Comments on: THE 50TH LAW By 50 Cent and Robert Greene

By: george

george — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:30:13 +0000

Strong opinions welcomed on this blog, too, Bob.

By: george

george — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:29:37 +0000

Since most young people don’t read but spend endless hours texting, or on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube their understanding of the world is very small, Rick. They have no sense of history and little understanding of how the world works. They just know how to play with the social networking toys.

By: Cap'n Bob

Cap'n Bob — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:50:58 +0000

I’m with Deb and Rick on this, without apology.

By: Richard Robinson

Richard Robinson — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:21:32 +0000

Re: your comment to Patti, “Their lives are rarely happy, hence the weed and pill usage.”

I remember when young people found escape in books, the world, adventure and possibilities opened thereby. **sigh**

By: george

george — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:06:02 +0000

I rarely edit or delete comments, Rick, even if I disagree with them. This is a Free Speech zone. Soap boxes welcomed.

By: george

george — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:04:21 +0000

THE 50TH LAW is simply a commercial venture, Rick. It’s 10% 50 Cent stories and the rest is Robert Greene’s patented mix of historical stories stitched together with quotations from Nietzsche and Miles Davis. And, it’s selling. Some readers might benefit from reading this, but I didn’t.

By: george

george — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:01:04 +0000

A good proportion of my students aspire to be rappers or to play in the NBA, Patti. Unrealistic goals is a problem we work on constantly. That, and to avoid making Bad Decisions. Their lives are rarely happy, hence the weed and pill usage.

By: Richard Robinson

Richard Robinson — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:52:35 +0000

Sorry for the rant, George. Please delete it if you find it offensive, or off-track or out of line. If you do that, then take this out too.

By: Richard Robinson

Richard Robinson — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:20:19 +0000

I agree with everything Deb said.

I intensely dislike generalities, but sometimes, in the area of personal opinion at least, they are valid. Thus for me Rap=Crap. Rappers & hip-hoppers all go into one bag of nasty. These are bad role models for people who really, really need good role models. Guns, drugs, FtB and talentless “poetry” making millions (and thrice that for the music producers) and promoting a sub-culture of in-your-face, gun-flaunting, crime glorifying, do-what-the-F**k-I want, egocentric “lifestyle” goes against the grain and produces nothing positive in our society.

I wouldn’t buy or read this if they paid me. It should be an F, George, not a C.

Now I’ll get back to the Mozart symphony I was listening to.

By: Patti Abbott

Patti Abbott — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:17:35 +0000

I am fascinated that you read this book. It’s a good idea though to see where your students are coming from. My dental hygientist today told me that every teen ager she knows is using grass if not something stronger. How did we get to this?