re: Some of the specific cultural "issues" Mari Fuentes-Martin finds troubling...

quote:

---

The world has become prudish in the past 30 years

---

I don't know, Roger, I think the world has become less prudish. Thirty years ago I was graduating college, and...

- Cohabitation was still somewhat frowned upon
- Homosexuals were mostly in the closet
- Drugs were illegal everywhere
- Divorce was still a bunch of red tape


Now, actresses eat bush openly. Hell, if they don't they fall out of the news.

I think the tightening up that you are noticing is more due to south Louisiana moving toward the rest of the country, which is also moving a little towards us.

I travel quite a bit, and I'm always amused by the attitude of the rest of the country toward drinking. In most states, if you want to drink at a parade or public fair, you have to confine yourself to a secluded area. In Utah you can't buy a round of drinks unless your buddies are with you at the counter. You can't buy a double, either.