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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
If they knew they would be strong in the face of these modern social ills, they could chill and go kayaking. But it's hard to be strong. THey might be weak. Better not to find out.
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There are no social ills. These "ills" are not new. We're just now beginning to be a more honest society because we bring them to the surface and technology lets us hear about them more easily. The whole notion that we're somehow like Old Rome is ridiculous nonsense. People had all the perversions they do today 5000 years ago. These people who write to ABC want to turn back the clock to a time which never existed. They're arguing that we should be like Ostriches rather than be honest about reality. I don't know how you defend a positon that flawed. But I guess it explains a lot about why they're so shrill and flailing in thei condemnations - it must be a hell of thing to have to argue the absurd all the time on the national stage.
