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Originally Posted by TheBoozeIsBack
^ Yes, true, granted. Not neglecting those. But I should've been more clear. See I wasn't alive in those days but it didn't seem as if the evening news was televising random acts of violence that illustrated a decline in the caliber of human morale... crackheads killing people for a hit, 16 year olds thinking they have to defend their minority by joining amateur street gangs and doing drivebys, single astray bullets hitting 9 year old girls on their front lawns... There's never been a peaceful time, but this ain't exactly one either. I don't believe things are better. Just different. A different breed of violence and degeneratism.
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The same and worse things have always gone one, this is just the first generation to see them televised. I agree it's much different we can choose to see some of the most horrific and gruesome things imaginable. But we still have the choice.
Again history provides plenty of examples. The Gauls, The Visigoths, The Romans, The Egyptians even in early America, scalping by Native Americans and the immigrant Europeans horrible acts of violence.
We are probably a less violent society today then ever (In the USA) It's just the publicizing of everything that has changed, and it's a big change that can feel unsettling in contrast.