Originally Posted by wpnaes

Originally Posted by Garden Spyder

As Recently as 1993 while I was in High school, many of the students drove pickups to school as their school vehicle. I would estimate that about 10% of them had rifles and shotguns hanging for display in the back window, on the gun window racks. Nobody blinked an eye, not one person felt threatened, school staff wouldn't say a word, and didn't care, weren't worried. I brought Dad's old 12 guage shotgun in to the school to rebuild and rebuild the stock. Carried it right by the principal, who asked to look it over, saying, "That looks like a fun project!"
There was no fear anyone would get shot, there was no mind set that kids were going to shoot kids. Then Columbine... News made them heroes, to everyone who had ever been picked on, or had a mean streak, or a mental illness.

People used to sit on the front porch and watch the world go by, and ask people would walk past their place, they may strike a conversation with them, perhaps bonding or getting to know them. Garages used to be at the back of the house, and the front porch was the focus of a house. Now today nearly all new houses, have the garage as the focal point of the house, extending out the front of the house. Large doors at the front of the house that are usually closed to society. Front porches are not being built into most new houses, and it seems most people in our neighborhood don't enter their house through the front door, but open the garage to enter the house even if they don't park in the garage. Once inside, they don't seem to come out, unless its to mow. Some neighbors, have weird hours, and never come out, and I have no idea who they are, or what they look like.

After something horrible happens, the neighbors are always interviewed, and it almost always has the same story.. "They were a quiet neighbor, they kept to themselves" but it seems everyone is a bit that way these days. (except our neighbors across the street that scream at each other every living moment of the day.. but that chapter closed, they moved and got foreclosed on.)

Theft in the world is such a problem that when places like Walmart and Dillons install self checkouts they have to formulate how much shrinkage they are willing to accept in order to let 6 tellers go and replace them with self checkout computers and scales.

We have reached a point where its not safe to discipline your child. I guess we are supposed to let them grow up to be wild animals.

Common Core.. that is all I have to say about that..

Everybody gets a ribbon.

1 person responsible for doing what 3 people used to do.

I may sound like I am angry or bitter or even complaining, but I'm not, I am just pointing out the differences that I see taking place now, compared to what I remember in the past.

Some of these things I may complain about from time to time, but most of the time I shrug my shoulders and frown my face and move on..

I just wanted to add some more topics for you.