Hi Dr. Laura,
I just returned home from attending my 60 year high school reunion in Central Pennsylvania. I believe we were one of the last generations to enjoy the culture of innocence and public decency. A common conclusion we came to was that life in this country will never be as good as we had it. And we were the post Depression generation. When we compared life today to what we had back then, we realized how lucky we were; some examples: Censorship of movies was a good thing. It promoted public decency. The movie "It's a Wonderful Life" is still popular today. Radio programs were entertaining without having any sexual innuendo. And television came later and gave us family friendly entertainment. We were a respectful and reverent society and the politics were not as mean as they are today. We grew up during World War II and we had a love of this country that is unequalled. Patriotism was sky high. Our teachers cared about us learning and they did not have sex with their students.
We built our nests before we had children. Of course there were a few exceptions because of hormones and opportunity, but most of us didn't have automobiles to sneak away to "Lover's Lane". There was never a generation that was hornier than the next. Our generation sacrificed sexual intimacy which we postponed until we were able to care for a family. There were a few who got married right out of high school and a few had shotgun marriages. In those days it was shameful to have a child out-of-wedlock. Moral judgments were made then. One of my classmates will be celebrating her 60 year wedding anniversary this year.
Yes, we old folks reminisce about the past. But we have also seen great medical and technological advances. What concerns us is the moral decay, meanness, and creeping secularism that is taking over the country. And what some people call progressive is in reality regressive. Their ideas are old ideas that have never succeeded anywhere in the world.
Stan
