Re: Revival and Decline

[MATTHEW MENGE]

>>My observation is that neither TV or clothing is all that worse than when you and I were young. The cartoons were certainly more violent then! The present fad in tatooing and body piercing is pretty gross, but I think young people as a whole are less likely to take drugs and engage in promiscuous behavior than our generation. Of course, that is partly because we were so bad. ;-}   Dear Susan,   To be fair, as far as I know drug addiction and STD's were practically unheard of before the 60's.  So there is a definite practical reason why both of these decreased.   I would imagine that the same thing may develop from the current obsession with gaming in our youth.  If it starts to be the cause of definite practical problems institutions will be set up to counter the trend and it will be held in check, at least temporarily.   Best Regards,   Matt ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)