The More We Learn, the More Stupid We Become

[kryptic]

In 1959, if you had a minor car accident, you would likely die. Today, you can roll a car or have a head on at highway speeds, and the odds are great that you will survive.

In 1959, if you had a heart attack, you pretty much died. Now, we have defibrillators (even in our hockey rinks), and open heart surgery, and our life expectancy is much longer.

In 1959, if you had a child with a learning disability, even minor, the kids was considered a retard, and booted out of the school system. Today, we have specialists to help children reach their potential.

In 1959, if you weren't white and part of the mainstream, you were pretty much marginalized. If you weren't a white Christian, you probably couldn't play golf, or go curling, because the clubs wouldn't let you join. Even if you were a female, you likely weren't allowed to join as a full member.

In 1959, if you lived on PEI, I believe you still needed a permit to be allowed to purchase alcohol.

Yes, it was a joyous time for all.

Of course! some things are most definately better.

 

[kryptic]

I'd slow down if I was you, you obviously weren't very old in '59. Cars in '59 didn't fold up in the slightest mishap, you could beat on some of them old suckers with a sledge hammer and not much damage would happen. Heart attacks in '59 occurred mainly with old people, young people generally speaking were in good shape and didn't suffering from high cholesterol and hardening of the arteries. I started school in 1949 and never once saw a child expelled from school for being stupid. You been watching too much T.V. (which we also didn't have many of in '59.........just the rich folks).

Well, the whole point of cars today is for them to self destruct and you to be safe, when the car explodes it absorbs all the impact energy, and transfers the least amount possible to your body.

 

[kryptic]

The term slave denotes a lack of choice. That is false.

yeah? stop paying your taxes and tell me how much choice you have... lol

I make my own choices and trust me, I have paid dearly.

 

[kryptic]

You will have to escape the Matrix then kryptic.

Don't worry, I'm working on it. Are you talking about PT (perpetual traveler?)

 

[Cliffy]

Don't worry, I'm working on it. Are you talking about PT (perpetual traveler?)

Time to take the red pill.

 

[Cannuck]

yeah? stop paying your taxes and tell me how much choice you have... lol

You can not pay tax if you choose to. In many cases it is just easier to pay them.

 

[kryptic]

You can not pay tax if you choose to. In many cases it is just easier to pay them.

But if you choose to, it just reinforces the slave statement, and yours about being saddled with debt that we didn't make, or ask for.

 

[kryptic]

Time to take the red pill.

I have to be honest, my red pill came in the form of this recession, it really has opened up my eyes.

So, ya... I have been on the red pill high for about a year now.

 

[Mowich]

Ah! A fellow head banger. Have you got the scars on your head to prove it?;-)

Not many lately. I seem to have mellowed a lot over the years preferring to 'butt heads' verbally or with the written word. ;-)

 

[Mowich]

The website was out of commission for a good twelve hours, probably plugged up with too much idle chatter. :lol::lol::lol: You're up early or are you just getting back from a hectic night on the town? (Forest Grove) I used to drink in the Legion there back in the 60s.

All my 'hectic night(s) on the town are far behind me now, JLM. :lol::lol:. I woke at 4, tried to go back to sleep, no go, so decided to get up and see if the forum was running again as I had lots of posts to catch up on. Glad to see I was rewarded for my early start. I have been in the legion a couple of times over the years, actually am a member through my Dad's service in the RCAF but rarely use it anymore. They now have poker nights which many of my friends attend. :smile:

 

[TenPenny]

You're right, I forgot that life in 1959 was so much superior to what it is today.

Everything was bliss and harmony, everyone lived forever, and everybody loved each other. There were no crimes, and everyone was perfect.

It's too bad that today we all die in our 20s, everyone is a victim of violent crime every day, and all of us are starving in the streets.

 

[AnnaG]

I logged on just now, everything seems to be quite, the forum must have been down. Was my previous post really so powerful as to bring the forum down?

Everything seems to be quite what?

Deflate your balloonhead. It wasn't about what you said. Andem was fiddling with the works again.

 

[AnnaG]

Nope, I'm blaming the lack of lineups and waiting lists on the lack of medical procedures.

Another thing, in 59 if you had a major heart attack outside of a hospital, you were pretty much toast. Today, in the town I live in (pop 300) there are two defibrillators. That's one of the reasons our health system is stretched today. People that used to die 50 years ago are now living. How many transplant survivors was there in 59?

I don't know how many. Was the procedure invented yet?

So fine, if you want to blame the lack of lineups on the lack of medical procedures in the 50s, I'd like to balance that with the lack of access to medical procedures because of the lineups today. Big difference but the results are the same; people are still dying and people are still getting injured and sick.

Where was H1N1, Aids, etc. in the 50s? How many kids were being killed on 200 kmph motorbikes or innocent bystanders in street drags? How many innocent bystanders were being killed in drive by gang shootings and road rage incidents?

IOW, what I have been saying is that the were good times and bad times in the 50s just as there are good times and bad times now.

 

[AnnaG]

its all about the realistic look I have on things.

Then you need to control it by not focusing on the doom & gloom 24/7. As I said, there are bright patches in the clouds where the sun does poke through.

 

[AnnaG]

Lol, AnnaG. I am an Ox in Chinese astrology. :lol:

WOW! A Rammy Ox. lol *Anna steps aside just in case because she doesn't wanna be run over*

 

[Johnnny]

The people have remained the same and we are better off then we were in 59, even grandpa and grandma would agree. Heck they would know i wasnt around in 59

 

[AnnaG]

The people have remained the same and we are better off then we were in 59, even grandpa and grandma would agree.

Oh yeah? Well, my granddad and grandmum would say different.

Heck they would know i wasnt around in 59

I can imagine they would know that you weren't around in '59. lol

 

[Johnnny]

i guess my grand folks are a little more optimistic then some other folks there age then... or mabye there liberal...

 

[AnnaG]

i guess my grand folks are a little more optimistic then some other folks there age then... or mabye there liberal...

lol I was kidding, Johnny. My point was that what your grandparents would say and what you say they would say may be two different things. Also that not everyone's grandparents are the same.

 

[Johnnny]

im sorry i come off as rigid, im working on that, seriously