Virginia Tech

[Robert Vermaat]

Valerius

Sure I was picked on by people in school; I was a fat punk rocker, I just found them irrelevant who cares what those people think.

My bad. I was looking at that sentence only. I see what you mean.

That was part of the point I was trying (poorly) to make. I do not believe it has anything to do with actual material wealth, but has more to do with the personalities that wealth brings. Less than an hour ago, I witnessed a young girl (18-20) arguing with a police office that she should be allowed to park her Jaguar in a non-parking area because there was shade there and shade is good for her car. It had nothing to do with the law, but everything to do with her driving a Jaguar. That is a perfect example of the lack of civil sense that growing up wealthy often causes.

Don't blame the car - the Jag isn't to blame!

But I think you're right. I saw a show on TV where very rich kids went out hiking and had to to stuff for themselves - they had a very bad attitude towards other people, work, and following any rule that inhibited their 'personal freedom'. Totally spoilt brats.
Another show had rich and poor kids working together - at first the rich kids thought the others were their servants! hock: Only after much interaction did some 'normal persons'shiny through. They actually learned something about normal, unprivilidged life..

Then again, disregard for the law is also very common among people who make average pay. Unfortunately, where I live, many people think it's normal to argue with police officers about just anything: parking speeding, trespassing, etc.. This is known to lead to violence when friends and neighbours came to 'aid' the persons who have just been issued warrants, etc. Sometimes, even medical personel is attacked because people think they don't get the aid they 'deserve'.

I can't understand this - why do these people behave in that way, when they can know from the start that it's counterproductive behaviour that won't get them anywhere? hock: