When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years. (Mark Twain)
Tradition. It's said that tradition can mean passing on the fire or preserving the ashes.
And it's 'tradition' for the young 'uns to question what the older folks ( aka their parents generation ). Not just 'tradition', it's their effing duty to do just that. Cuz stuff that's been regarded as tried tested and true may not be viewd that way a few years down the road. World changes. Rules of the game change.But acting the cool-guy part NEVER changes. Wearing tight-fitting jeans or dancing to rock-n-roll, ducktails or beehives, there's always been ( and will be ) a bone of contention between the older and the yougner generation. Our grandparents went ape***t over Elvis grinding his pelvis. Show 'em a YT clip of some perreo and they're likely to suffer a cardiac arrest.
And the 'don't ,' 'forbidden', 'if-i-catch-you'll-be-grounded-till-doomsday', is EXACTLY what will lure them like moths to a spotlight. Doing stuff that doesn't piss anyone off is for nerds, geeks, boring or all of that.
Banning anything has so far only raised the prices and led to clendestine infrastrucure catering to that need.
Installing effective age verification could curb it some. But any teenager hellbent on wreaking havoc - or getting a
vape - will get it. Quite the contrary. Obtaining the officially unobtainable will make him da cool dude among his peers.
Mark Twain got it down pat. Old geezers still can learn a lot in seven years
Give it time...
