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Originally Posted by jbw97361
Well to figure this out lets look at what has changed in the last 50 years, from when middle class america was preceived as much more docile (ignoring the south and other extreme examples)
People were more religious then.
Families consisted of a working parent, a stay at home parent.
Society wasn't so preoccupied on safety.
People went outside instead of watching the television/internet.
People weren't raised on the philosophy of "you are special"
Basically people today don't really believe in anything, are overprotected from any actual danger, and sit on their asses all day.
Go outside, play some frisbee. Things will be better!
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I like this post. Short, sweet, and direct. Even though JBW might of been picking on us southerners.
Too much media/current issues at our disposal. Oh it's great to know what is happening, but it use to be only 30 minutes of news every night with Walter and 30 minutes of local news on the radio at lunch and with nice tid bits from Paul Harvey. And on Saturday's you had Face the Nation for another 30 minutes and Sundays it was an hour and a half of Sunday Morning. Unless we were "away" from the radio and tv, we got about 8 to 10 hours of news weekly. An average guess. And now we can get 24 hours in one day, if we choose. If it's not on the news/tv, you have access on the internet. It's like overkill.
I'm with JBW, let's step away from this stuff for a little while. Jeeze.