my parents and the people of their generation

What you've seen means nothing, you are making a statement of what you feel is the case, not what you have any ability to determine in any way. Basically your reason for believing the current generation has a certain temperament is purely anecdotal and illogical.

anecdotal, true, illogical, how so ?

this is being reduced to absurdity

after a certain number of anecdots, you can determine a general tendancy, how is that illogical ?

does that respresent every single people of the said generation ? of course not...

does the tendancy is illogical ? I fail to see why ?