The 50's may have been a better time, but I think it's safe to say that it was only a better time for white people.

Hence my quote. Are the statistics in relation to population based on percentage or are they purely numerical? Because the population has soared over the last years and numerical based data will be completely faulty in that scenario.
Anyone? I very much doubt that. Ask the families of black children who had daughters [censored] and fathers lynched. Or poor white families in the south. There has been child molestation for eons and it was quite common in Greece even, they even had things called graduated buttplugs...the disgusting facets of society are simply more apparent nowadays. I could play outside completely unaware of any sickos coming to snatch me up in the 90's. Never really heard of it happening except in a few very rare cases where I grew up either. It is simply harder for those sickos to hide their activity nowadays and they are getting caught more often than ever before.

Media plays a role here as well. The child molester thing was blown up by the media to such an extent that it is borderline domestic terrorism. Modern parents are so overly protective of their children nowadays it is sickening. Because they are fearful of what 'could' happen.
The Internet is the revelation of our true nature when there are no consequences for our actions.
Annnddd boom goes the dynamite. But that is exactly the case in the US and in several other Nations as well.

Yup. It was a stupid little bandage, among other things, that gave me a bit of hope in this world to see kids laughing with each other, playing games, and having fun. Now, all I can see is that cynical, pessimistic view of those kid's demeanor slowly being erroded away as they inherit the depressed, hate ridden world we live in right now.

Maybe in Mayberry. They were still around but the laws of that time were different too. If you got caught molesting a child then you were a dead man. They would lynch you up faster than you could say "I plead the fifth". Which was a good fear incentive for any one with those tendencies.

The internet is a gateway to information and disimformation and it is truely a place of free speech. You can be anonymous and voice your opinion and have 0 consequence. I am a completely different person here than I am on the street, the net is only a medium for me to express myself.

Bull[censored]ing[censored], there's just as many padeophiles now as there ever have been, it's just that they weren't reported, just look at the whole Jimmy Savile fiasco. The only thing that's changed is the public's fear of the prevelance of child molesters, nothing else.

Progress is life svcking for everyone equally, after all.

*rich white men

ha ok well perhaps not "everyone" was safer then compared to now but statistically speaking (which is all we can go by to compare) there was indeed much more crime in recent years in the U.S. then in the 1960's.

There's this thing called the UCR (Uniform Crime Reporting) statistic on the FBIs website that can be searched by state or U.S. as a whole that dates back to 1960 with the most updated stats being for 2010 so lets compare both:

1960 U.S. total: http://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/State/RunCrimeOneYearofData.cfm

2010 U.S. total: http://www.ucrdatatool.gov/Search/Crime/State/RunCrimeOneYearofData.cfm

Now these are estimates but the numbers are vastly different, the violent crime total in 1960 was 288,460 and in 2010 it was 1,246,248....nearly 1 million more violent crimes. Even if you factor in that not as many were reported and all those variables (which can swing both ways actually) it's still a huge difference.

So what I said still stands that the world is worse now then it was back in the early 60's yet not as worse as it was in the 90's....if you look at 1992 it was nearly 2 million violent crimes. So we've improved slightly yet still aren't nearly as good as we were on a whole in 1960.


As for the pedophile thing, I said they were always there but they're more active now thanks to the internet giving them easier access to communicate with kids. Back before internet they had to be more clever and lure the dumber kids in under false pretenses but now they're just a mouse click away from luring in a kid who's depressed by something like Facebook bullying and all that crap....the world is indeed worse and internet is partially to blame; someone here even said it gives them an outlet to be someone they're not normally as do many people, living out sick fantasies safely behind a keyboard yet ever tempted to take it beyond that as with the many people Chris Hansen encounters.


EDIT: apparently the search data resets so each link is the same, click US total and then pick the oldest year (1960) and the newest (2010) to see the data I quoted

We cured a baby of HIV. The fact that we are getting closer to solving one of the problems in the world keeps me optimistic. Edit: This also brings us a step closer to curing cancer (the make-up is similar)

Cures don't make money. Long-term possibly ineffectual treatments make a LOT of money.

That is not known yet. It is only 2 and the disease is still somewhat detectable but not active. It is believed that it could be dormant and scientists plan on doing more tests as the infant ages to see if things change.

Same thing with Magic Johnson.

Yup, same goes with Chiropractors. Still disgusted by this one commercial I keep seeing for a dang Chiropractor that says to call him before going to the hospital. Freaking Chiropractor that's hooked up with a lawfirm which bilks the insurance company out of money and when the money runs out they cut the patient loose regardless if they are treated or not.

ha I spoke about this same thing in an older thread. Cures are a 1 shot deal at your dollar while "treatments" are a constant drain of daily dollars...which do you think the greedy will opt for? If you honestly believe that those in charge care about individuals then we need not debate further and should simply agree to disagree





oh man don't get me started on chiropractors...when I was in a car accident years back, my insurance company at the time was good ol Geico (greedy bastards) and they made me seek physical therapy and see a chiropractor BEFORE authorizing an MRI or CT scan to see exactly what the pain in my neck and back was. After attempting to push through the pain at physical therapy and letting a chiropractor snap my neck and back 3 times a week for a month, they finally authorized MRI and discovered that I had several herniated discs in both neck and back as well as other issues that neither chiropractor nor therapy could help and was actually helping making it worse. Most ridiculous crap ever and I dropped Geico as soon as I exhausted all treatment options

Sarcasm my friend.

This reminds of a few weeks ago a doctor asked me if I've ever been tested for autism, because I wasn't looking him in the eye or something, made another appointment which was with a different doctor who referred me to the clinics psychologist who said that I was completely fine, but booked a follow-up appointment with a doctor.

that is just a way to steal your money...

I got a horrible stomach flu, It makes me feel cynical.

Sounds like their trying to milk you/your insurance company for every cent they can get.

Quite possible, and there are people out there who don't give one single care in the world about the health or well being of their client. Annoys the hell out of me when I can't escape the garbage advertisemants for lawyers. Almost every time a commercial pops up on the TV it's for a law firm that says I need to go with them and sue someone because i've been wronged. Be nice if there was a law that prevented lawyers from capitalizing on things, but i'm just stupid that way.

Yea for cynical, pessimistic views that opened my eyes to the reality the world is out to screw me and everyone else over.

Sounds like you need a break from mainstream media. I do agree with the "lazy [censored] who sit around and complain" part though. I am with you on the "baseball bat" part to, depending on which direction you want to swing it of course.....

Probably. Still, I'm moving to Europe or Africa as soon as possible.

Yep, I am cynical.
I've seen worse, much worse than kids who didn't earn their trophies.
The world is full of [censored], get used to the smell, wear wellingtons, step high. The one good thing about [censored] is that it is fertile.

I doubt you'll find much more solace under Shariah or armed militias than you will in the US. Despite certain causes of concern, we enjoy endless amenities and benefits here.

I don't think you wuite realize how good we have it here. Despite all of our flaws and [censored].