03-05-2008, 10:13 AM
Quote:I read this when I found out we were pregnant with our first son. Couple our natural human propensity for tribalism, and barbarity with the current cultures moral ambiguity and detachment and it is no mystery of why we are beset on all sides by monsters.
Why, then, are we experiencing lower rates of violent crime than previous ages, where moral ambiguity and detachment were viewed with suspicion, if not met with an angry mob?
Seems to me that the trend goes rather the other way, and that the occasional nutcase is just the odd exception, blown out of proportion both by the media and in contrast to our ordinarily placid lives.
-Jester