Changing times

[Texasdoc]

This was sent to me and I thought I would share it with all of you .


Changing times 1973 vs 2006







Scenario: Jack pulls his pickup truck into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.

1973.....Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes to his truck and gets his to show Jack.

2006 ......School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

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Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1973 ...Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.

2006 ......Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

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Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

1973 .....Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class.

2006 ......Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

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Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad gives him a whipping.

1973 ........Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman.

2006 .Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.

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Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school.

1973 .Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking dock.

2006 ........... Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

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Scenario: Mary turns up pregnant.

1973 .........5 High School Boys leave town. Mary does her senior year at a special school for expectant mothers.

2006.........Middle School Counselor calls Planned Parenthood, who notifies the ACLU. Mary is driven to the next state over and gets an abortion without her parent's consent or knowledge. Mary given condoms and told to be more careful next time.

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Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1973: Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

2006: Pedro's cause is taken up by state democratic party. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can't speak English.

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Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.

1973 ....... Ants die.

2006........... BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.






Isn't our "NEW" more "Enlightened" Society grand and isn't this a GREAT COUNTRY or what?


300shooter

[SC1903A3]

I remember the good old days.

[kauboy]

I wish I could have had those "good ol' days". I can't help but sit in awe and marvel as my grandfather tells me stories of his upbringing. And I'm only 23. I long for a time when my (eventual)kids can get into trouble at school and I hear about it before they ever get home. And by the time they do, they've been properly whipped by every parent along the way, because they heard about it too.

My fear is, eventually these groups that claim to be fighting for human rights will no longer be around, because they will have destroyed our moral fabric and shredded our decency. When that happens, anarchy will have ensued and these activist groups will be brought down by the very criminals and low lives that they have been defending. Remember, Liberalism, taken to its inevitable extreme, is Communism. You can't hold an opinion of your own. You can't own property of your own. And you can't survive without the government telling you how to eat, sleep, dress, and work. Its a cold world we are headed for.

I have a great idea of how to turn it around; LawDog for President. Scroll down or do a quick search on the page for " Old political humour" and you'll see what I mean.

[Kalrog]

Scenario: Jack pulls his pickup truck into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.

1973.....Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes to his truck and gets his to show Jack.

2006 ......School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

It wasn't 1973... it was 1995. And it wasn't a rifle. But I carried a knife on my belt just about every day of the year and the teachers that I had were constantly borrowing it. Why couldn't they be prepared like I was?

[kauboy]

Hey, that reminded me of a friend back in school who was an Eagle Scout. He had special permission to carry a pocket knife to school and all the teachers knew it. He never stabbed anyone, or threatened anyone. Just went on about his daily business. And this was in junior high about '97.

[casselthief]

or we can just move to the UK, where they don't worry about such trivial tripe.
they have .22's to run in fear of!!!!


it boils down to people here have too much time on their hands.
I'll leave it at that, cause I know how strong opinions go over around this place.

[Liberty]

I remember the good old days.

I Remember them too but some of it wasn't all that good. Maybe I'm the exception. But I didn't find the 70s so great.

I was recovering from a couple of friends that were killed in Viet Nam, I was serving in the Army because the I had a low number. Lots of folks in my age group hated me just because of the uniform I was forced to wear. Inflation was horrendous eating away at my income faster that I could earn it. Cities were being torn apart by riots becaude of racial tension. Groups like the symbionese army and the black panthers were blowing up places every week.

And it was illegal to carry a concealed weapon in Texas. Things aren't perfect today, but our solders are better trained and not being killed quite as fast as then, we don't have a draft. and we seem to be doing a better job of hoding back the terrorist. I know I'm doing a lot better than in 1973... I think most are. I sure feel safer today than I did then. I think my children are safer, and more secure too.

The leftist might have done some damage, but I'm convinced that they aren't completely running things like they did in the 70s, and there has been some progress in the right direction.

I say this as an optimist. I think most things are better, and that our future and the future of our children is even brighter.

[Houston1944]

In the late 50's I actually took my Ruger 44mag to class to show my teachers. Nobody freaked out, most were very interested. My car set in the parking lot, unlocked and windows down, very often with rifles and pistols in the back seat. Yes things have changed, some for the better and others not so good.

I agree with Liberty. The late 60's to mid 70's were very bad times for the USA. Today's National Guard trains to replace regular Army units in overseas battles. In the 60's we trained to keep college students from burning down their campus.

[Cosmo 9]

My Father is 71 he said when he was in High School that during hunting season you could take your gun to school and keep it in your locker if had a note from your parents.

[jimlongley]

At my high school, in the early 60s, at lunch time a large group of kids would exit the school, grab shotguns out of their cars, and hunt the fields of the farms surrounding the school.

[seamusTX]

Maybe I'm the exception. But I didn't find the 70s so great.

I didn't, either. We had the first resignation of a U.S. President, the first President who was not elected by the people, energy shortages, war in the Middle East (well, that hasn't changed), inflation, as you said. No thanks.

- Jim

[dws1117]

Good post. Sadly I can apply those same scenarios to when I was attempting to grow up in the 80's.

[Venus Pax]

Certain things I'm glad to see changed, but I think people freak out way too easily over the weapons deal. I graduated in the mid 90s. Guys used to dig out their pocket knives to open their skoal cans. Teachers and principals were more concerned over the skoal than the knives.

[stevie_d_64]

I say this as an optimist. I think most things are better, and that our future and the future of our children is even brighter.

That might be closer to what people would call a "Reagan Optimist"...

There's nothing wrong or untimely about that label...

[garya]

I have a few days behind me and i remember taking my 30-06 to school and giving it to my teacher. He put it in closet ,when school was out he and i went deer hunting. old days!

PS the 30-06 was not a sign