[Sudetenland]

Two factors more than anything else...the removal of God from our society, especially from our schools and an arrogant, overly powerful judiciary with an aggressive "civil rights" agenda.

Back in my youth criminals knew better than to talk back to a cop; they were certain to have "an accident" if they did, usually resulting in a black-eye or two. The use of profanity and vulgarity in public was a punishable offense. Children were taught to respect their elders and "spare the rod, spoil the child" was still the norm for how children were raised.

These norms were especially true in the South where we were all taught to say "Yes sir," "No sir," Yes mam," and "No mam" when addressed by an adult...to this day, I still do so.

Having a child out of wedlock was considered a scandal and the term ill-legitimate was still acceptable in discussing such children. Parents knew what their kids were doing and where they were.

Yep, I miss the days of sanity. Life was a whole lot better back then...at least morally and socially.

[Sudetenland]

Ummm...we were also taught to spell...at least some of us were: ma'am

[Clemenza]

Two factors more than anything else...the removal of God from our society, especially from our schools and an arrogant, overly powerful judiciary with an aggressive "civil rights" agenda.

Yet, ironically, the racial group with the largest percentage of churchgoers also commits the disproportionate amount of crime.

Say what you will about the secular whites in the northeast: they don't rob, rape and murder. Meanwhile, the ghetto is filled with churches that are usually packed on sunday.

[Redleg Duke]

Two words....”Doctor Spock”!

[itsahoot]

Yep, I miss the days of sanity. Life was a whole lot better back then...at least morally and socially.

People on this forum constantly tell me that, that america never existed, glad someone else remembers.