On Mon, 30 Sep 2013 12:29:57 -0500, Shay wrote:

> "Jim Henderson"  wrote in message news:523f3d6e$1@news.povray.org...
> 
>> Both situations are true - but I think it also is a trick the mind
>> plays by idealizing the past as well.  I hear this sort of thing, for
>> example,
>> said by pundits here talking about how much better things were back
>> when they were kids.
> 
> BS. mindless phone games, unedited youtube media, obesity, re-blogging
> 
> Things _were_ better in the (recent) past.

That's not the type of "better" I (or the pundits) am talking about.  
Nor, really, is the "recent" past what's being compared to.  The pundits 
in question (mostly on Fox news, but not exclusively there) are referring 
to the 50's and 60's, when they were kids.

One might also argue that obesity has long been around - in fact, food 
related health issues were somewhat worse back "in the old days".

But the topic the pundits in particular are talking about are things they 
claim are going on today that weren't back then (but they were, they just 
weren't aware of them because, as a kid, you don't notice international 
events so much - even when they're covered in school).

Jim

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