The Independent Newspaper,
London.

17 Oct 2007.


Dear Sir,

Vince Cable is right about the ‘cult of youth’; it’s all around us reflected in our awful culture, dumbed down vulgar television. celebration of violence and morbid fascination with pathology on our tvs’; childrern being denied their childhood pitchforked into grown up fashion clothes, make up and adult violent video games before their time; binge drinking and raucous behaviour on the streets, lack of respect for anyone but theirselvess. Old people are shamelessly, unforgiveably treated in all walks of English society. Its sad because we have so much to offer, we don’t want to be in charge but we’d like a voice. If old voices had prevailed in 2003 I doubt if there’d been a war in Iraq.

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