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Not right to mock and joke about McCain's age, is so insulting to older people. McCain is healthy. Most live much longer than past generations due to modern medicine; antibiotics, universal precautions, surgical procedures, etc. In Asia for example you do not joke about the elderly, they have respect. McCain still looks young except for hair color, even his mother at age 96 looks terrific. You get the feeling that most here are way under age 40.
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John McCain is running for President...he is open to criticism...his age is an issue...posters on BOTH sides have ridiculed EVERYTHING on the other side....it is what's done...it won't change.
Not right to mock and joke about McCain's age, is so insulting to older people. McCain is healthy. Most live much longer than past generations due to modern medicine; antibiotics, universal precautions, surgical procedures, etc. In Asia for example you do not joke about the elderly, they have respect. McCain still looks young except for hair color, even his mother at age 96 looks terrific. You get the feeling that most here are way under age 40.
You are so right. The disrespect for older people is another symptom of what is wrong with our society. I was raised to respect older people, and I don't think it was a wrong teaching. The vitriolic language used on these posts, to debase older people is, at best, disturbing. It's as if their lives are stupid and useless, when they, at least should be given credit for copeing with life, as they knew it. I have great respect for my parents, grandparents, and all of my ancestors, even though I don't always agree with their viewpoint. I know that they had much to share, many interesting stories to tell. and much to be learned, first hand, that biased books don't tell. Maybe the Japanese have a point--with their respect for ancestors. I may not agree with Mccain,but I will never call him names. I do respect his experience.
John McCain is running for President...he is open to criticism...his age is an issue...posters on BOTH sides have ridiculed EVERYTHING on the other side....it is what's done...it won't change.
I hope you're not implying that merely discussing the issue of McCain's age is mocking him - because his age IS a very legitimate issue and concern. I don't usually read or hear people making fun of his age...
But especially given his running mate, it SHOULD be a major concern to everyone whether he is cancer-free and exactly how healthy is he. He only partially released his health-records, in a closed-room meeting with a select number of press reporters, and NO COPIES were allowed to be taken...
If McCain succumbs to old-age or cancer, we would, in my opinion, be in worse trouble with Palin than we've been with Bush.
Well---not any worse than we would be with Obama, who has even less experience than Palin. We would be in trouble, either way. Actually, Mccain realeased many pages of medical records. where as Obama released only one page. It probably means that Mccain has more medical problems-due to age-and Obama has less problems, but surely, Obama has more than one page. Even a child would have a longer medical record.
i want to hire you as my body guard. i am tired of these CDF young whipper snappers making fun of me. i am not going to take it any more. mccain does not look healthy. i know lots of healthy seniors, inc me, he is not one of them.
obama 08
You are so right. The disrespect for older people is another symptom of what is wrong with our society. I was raised to respect older people, and I don't think it was a wrong teaching. The vitriolic language used on these posts, to debase older people is, at best, disturbing. It's as if their lives are stupid and useless, when they, at least should be given credit for copeing with life, as they knew it. I have great respect for my parents, grandparents, and all of my ancestors, even though I don't always agree with their viewpoint. I know that they had much to share, many interesting stories to tell. and much to be learned, first hand, that biased books don't tell. Maybe the Japanese have a point--with their respect for ancestors. I may not agree with Mccain,but I will never call him names. I do respect his experience.
Agree and thank you for relating my main point so well, not just the candidate but the disrespect for older people in general, and like you say a symptom of what's wrong with our society. I think we have a crumbling society with many signs. If there are no lines then they are all erased where anything goes.
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are YOU McCains doctor? That is the only person that can say that, and actually HIPPA would prevent even that.
