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Do you think we will ever be saved?
In this land of dreams find myself sober...
Wonder when will it'll all be over...
Living in a void when the void grows colder...
Wonder when it'll all be over?
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What. I'm not sure how "pedophiles should be ostracized for the betterment of society" translates to "that one-legged hobo down the street shouldn't have sex."
Greek society was morally degenerate.
What I'm saying is that they probably only distanced themselves due to public outrage, and I guarantee they will endorse pedophilia as normal and healthy within a few generations. Assuming we don't have a massive, well-deserved collapse and retreat into smaller communities that don't put up with progressive horseshit.
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And on that day that they do, a legion of conservatives, abortion bombers, white supremacists, jew and gay haters, football coaches, and catholic priests will finally be free to go about their bidness.
__________________ Land of the free, home of the brave...
Do you think we will ever be saved?
In this land of dreams find myself sober...
Wonder when will it'll all be over...
Living in a void when the void grows colder...
Wonder when it'll all be over?
Will you be laughing when it's over?
Degenerated from what? And anyway, that is hardly my point; you act like "well, traditionally, homosexuality is not tolerated; that is, until those liberals interfered and made it commonplace". My point is that, no, there was no "historic tradition of heterosexuality" opposed to modern styles; acceptance of homosexuality has waxed and waned in a variety of cultures in a variety of times.
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Last edited by King Kandy on Jan 7th, 2012 at 08:21 PM
Other than the lingering racism and sexism, it was literally the most successful decade in America's history (or in the history of the world as far as scientific, economic, and "happiness index" progression is concerned). It was the exact opposite of a failure. It is bygone culture, for sure.
Unless you want to reinstate the racism, sexism, culture of fear, and extensive poverty in an ideal society those would all make it failures. It didn't work and society moved on as a result.
Economically and scientifically it was a boom time, to be sure (the polio vaccine alone changed everyone's lives for the better) but peaks in other areas don't mean that the culture around them is also doing well.
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Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
A juvenal prank.
Yeah yeah, and Greece had Aristotle. If the measure of success is their ability to stick around, Hellenistic philosophy has had a lot more staying power than the kind of attitude Zeal touts as traditional.
This is closer to my point and addresses why I think it was such a successful decade. Many more things occurred in the 50s that make it awesome...and it laid the most groundwork for the biggest positive social changes in America (the 60s).
The '60s gave rise to the liberal Boomers who have consistently voted to shit up America ever since they were born. The '60s were a decade that can go **** itself.
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