[Mind's Eye] Re: are we as a global society moving forward or backward?

[Ash]

I've known people up and down the Eastern time zone who took themselves a 
bit too seriously. You'll find dangerous individuals everywhere if you know 
how/where to look. One factor I worry about, and probably put my hometown in 
the top three murder rate for a while was unemployment encouraging 
destitution, drugs, and violent crime, something I think will get worse 
considering the employment situation.