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jake-the-peg
Once again you drag out that old chestnut, that things were just as bad in the 'Good old Days, take for example what you said:
/// Do you seriously not remember people moaning about the youth of today when you were young? ///
No I didn't, because the youth of my day gave very little for our elders to moan about, we did as we were told, we were disciplined and showed respect for our elders.
In my day there was no such thing as football hooligans, there was also no such thing as video nasties, or even video if it comes to that.
/// Before that it was mods and Rockers, Teddy boys and cut-throat razors ///
These were 'kittens' compared with the street gangs of today, with their drugs, guns, and knives, and gang rapes were not even heard of.
Perhaps some did carry flick-knives and cut-throat razors, but the worse they did with them was to slash a few cinema seats, no one stabbed anyone like they do today, because the penalty for doing so was a price too high to pay.
/// Somehow society survives even prospers despite the thousands of lone voices wailing for the clock to be turned back ///
Society survives in such places as Africa, but that isn't the type of existence I would care for, and I cannot see them prospering also, even in this country we can hardly be seen to be prospering at the moment.
Considering your young age, you obviously have very little knowledge of the past, so before you try and belittle others who have, with your rudeness, I say to you get some life experience before you can criticise the past.
Perhaps then some young 'whipper snapper' will be as ignorant and as rude as you to say "you grumpy old so and sos whining about how the world isn't like it used to be".