Nostalgia can be a wonderful thing. Back in the day, there wasn’t anything known as metal detector anywhere (no need). Booze was the drug of choice. Guns were used for hunting, city folks didn’t own a gun, didn’t need one. Thrills were found riding the ferris wheel at the county fair.
I dont know about that.
We were pretty wild, but Good kids.
Stupid wild good kids.
We usually had the smarts to use empirical evidence in correcting our behavior.
But not always. I am sure nobody at this reported scene foresaw what was going to happen.
They know now, if they are smart.
At age 12 I was assembling the double ferris wheel at the county fair.
You have no idea the risk you where taking. LoL
The problem with nostalgia is that it tries to sweep problems that were reaching critical mass back under the rug. Pedophiles had free reign back then, and society foolishly assumed that most kids who dissapeared had chosen to run away especially in the case of boys.
The threat of the cold war was real, lets not forget that just because the European socialists and their Muslim compadres have now filled the batters box.
Cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and a host of other ailments no longer kill you in a matter of months. Often, they don’t even slow us down.
Our government has gone awry, but a lot of other things are better now.