(August 31, 2011 at 3:55 pm)TeslaTrooper Wrote: im early 20s. This the argument my gf puts across to me also. So I cannot verify what it was like exactly in those times, but only from what people say, so I guess in that sense I cannot really make a true comparison. But yes it would be the media, but also the older generations that have highlighted the stark differences in current society and past society.
Well when I think of religious societies that are still very violent I immediately think of the islamic countries in the east. But again like I said i feel this may also have a cultural/ east vs west dimension to it as I find most christian communities/ countries to be very peaceful.
Do you indeed? Why don't you tell it to Northern Ireland, right on your own doorstep? Here are some other Christian countries:
Russia
Colombia
Uganda
Rwanda
Zimbabwe
Nigeria
Mexico
Brazil
Serbia
Are you sure about that? Shall I continue?
Older generations, like the media that caters to them, have an idea of the past that is provably untrue. When your grandparents were children, their parents probably thought society had gone to the dogs too. It's like a study that showed that every generation thought that the English language was worse than it was when they were a child. It's just a kind of nostalgia that leads people to these conclusions, and they're all a load of shit.
