Cabo, you just awakened something that I have been pondering for awhile. Your quote about letting go of the past is very interesting. It probably starts in our school system as they are teaching the young a version of history that is quite different then we were taught.
The culture of today is vastly different. The difference from right and wrong is more blurry today. Political correctness has stiffled real thought in this country. People must think twice before offending anybody. The moral compass is tilted.
What do our children learn in school. What passes for entertainment on our televisions that children watch daily and whose parents are too busy to supervise. The moral code of ethics is practically non-existing as children can watch adult entertainment at will.
Think of the television fare that the boomers were subjected to. Wagon Train always had good drama about right and wrong. Westerns always taught us about respect and moral issues. Kids now watch shows about sex and depravity and the line between right and wrong is very blurred. Patriotism is viewed with a distant quaintness and not thought of as a good quality.
The thing is...if you forget where you came from...how are you going to not make mistakes. History repeats itself...if you don't learn from it you will be doomed. Patriotism, freedom, individual rights are the backbone of this country.....are we turning into a bunch of fools???