I would agree with that statement, when I think back to the times of “Happy Days”, when music, movies and television were all so different than today. Now we have younger kids being exposed to sex and violence from even more forms of communications media. We have too many young kids with no ethics and the morals of Caligula. I rarely hear the words, Sir or Mam anymore.

Add to that, a government which seems to favor corporate interests over the interests of the working masses. We used to have mothers whose job was to educate and socialize their kids. I think back to my mother who spent 24/7 raising her kids, she dragged us to church, made sure we were in school and kept us busy in organized sports programs. Now you have families in which both parents have to work and don’t spend enough time with their kids.

Another anecdote, I was at a gas station, when a convertible full of young teen “ladies” pulled up to the gas pumps, with the radio blasting. The girls were all singing along, to a song whose lyrics are

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTcrWeJ7hTg

all u ladies pop ur p***y like this
shake ur body don’t stop don’t
do it good lick this p***y just like u shud
rite now lick it good lick this pussy just like u shud
my neck my back lick my p***y and my crack

I knew our society’s future was doomed, when I saw these young “ladies” as our future mothers.

Exactly. (Brilliant writing choice for Omar’s death scene. David Simon and Dennis Lehane, who wrote that particular episode, are amazing.)

BTW, I didn’t watch last night’s final episode as I was too deadline-crazed to be able to enjoy it (I’ll watch it tonight.) so if there are any other characters who couldn’t be saved by large firearms please—I beg of you as a friend and an American patriot—don’t mention it until Tuesday.

It didn’t save Omar…