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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:12 AM Original message |
Something is seriously wrong with our society |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. Actually we're apparently seeing the opposite |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. When you measure all things by money, or capital |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:33 AM Original message |
I guess it depends on who you talk to... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. Both divorce and crime rates down compared to, say, twenty or thirty years ago. |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I've read stories |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
3. You are talking of the individualistic US Culture, and it goes beyond Reagan |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
4. The thing about the "no rise in crime" is a bit of a red herring. People forget that |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
5. I would disagree with you as far as crime rates during the Great Depression. Crime did go up. |
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liberalmike27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #5 |
22. If it gets that bad in the modern day |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
7. I don't know about crime rates, |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It is "fun" in a twisted way |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. That's horrifying - |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:35 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. That is what scares the hell out of me |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I have a TON of exposure to kids in their twenties... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:44 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. How many kids? |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I'm talking about several dozen a year, constantly changing |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. As I said, a sample |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
31. And the size of your sample is???? |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:41 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. My mistake - |
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opiate69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 07:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. lol.. what-the-fuck-ever. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. One thing I have learned |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:51 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Why is this, do you think? |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Damned if I know |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:08 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. a leap but- |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. I spent some time with a female friend today (she's twenty) |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
26. don't know much about it but it doesn't hurt to know how to protect yourself |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:03 AM Response to Reply #14 |
27. SOME of it comes with that age |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:11 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I don't know a single guy who'd be on-board with that shit. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
43. Guys that age wouldn't be interested in her... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:40 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. I'm in my 20s. I'd whip the person who raped the girl if I were there. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 01:05 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. Well good for you |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. Yeah, I've started feeling pretty lonely as far as that observation goes. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. You're first-rate, |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. The problems we face are the problems America currently face. |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 11:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
44. You seem pretty self aware... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-24-09 01:56 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. You sound like me from the future. I'm actually in my late 20s now. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:24 AM Response to Original message |
8. I don't think that the Great Depression is a crystal ball for modern times. |
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TwixVoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I will tell you |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:28 AM Response to Reply #8 |
36. We do indeed have Prohibition.. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
21. This really began during the Reagan years |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
24. Well sort of. |
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rollingrock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:00 AM Response to Original message |
32. This is what happens |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:08 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Well said |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:41 AM Response to Reply #32 |
38. Good reply |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
33. I do understand your concern |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-23-09 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
37. I don't think it's a generational thing. |
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