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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: A Rock Surrounded by a Whole lot of Water
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Wow I actually have to agree with dipso here... I do think today's society is pretty mean, petty, materialistic, self-centered and cruel but angrier? Nah. Past generations seem to have cornered the market on that one with gruesome killings and wars over insanely petty things all the time - real wars with real casualties, not the "at-a-distance" video game wars we have today with minimal casualties. I'm talking about people's only sons coming home in very small pieces if at all, or with horrible injuries. Lots of them. En masse. Over stupid things like religion or money or territory. Past generations condoned such things as public executions by hanging, burning, etc. torture was commonplace. Those are outlets of anger. Today's society is definitely rude and insensitive, but perhaps the upside of that is we don't feel the need to have a good lynching as an outlet for our repression every other week such as used to be the case...
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