y do people treat older people badly y isn't the world safe?
543175
it's usually the other way around
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Because they've been there and done it - good or bad your elders deserve respect.  You may not like the person, personally but he/she deserves your respect if there's a big age difference.  While what Gus brought up may be digusting and distasteful to you - edging a bit on sexual harrassment (if there are any ladies around) - he's an old guy reliving his glory days.  Sorry to burst your bubble but belive me you'll be there a whole lot sooner than you'll ever expect.  Give the old guy a break. When you grow up you'll understand.
957009
Only if we can beat up you old dudes!\n\nI'd put this in the idiotic question and answer category.\nAnd to monetary lucyfer: despicable behaviour is everyones problem.
629876
As what you had said, "Some are and some are not."\nAs diverse as the whole universe is, so are people's principles in life. We are entitled to have our own belief in life. The thing is, there are times we couldn't help to be tactless or disrespectful while others tried to save not only themselves but the world.\n\nOlder people born from generations where there was scarcity of job or modern technology. But I don't agree with you that most older people are the ones that are biased. I do believe that the older you are, the more wisdom you learned and to share. Older people have more good moral and right conduct than the current generations where as young as 6 years old, kids don't respect their parents and it saddens me to see it. I remember when I was young, I couldn't do it to my parents or I'll be penalized or suffer the consequences and you know what, it helps me to be a better person than them letting me go astray.
645189
Unguided children will push limits in order to understand what behaviour is accepted (good) or not (bad). The elders have more experience compared to the children. It is therefore the elders' duty to guide children.
195197
People have become depersonalized in a modern world.There is a lack of accountability. We no longer live in small communities that we have to have good relations to survive. If 150 years ago you were rude to the people you interact with, you may not get your harvest sold at a decent price, or the neighbors to help till you fields should you fall sick. These days many are estranged from family.Extended family has always served as a system  of support as well as discipline. Aunts,Uncles and grandparents would step in as surrogate parents should they see even a distant relation misbehaving.People are also weary, I think , and in the hurried pace of life, do not see what being kind will DO for them.Unfortunately, thinking of yourself first has been promoted for years now and rudeness is a side effect.IMO, If everyone calmly and non judgementally said ," You may not realize it, but you were just unnecessarily rude" people may reflect and change their own behavior. Then again, you may get the finger!
196250
Alzheimer's is pretty major in the elderly.  They forget and become agressive.
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It differs with religion and country.\n\nI've noticed that some countries (in the western area) usually send their elders to a "nursing home" or similar. They don't have time to care for them or can't afford a caregiver. They are usually dismissed and cast aside as if their opinions don't matter because they're aged. They are sometimes taunted and played pranks upon by younger people. I'm not saying everyone does it. As in the question, it's generalized.\n\nHere in the east and in Christianity in general, we hold elders in high regard. Usually, they stay with their immediate family. They are the wise ones we turn to in time of problems. They are highly respected and we usually bow or press their hands upon our foreheads as a sign of respect upon meeting. We never shout or speak in high tones of voice. We stand up when they enter the room. Usually, their opinions matter most in discussions. They are most respected because they have gone through a full life. They know more than we can ever know. Again, I hope nobody takes offense.\n\nI hope I helped!
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I didn't think about it until I had actually experienced first-hand, but the elderly are most certainly mistreated in nursing homes:\n\nIn my freshman year of high school, our English teacher asked us to do a community service project with either the elderly, special needs or other worthy cause. We were to pick a specific location and work for 6 hours. I chose the elderly in a nursing home close to my house.\n\nWhen I went there, the place was very quiet, and not lively at all. It was almost creepy. Then, when we went to help the elderly, the staff asked my friend and I to assist the elderly during their meal by coaxing them to eat, opening things, and sometimes even feed them. However, the more self-sufficient adults were in one area, while the severely handicapped were on the other side of the room. One particular nurse was FORCING and SHOVING food into an elderly lady's mouth. The lady could not get up; she had to be reclined and could barely open her eyes, let alone her mouth. The nurse kept pushing and shoving food into the lady's mouth, and food started to drip down.\n\nAfter I saw this horrible act, I have vowed to never, ever send my parents to a nursing home of any kind. I'll stay home and take care of them myself.
681372
Because the older person knows better than to let it bother them.  It doesn't mean a thing man.  Let it go.  (Out your rear.)
239232
Regretfully the traditions 30 years ago do not apply to now.  They have changed for many reasons...finance, technology, peer pressure and culture.  I didnt have a great deal of help from my parents seeing that they divorced when i was 12.  I had to learn my own morals early and get to know them\n\nI respect elders, im polite, i do the best i can....regretfully tho media and peer pressure are the worst.  People have now become revolved around themselves instead of their friends and family.  A survey was done on a current affair show here in Australia....a women scraped her knee after falling down.  ABSOLUTELY noone went to her to help.  Im ashamed....But the pressure of ones life has become so great that people have to see it themselves before they get sucked up by beuocracy
502649
At any age, when someone dies in the family there's always sadness. Sometimes an unruly early life could end up being successful at late 30's because of some turning point in life. But of course, there's also a chance the unruly early life could turn out to be worst as his/her age keeps on adding through the years.\nIt's true that teenagers nowadays don't show a lot of respect to their elders but when their untimely death would come, family members feels the pain of losing a love one no matter how bad they were when they were alive.
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People would rather group all of us together and assume that all young adults cause trouble instead of trying to judge us equally. Many also assume this because they judge us inexperienced and irresponsible. There is the problem that some young people are irresponsible and reckless too. Elder adults are not willing to take the time to differentiate between those who are responsible and those who can not be trusted.Our generation must learn from this error in judgment and attempt not to repeat it.
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That's a very open question...\n\nSome elderly people don't feel too good about anything.  Elderly people tend to have a lot of the same complaints about public housing.  Not enough heat, the neighbors make a mess, the sidewalks aren't shoveled fast enough, the carpets aren't cleaned enough, the apartments need to be fixed up better... then there are some that are thankful to have a place to stay that they can afford on a fixed income.\n\nElderly housing is great, so long as it's really elderly housing.  A lot of states are closing their mental institutions and sending those poeple to elderly housing, which is nothing short of a crime against humanity.  Those two populations should never be mixed, and I think it has to go down as one of the worst ideas in the modern history of public policy.  I would not send my mom to live someplace where half of the people were mentally disabled non-elderly people.  That's horrifying.
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Not fear, its arrogance and the feeling that their time os over which i s very very wrong.Older people must b respected becoz they have more xperince in life and are far more better than youngsters.And yes me, a 16 year old is saying this. They like to pick on people who wiont speak back.People who wont hit them back.Its just plain arrogance and superiority complex
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Absolutely not. Every generation thinks the young people are the worst ever. Have you ever read what Socrates said about the ancient Greek teens of his time?? He said they were disrespectful, didn't listen to their parents, and they were the worst ever. Every single generation complains about young people. They certainly complained about me. It means you're getting old.
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yes we have it in manila that  for old people who had been abandoned by thier relatives, but most of us filipinos take care of our old ones, we do not abandoned them or palce them in home care