POCKET POOL:
check yer "facts" bub, i didnt start this thread.
TO ALL: had you read my second post on this, you would have saw that i mentioned "not everyone wearing dreds or long hair is a thug or low life"........... [but, many are.]
and my other pont: we have FREEDOM OF CHOICE, but, all choices come with consequences. some good, some bad. no way around that. a MATURE person checks himself at a certain point in life and tailors his look and attitude to further his successes or goals. or just changes because the things he/she thought as as young person [usually adopted from a media or sports or entertainment personality] wasnt the correct course as an adult, they move away from it.
some dont.
and my most important point in it all, its fine for a young kid to express himself [to a point] and find out who he/she is. no big consequenses other than cops and store security taking a closer look, older folks crossing the street when they see you coming. why? because your living off mom and dads dime. you dont have to pay rent, buy your food, your clothes. pay a car payment with gas, maintenance, insurance. they take care of your health with THEIR work insurance policies. all you have to do is x-box, read tupacs biography, eat frozen burritos, smoke out and fill your ears with new fidypuffdog or korndeathmachine cd!
but, then your out of the house. adult hood awaits. your future is on you. how is that look going to affect all that? whos gonna buy the burritos and fresh kicks? lotsa bux. takes a lot of cash to live decent. a good paying job. then you find out quick that car wash gig [thanx to that cool dude with dreds on one side and bald with tatts on the other hired you] or that late night, part time dish washing gig at the truck stop isnt providing the sweet life you expected. cant be the look though!! that straight, conservative dude who passed you over for that aprenctice gig is the reason. their ALL against me!!!
thats when a mature person checks himself and takes stock of his/her life and how he effects others. how HE/SHE is effecting their own livelyhood and future.
some, unfortunatly never get it and then its society's fault, the police, racist whitie, the government, global warming, wall street, and that EEEEEVIL tea party!
ALL OF US are judged by many things, on many levels. you cant change it. we all do it. and some of the judgement is wrong, some of it spot on. FREEDOM OF CHOICE! it can sure be a bitch though if you let yourself drown in the wrong "freedoms" and refuse to grow.
been there.