--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, gerbal88 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Today is simply not better than the 70's. > > > > I'm stayin' out of the more inflammatory side of all of > > this, but I think this is an interesting statement. It's > > stated as if it could be assumed. So I found myself > > wondering whether there are people here who honestly > > feel that today *is* better than the 70's? > > > > If so, I'd love to hear your reasons for believing this. > > No hassles, no arguments...I'm just curious. > > > > I'd be torn on how to answer this koan. Part of me would > > want to say that Then was better than Now because the > > overall vibe of the rock on which we live seems to have > > gone WAAAAAaaaay downmarket since the 70s. But another > > part of me would say that things are better Now than > > they were Then because in the game of life Now always > > trumps Then. > > > > Today is infinitely better than the '70s, for a variety of personal > and universal reasons: > > 1) I'm older and wiser (but certainly not more mature!) > > 2) There's the internet today. > > 3) Thanks to the U.S.A. in general and Ronald Reagan in particular, > communism -- the most evil and destructive philosophies ever to be > visited upon mankind -- has been nearly wiped off the planet (except > for a few fanatical hold-outs such as Cuba and North > Korea...although even Albania rejected it!) > > 4) Although there are a few billion MORE people on the planet today > than there was in the '70s, we are feeding practically everyone. > > 5) Although we have a long way to go still, more diseases have been > eradicated. > > 6) Capitalism and democracy is more prevalent today making the > quality of life and standard of living better fore billions more > people than in the '70s. > > 7) 1,000s more Wal-Marts today than in the '70s. > > 8) I could go on and on but I can hear Judy vomiting in New Jersey > even though I'm out here in Arizona...
Long Island, Shemp. gerbal88 says I'm in Long Island. And we know everything he tells us is 100 percent accurate... > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
