[durasell]

I'm older than you. I'm seeing things I'd never thought I'd see, too. Some of them good and some bad. For instance -- to name a few good ones in my home town -- NYC's murder rate has dropped to 1950s levels. Times Square has been cleaned up from the sleaze and vandalism of the subway cars has pretty much vanished.

Like it or not, human beings respond to their environment. Thed media is now part of that environment. So are local economies. Likewise for technology -- like the internet and cheap travel -- that has tied even the smallest community into the larger world. That means the ebb and flow of cultures is going to become an everyday thing.

[Aquinasfan]

For instance -- to name a few good ones in my home town -- NYC's murder rate has dropped to 1950s levels. Times Square has been cleaned up from the sleaze and vandalism of the subway cars has pretty much vanished.

That's about the only contrary societal indicator that I can think of, as opposed to 40+ million babies aborted since 1973, the advent of the pornography superhighway, 24/7 TV sewage, etc.