[jumpy]

^^

hehe obviously I quoted the 'good old days' with a touch of nostalgic humour, but you cannot deny that some means of tackling 'todays problems' have gone way off the other end of the scale... ie someone burgles your house, so you put them in hospital and then you are the one punished by the state, whilst poor 'society made me do it' burglar gets compensation.
You know the sort of thing I mean. It just doesn't make any sense to me that justice and social morality (such as it is these days) appears to have been turned upside-down.
Rose tinted spectacles of history not withstanding, there's a lot less 'community' in britain today than when I grew up. And whilst unruly teenagers were up to no good, it was by the standard of the time - they didn't go about kicking people to death outside their homes for telling the kids to get lost and stop causing trouble.

The standards keep slipping further and further whilst people keep making excuses for those who refuse to take responsibility for their actions and behaviour towards others. No-one has any respect for anyone else anymore.
I'll admit life is more complex these days, but this is more of a burden on life than a boon, for the most part.