1. If somebody had dropped bombs instead of run into buildings and then hide, we'd be a lot more up in arms about it. There's quite a bit of patriotism, but it has very little direction. We can't just look at the rising sun or red-backed swastika.
2. Agreed, in part. Really depends on exactly what you're looking at. We're richer than ever, but also expected ot have more such things.
3. Yes and no. Good people are good people, even if they do struggle to keep track of the kids. My best friends didn't have much, and the worst off of them actually had both parents around for a good portion of his developing years. It seems values in general are going down.
4. Morality has not been replaced by any scientific BS. Parenting overall just went down. I'm not a real believer in any spiritual or non-spiritual stuff. The way I see it, it doesn't matter one way or another.
DNA does have a lot to do with it. It does not cause one to be a deadbeat, a criminal, or leech. It has a lot to do with ambition, mannerisms, emotional makeup, etc..
As far as using religion, it seems there is very little sense of community, and nobody sees themselves as part of a system.
You saw and heard on the news right after 9/11 about how people felt 'connected' for just a bit, and then went back to normal. That pissed me off, that people were so blind that they didn't notice anything before.
5. Maybe the worst, maybe just the most stretched. How long has it been since there has been any conflict to unite us? A long time. I don't think many people have to look into themselves and make major decisions for the good of themselves. Until they can do that, there will be little to do for the good of others. Who knows; if I were born an average, healthy kid, I might not notice, I might just be that way.
5A: Environment, yeah...
check it.
A doctor of mine and her son got hit by that.
6. Forgotten? Yeah, let's see the ages of the people running the big corporations and in office, or even running for office.
Forget WWII, we've got to worry about some 12-year old girl downloading the latest Spears single from Kazaa and putting an unsuspecting parent or three in finacial trouble over something that probably helped get the CD selling in the first place.
We need the Chinese or somebody to come carpet-bomb Texas. We'd have something really useful to do, then, and not enough people to spare for petty affairs like the RIAA's [un]lossed revenue.
Oh well. I can only do enough for me and my friends. Hopefully that will be enough.
The same can be applied for ultra religious people in the east who blow up themselves and others...just imagine what they would do if they weren't "restrained" by their god.
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