Posted by Rod Speed on October 5, 2006, 2:22 pm
>>>>> People have always had a dystopic view of the future. Somehow it feels
reasonable to us, even
>>>>> though history has shown that
>>>>> quality of life has nearly always improved over the years.
>>>> maybe
>>>> I'm just not sure yet
>>> How many old people got bashed for their pension money 50 years ago?
>> The pension was so low then that it wasnt worth bashing them.
>>> How about 20 years ago?
>> Read up on the razor gangs that were rife in sydney in the 20s.
>> http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=%22razor+gangs%22+sydney
> That's some pretty nasty stuff, Rod.
Yeah, those who howl about how bad things have got clearly
havent got a clue about what things were like in the past.
One of them, 'chow' Hayes, wrote his autobiography. Fascinating.
Posted by Clockmeister on October 6, 2006, 7:27 am
>>>>>> People have always had a dystopic view of the future. Somehow it
>>>>>> feels reasonable to us, even though history has shown that
>>>>>> quality of life has nearly always improved over the years.
>>>>> maybe
>>>>> I'm just not sure yet
>>>> How many old people got bashed for their pension money 50 years ago?
>>> The pension was so low then that it wasnt worth bashing them.
>>>> How about 20 years ago?
>>> Read up on the razor gangs that were rife in sydney in the 20s.
>>> http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=%22razor+gangs%22+sydney
>> That's some pretty nasty stuff, Rod.
> Yeah, those who howl about how bad things have got clearly
> havent got a clue about what things were like in the past.
> One of them, 'chow' Hayes, wrote his autobiography. Fascinating.
I'll look out for it. Thanks for the tip.
Posted by Rod Speed on September 30, 2006, 5:30 am
>>>> People have always had a dystopic view of the future. Somehow it feels
reasonable to us, even
>>>> though history has shown that quality of life has nearly always improved
over the years.
>>> maybe
>>> I'm just not sure yet
>> How many old people got bashed for their pension money 50 years ago?
>> How about 20 years ago?
> How many "Old People" made life-style and voting decisions years ago
> that brought about our moral, enlightened society that has spawned
> these problems?
Those 'problems' are entirely the result of modern drug use,
druggys doing that sort of thing to get money for their drug habits.
Posted by Rod Speed on October 5, 2006, 2:20 pm
>>>>>> People have always had a dystopic view of the future. Somehow it feels
reasonable to us, even
>>>>>> though history has shown that
>>>>>> quality of life has nearly always improved over the years.
>>>>> maybe
>>>>> I'm just not sure yet
>>>> How many old people got bashed for their pension money 50 years ago? How
about 20 years ago?
>>> How many "Old People" made life-style and voting decisions years ago that
brought about our
>>> moral, enlightened society that has spawned these problems?
>> Those 'problems' are entirely the result of modern drug use,
>> druggys doing that sort of thing to get money for their drug habits.
> Mostly,
Entirely.
> or Aboriginals that prey on easy targets like the disabled or elderly.
To fund their drug habits.
> Summary execution is the only solution for those.
Sure.
Posted by Don K on September 27, 2006, 6:09 pm
>I don't know. Is it a phase one goes through as they get older? I think
> that despite all the great technology,and all the experiences that
> history has taught us, we are like the proverbial frog in a warming pot
> of water. We are being distracted from making a cohesive society with
> prosperity and fairness as virtues.
What the heck does that mean?
Who is being distracted and by what?
Human nature, being what it is, doesn't lend itself willingly into
building a utopia. On paper, that's what communism tried to do, but
failed miserably in practice.
Don
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