[potlatch]

I can remember the 50's too, the threat of the 'atomic' bomb was the only bad thing then. I can remember sitting in front of the black and white TV, waiting for news on the Cuban Missial [sp] crises. It was scary then, but I agree that even our own society is so divided now that's it's hard to comprehend.

[liberallarry]

Now that I'm thinking along these lines I can think of other times when people felt the end of the world was coming; the 30 years war, the Black Death, the end of the Roman Empire, the spread of Islam, the Mongol invasions. But these were apocalyptic events. It's not pleasant to think that one of those times is approaching.