I didn't take your question as critical, I just answered it as truthfully as I could. No offense taken. It was a good question.
People of my generation don't have much moral ambiguity, and tend to see things in black and white terms. Common sense ruled back then. The most radical thing I recall from those days was a woman called Madeline Murray O'Hara who was an atheist and won a court battle to remove God and religion from the public schools.
So that was the cultural and political landscape back then.
I not only had prayers and daily devotionals in my school, we also repeated the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag every morning. This was a time when citizens trusted our government to always do the right thing.
And American manufacturing was the best in the world. Our products could last a lifetime if taken care of.
I think that the very first insult to American trust was when JFK was assassinated. Suddenly everything we took for granted, especially peace and safety here at home, was revealed as a fallacy. It shook all generations at the time. And every major event after that, from Nixon to loss of the Vietnam War only served to eroded public trust even further.
I didn't take your question as critical, I just answered it as truthfully as I could. No offense taken. It was a good question.
People of my generation don't have much moral ambiguity, and tend to see things in black and white terms. Common sense ruled back then. The most radical thing I recall from those days was a woman called Madeline Murray O'Hara who was an atheist and won a court battle to remove God and religion from the public schools.
So that was the cultural and political landscape back then.
What was the joke?
lol.
I not only had prayers and daily devotionals in my school, we also repeated the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag every morning. This was a time when citizens trusted our government to always do the right thing.
And American manufacturing was the best in the world. Our products could last a lifetime if taken care of.
Hard to believe, isn't it?
It really was a more innocent time, wasn't it...
Not really, American-made products are still some of the best in the world, if not the best, there's just precious little still made here anymore...
Nixon, among others, really sold us out, didn't he?
I think that the very first insult to American trust was when JFK was assassinated. Suddenly everything we took for granted, especially peace and safety here at home, was revealed as a fallacy. It shook all generations at the time. And every major event after that, from Nixon to loss of the Vietnam War only served to eroded public trust even further.