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Originally Posted by Amnorix
When, exactly, would that be? Pre-Civil War, when American held millions of people as slaves? From the Civil War to the 1960s, when they denied basic human rights to millions of minorities? Perhaps in the 70s, when Nixon instituted price controls on, basically, everything, oil prices went out of control, there was stagflation? I can go on and on, but the halcyon days you dream of never existed.
You complain about little things like this, but seem to forget slave-owners raping slaves and denial of basic, fundamental human rights.
Until the late 1960s freaking CONDOMS were illegal in many states.
People who think times were better "back then" usually think that way because they have no ****ing idea what it was really like "back then" at all.
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Actually I disagree with your statement.
I lived in the 50s and 60s, and wasn't worried about a condom, nor were people offended when I said Merry Christmas or Happy Easter. It was what Americans did.
We played outside and didn't have to worry about perverts. We didn't have to wear helmets to ride a bicycle, we learned the hard way.
The fries at Mc Donalds were awesome tasting, because they were cooked in animal fat and nobody was offended by it.
We said the pledge of allegiance every day at the beginning of class, and nobody was offended by it.
We prayed in public school, and nobody was offended by it.
We have changed a lot of things for the masses to appease the minorities. I am pretty sick of it, and was damn offended when they wouldn't let me show my I.D. at the last Presidential election.