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Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:36 am to ULSU
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This literally only applied to White Protestant Anglos.
In a general sense it didn't even apply to them, by and large. People fantasize the past. Rape, murder, war, genocide, and all the other horrible things in the world weren't invented in the last 10 or 20 years.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:37 am to BoostAddict
quote:
The 1980's were the pinnacle of society. A nice mix of modern conveniences, yet you could still let your kids roam around the neighborhood and leave your doors unlocked, and have a gun rack in your truck and drive it to school. I think things started going downhill in the mid-nineties.
Too bad the 1980s was the single most violent decade in American history since the 1860s. The only reason you think this is you didn't have mass media exposure in the 80s.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:37 am to beejon
The good old days! When children weren't lazy! We put them to work in factories!
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:38 am to Peazey
quote:
Rape, murder, war, genocide, and all the other horrible things in the world weren't invented in the last 10 or 20 years.
By some strange coincidence, incidences of these crimes increased dramatically with the implementation of the 24 hour news cycle. It's the strangest thing. Those things never happened before.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:39 am to GeauxTigerTM
quote:Well put. I was going to say the say thing but do it more bluntly. I've never really been around people that get so deeply offended by stuff that isn't offensive; far more likely someone getting offended IRL due to something that's actually offensive. That's far more prevalent on the internet where people do it semi-anonymously.
I still do that. The difference, I'd guess, is what I tend to say is not so out there that a huge portion of our current society would feel the need to look at me like a moron for having said it. This reads like you want to say things which kind of sort of ought to be looked down on by folks. Reminds me of what occasionally happens to me as a middle aged white guy in Louisiana. Occasionally I'll have a white guy in general conversation start talking to me, and then out of the blue drop some vile racist comment about someone in front of me...you know...'cause I'm also white and will simply nod like it's ok. Nah...it isn't, actually.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:46 am to Louie T
“Nostalgia is denial. Denial of the painful present. The name for this denial is Golden Age thinking - the erroneous notion that a different time period is better than the one ones living in - its a flaw in the romantic imagination of those people who find it difficult to cope with the present.”
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:48 am to Salmon
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I doubt it was much happier
Based on what?
Man is a communal animal, and most people are happier when they feel part of a community.
IMO we have lost that sense of community to a great extent. People feel more alone and exposed. They don't trust their neighbors or their leaders.
Thst every generation senses a problem with their current time does not mean none of them are correct.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:50 am to ChineseBandit58
"I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words... When I was young, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise [disrespectful] and impatient of restraint".
(Hesiod, 8th century BC)
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:54 am to Wayne Campbell
Where is that from?
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:54 am to RedRifle
No. Because America is safer now than it ever has been.
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:55 am to Salmon
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:56 am to FeauxPaw
quote:
"I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words... When I was young, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise [disrespectful] and impatient of restraint".
(Hesiod, 8th century BC)
THEREFORE, at no time in human history has the relative past ever been better than the relative present.
Do I have that correct?
This post was edited on 1/5/16 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:57 am to RedRifle
I just jail broke my fire stick. So the answer is a big fat NO!!!!
Posted on 1/5/16 at 11:57 am to RedRifle
Hey look--no one has their pants below their "draws"..... Must be a really old painting!
Posted on 1/5/16 at 12:00 pm to BoostAddict
quote:
The 1980's were the pinnacle of society. A nice mix of modern conveniences, yet you could still let your kids roam around the neighborhood and leave your doors unlocked, and have a gun rack in your truck and drive it to school. I think things started going downhill in the mid-nineties.
Only had a homicide rate of 10.2 in 1980, which I believe is the highest in US history
This post was edited on 1/5/16 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 1/5/16 at 12:02 pm to NoShow
F250 1915 Edition. BAW!
This post was edited on 1/5/16 at 12:02 pm
Posted on 1/5/16 at 12:05 pm to LucasP
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There were less burglaries then because your grandma stayed at home all day getting pounded by the milkman.
People lock their doors now because they spend more time with no one at home, it's got nothing to do with their morals (especially the morals of your whore grandmother).
Oh yeah, you're the voice of reason. ROTFL!!
Posted on 1/5/16 at 12:05 pm to uway
Cambodia circa 1975-1979
Cambodia 2015
What's your point?
Cambodia 2015
What's your point?
Posted on 1/5/16 at 12:06 pm to uway
quote:
THEREFORE, at no time in human history has the relative past ever been better than the relevant present.
Do I have that correct?
No, but feel free to make arguments for others. I guess it helps with your debate
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