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Originally Posted by djplong
Bill: Maybe we can narrow things down a bit.
I'm NOT being sarcastic here.. Can you tell me, at least generally, what kinds of ethics you're talking about?
I mean, politicians have ALWAYS been crooked - we just hear more about it now.
Religion has ALWAYS had it's dark side - but we didn't used to have a series of 24/7 news outlets to tell us.
Today's "unwed mother" was yesterday's "daughter gone off to visit her aunt for a few months".
And as far as religion being outside the home goes - do you think that EVERYTHING should be closed on Sundays? Or if the tables were reversed, do you think it would be ok for the government to tell you that you couldn't drive a car after sundown on Friday (if Orthodox Judaism were the law of the land and you were a Christian)?
So when you talk about "the good old days", can you be a bit more specific?
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Time restraints permit to only address one of your comparisons. Years ago a female may have been sent away to have a baby. One reason would be to save embarrassment ( such old fashioned values) and another would be to give the baby up for adoption since a single woman in those days could not support herself never mind a baby, too.
Now a days the stigma of unwed mothers has basically gone by the wayside. Women today feel no shame and are actually encouraged to have a baby without visible means of support. Why? They know that the taxpayers will pick up the tab.
Isn't progress great?