What is the world coming to....

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by Five-oh-joe

That's a bit extreme in the censorship department. America is headed in a very dark direction over all in my opinion... We're losing our edge, our drive, and our spirit I think.

If any of you watch the Bill Moyers Journal, there was a great interview with a retired colonel (name skips my mind, but I know it started with a "B" and sounded Russian) pertaining to where we are as a country at the moment, where we used to be, and where we're going to end up unless we quit being idiots on both the world stage and at home. Interesting skim on PBS's site (the intro to this guy's book) if you wish to read it. It was his (Moyers') most recent interview.

That was an excellent show. I too cant remember the name of the guy - but his message stuck with me.

This type of censorship is why most of us stopped going to the Traxxas forum.
The best type of censorship is self imposed ("it take a village to raise a child") where as a group you have a common goal, wether it be language, porn, or anything else, as long as the common goal among the members is the same, the people that dont want to conform will move on.

I do agree that some things are way too liberal - prime time TV has some things that most kids under 12 dont need to be watching - but my kids are all grown up, so what do I care, right?!?!?

Originally Posted by JThiessen

That was an excellent show. I too cant remember the name of the guy - but his message stuck with me.

This type of censorship is why most of us stopped going to the Traxxas forum.
The best type of censorship is self imposed ("it take a village to raise a child") where as a group you have a common goal, wether it be language, porn, or anything else, as long as the common goal among the members is the same, the people that dont want to conform will move on.

I do agree that some things are way too liberal - prime time TV has some things that most kids under 12 dont need to be watching - but my kids are all grown up, so what do I care, right?!?!?

Col. Andrew Bacevich (ret.)! That's his name. I'm usually bored crapless when I watch Bill Moyers (Mclaughlin is more my speed). A 19 year old can only take so much of that man's voice....lol!

I agree with you on self imposed censorship. I think that directly correlates to morals/values/mindset, which is a whole 'nother can of worms entirely (and I don't feel like delving into that).

I think it's safe to say we're painting ourselves in a corner. China is on the rise, we're in a crap economy right now (economic cycle will probably hammer itself out, and to be truthful, we should've seen it coming with such a LONG economically prosperous period before our little recession), and socially, well....yeah.... we aren't doing so hot socially I think. Another can of worms.

I think one of our largest problems is that we're trying to play policeman all over the world, and it's starting to hurt us badly. We need to come back home and take a good look at ourselves and our own problems. I'm all for hunting down SOBs that kill people for no good reason, but we still cannot neglect our home. You can't jump someone else's car if your own battery is dead, ya know?

Neil- You Brits have a funny sense of humor...