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<blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">sabadabada</strong> said:</div><div><blockquote class="Quote"><div><strong class="bc-author">LaserWolf</strong> said:</div><div>Things are not near as divided or violent as in the 60s into 70s. In my opinion. <br />
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	We saw the assassination of 4 very high profile leaders. <br />
	Riots, despite the fact that police had shoot to kill orders. <br />
	A systematic campaign to kill or jail Black Panthers and Weather Underground members. <br />
	(BP & WU were serious about revolution in America and were armed and carried out bombings.)<br />
	Protesting students were shot in SC, OH, MS and CA. <br />
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	The Tea Party and Timothy McViegh and the governments response don't come close to any of that. <br />
	Except that high tech and Bush era rules have greatly increased the gvts ability to spy on us. <br />
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	As for divided public opinion. Perhaps about the same. <br />
	Segregationist and civil rights supporters, hawks and doves were as opposed to each other as any 2 groups today. <br />
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	The political parties are much more divided today. Republicans and Ds worked together on both sides of these and other issues. <br />
	There was nothing like foxnews or other partisan media. Broadcast media was barred from taking sides.</div></blockquote>
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	Its not so much that the parties are more divided today.  But today the federal government is so pervasive that the stakes are higher.  Do you think the people of rural Mississippi want to live according to the opinions of the people living on the upper West Side?  About as much as all of you would want to live according to the opinions of the rural Mississippians. Used to be that individuals in a community could express these preferences through their local and state governments.  Nowadays, so many of the things that were once local, schools, roads, parks, environment, commerce is dictated by the federal government, so there is no other forum in which a person can make a meaningful difference.</div></blockquote>
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	Ah, for the good old days when local folks could get salmonella with their eggs without some damn revenooer getting in the way!  And you can hardly get away with killing those pesky civil rights workers anymore.<br />
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	"Boy, the way Glen Miller played. Songs that made the hit parade.<br />
	Guys like us, we had it made. Those were the days.<br />
	Didn't need no welfare state. Everybody pulled his weight.<br />
	Gee, our old LaSalle ran great. Those were the days.<br />
	And you know who you were then, girls were girls and men were men.<br />
	Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.<br />
	People seemed to be content. Fifty dollars paid the rent.<br />
	Freaks were in a circus tent. Those were the days.<br />
	Take a little Sunday spin, go to watch the Dodgers win.<br />
	Have yourself a dandy day that cost you under a fin.<br />
	Hair was short and skirts were long. Kate Smith really sold a song.<br />
	I don't know just what went wrong. Those Were The Days."

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