[FrdmLvr]

Besides, I think it's kind of nice to have some cultures that revere tradition. We got away from it, and while freedom is wonderful, it's also bought us a very vulgar, uncouth society.

You are so right. But I think we could have had our freedom and still maintained high standards of decency and decorum. We had an American culture that maintained those high standards for nearly 200 years. It deteriorated quickly beginning in the 60's.

[MadRobotArtist]

Actually, it started in the late 40's. After we imported all those Nazi and Russian spooks into our country, things started to get weird. You can thank them for creating our current police state.