How would teenagers of today deal with the conflicts of war and friendship?..
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2007-01-31 00:13:21 · 6 answers · asked by nothingoodboutgoodbye 2 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Teens back then were patrioitc, they supported their cause, they even lied to try to enlist.
They loved their country enough to die for it.
They did drives to collect supplies for troops, they did neighborhood watches.
No wonder they are called the greatest generation.
2007-01-31 00:22:45 · answer #1 · answered by nivek191 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it was quieter and less chaotic because the media supported the war effort. With the media supporting the effort it was easier for the people to support it.
Today the media is mostly against the war effort and with the sensationalism they throw at us its hard to know for sure what to believe. With the mistakes and misdeeds of American soldiers getting way more attention than the barbaric terroristic acts of our enemies its easy to be fooled into thinking we are wrong.
But think about it. America has developed smart bombs and many other things to try to only target our enemies and reduce innocent casualties. Our enemies set off crude bombs in the middle of crowds to kill as many innocents as possible.
An american soldier who kills anyone is subject to an investigation to be sure he did the right thing and further to see if we can learn anything from the incident that will help us reduce innocent casualties in the future.
Do our enemies do that? No. Any death is a good death for them.
In the middle of this war your American soldiers are feeding puppies, playing with children, building schools and genuinely caring about the people while at the same time wanting nothing more than to come home to their families and communities.
A big difference between WWII and today is communication.
I'm serving in Afghanistan and I can email and talk with my family almost every day. My Grandpa served in WWII and he and my Grandma went for many months without being able to talk. All they could do was write letters. My Grandma wrote to Grandpa almost every day she says. I believe her too because now she writes to me. The funny thing is she is the only one that writes letters to me (and I treasure them) everyone else emails.
To sum it up I think they had much more peace of mind (although the fear of death and losing your loved ones is still the same) because they were sure they were doing the right thing.
Today unless you know someone who is in the war ( most of us know we are doing the right thing and our families mostly believe in us) you probably aren't sure we are right because the media doesn't belive America is right anymore in large part and that is what you hear.
Good question, sorry for rambling.
2007-01-31 09:04:50 · answer #2 · answered by whlydg 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ther will be a huge differences with the teen tody...
they will have more respect to older people coz of them they still alive(fighting the war). they will also be more patriotic than us coz they had seen the war by themselves..and bcoz of that they will be more brave to face the harsh life back then...of course they will have no fashion to follow(no fashion victims)...
but what ever it is, the patriotic spirit will soon faded..and there will be the teens that are like these days...so what we can do now is that bear in our mind that the hardship that the old people had sacrifice is for their young ones(us). why not we pay tribute to them by loving our country and contribute something for our country....
2007-01-31 08:41:17 · answer #3 · answered by anna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure about others, but my father fought in the war and his brother was a teenager, but too young to go. There was alot of fear and anxiety obviously. They stayed glued to the radio for news and couldn't wait for letters. even now my old dad still listens to radio news every hour. I guess it never leaves you.
2007-01-31 08:25:33 · answer #4 · answered by Orsky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try reading the diary of ann frank, that should give you an inside scoop on how life was for jewish people during that time
2007-01-31 08:23:27 · answer #5 · answered by the man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-01-31 13:27:39 · answer #6 · answered by smexybabe2511 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋