the signs of a dying culture.

[Roadrunner]

I am amazed at the conservatives who are continually ready to lay our country in it's grave. People have been saying the same shit since the civil rights era and somehow we still survive and thrive.

No one said it would happen overnight. After all, it took Rome centuries to die. I doubt it will take us that long. Things are moving a lot faster with the internet and all.

And Rome also had a large audience for the low-class street plays.....No society is able to overcome the boundaries of the human mind....

So we should just give up, declare that all humans are deviates and that none of us can get beyond our base instincts?

Why do liberals always want to give up on humanity?

You work on yourself and make a good role model for those to honor you, show them the light you shine.....

thats exactly what I do to the best of my ability every day. Why doesn't Obama challenge all americans to do just that, instead of telling them that they are victims and that only the government can save them?

Because he would still be a Chicago ward-heeler if that had been his message.

 

[FJO]

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

Any of that sound familiar? It should. It describes America perfectly.

Yes, and its more than that. A dying culture has no moral compass, no sense of right and wrong, no remorse, no sympathy, no God.

Where did all that good Christian living occur in the USA? It damn sure didn't during Manifest Destiny, just ask the Indians....

If the Indians had had the brains to sail ships and conquer Europe they would have done it.
Chances are they would not have been any nicer to the European natives than the European invaders ere to them.

 

[Mr.Right]

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

Any of that sound familiar? It should. It describes America perfectly.

Yes, and its more than that. A dying culture has no moral compass, no sense of right and wrong, no remorse, no sympathy, no God.

Where did all that good Christian living occur in the USA? It damn sure didn't during Manifest Destiny, just ask the Indians....

If the Indians had had the brains to sail ships and conquer Europe they would have done it.
Chances are they would not have been any nicer to the European natives than the European invaders ere to them.

There is not a single culture that can claim the moral high ground. Not anymore.

 

[Dogmaphobe]

According to Oswald Spengler, two indicators were the creation of gargantuan architecture, and the shift towards spectator sports.

Damn, I can't wait for the next superbowl.

 

[Where_r_my_Keys]

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

Any of that sound familiar? It should. It describes America perfectly.

Yes, and its more than that. A dying culture has no moral compass, no sense of right and wrong, no remorse, no sympathy, no God.

Where did all that good Christian living occur in the USA? It damn sure didn't during Manifest Destiny, just ask the Indians....

If the Indians had had the brains to sail ships and conquer Europe they would have done it.
Chances are they would not have been any nicer to the European natives than the European invaders ere to them.

There is not a single culture that can claim the moral high ground. Not anymore.

Well, that is not entirely true, Americans remain morally suerior to all cultures.

And by American, I am referring to those who recognize, respect, defend and adhere to the principles that define America.

 

[Seawytch]

I am amazed at the conservatives who are continually ready to lay our country in it's grave. People have been saying the same shit since the civil rights era and somehow we still survive and thrive.

People have been saying the same shit since Socrates was in diapers.

 

[Moonglow]

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

Any of that sound familiar? It should. It describes America perfectly.

Yes, and its more than that. A dying culture has no moral compass, no sense of right and wrong, no remorse, no sympathy, no God.

Where did all that good Christian living occur in the USA? It damn sure didn't during Manifest Destiny, just ask the Indians....

If the Indians had had the brains to sail ships and conquer Europe they would have done it.
Chances are they would not have been any nicer to the European natives than the European invaders ere to them.

Then stop calling it a Christian nation......

 

[Moonglow]

I am amazed at the conservatives who are continually ready to lay our country in it's grave. People have been saying the same shit since the civil rights era and somehow we still survive and thrive.

People have been saying the same shit since Socrates was in diapers.

Was that his fetish?

 

[rightwinger]

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

Any of that sound familiar? It should. It describes America perfectly.

I think you overreact

A changing culture? sure
Dying? of course not

Our society is more profane now. **** is in common usage, so are those other dirty words
Yet, words like n*gger and f*ggot are no longer acceptable

There were no more "gentle manners" than in the post Civil War south. They were polite to a fault...Yes sir, no sir.....would you like my chair ma'am?

But that same society would lynch a black man for looking at a white woman

 

[Seawytch]

I am amazed at the conservatives who are continually ready to lay our country in it's grave. People have been saying the same shit since the civil rights era and somehow we still survive and thrive.

People have been saying the same shit since Socrates was in diapers.

Was that his fetish?

No, that's David Vitter.

 

[Moonglow]

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

Any of that sound familiar? It should. It describes America perfectly.

Yes, and its more than that. A dying culture has no moral compass, no sense of right and wrong, no remorse, no sympathy, no God.

Where did all that good Christian living occur in the USA? It damn sure didn't during Manifest Destiny, just ask the Indians....

If the Indians had had the brains to sail ships and conquer Europe they would have done it.
Chances are they would not have been any nicer to the European natives than the European invaders ere to them.

There is not a single culture that can claim the moral high ground. Not anymore.

There never has been..

 

[Moonglow]

I am amazed at the conservatives who are continually ready to lay our country in it's grave. People have been saying the same shit since the civil rights era and somehow we still survive and thrive.

People have been saying the same shit since Socrates was in diapers.

Was that his fetish?

No, that's David Vitter.

One more to sell diaper supplies to...

 

[Mr.Right]

I am amazed at the conservatives who are continually ready to lay our country in it's grave. People have been saying the same shit since the civil rights era and somehow we still survive and thrive.

People have been saying the same shit since Socrates was in diapers.

And look what happened to his home land.

 

[Mac1958]

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

Any of that sound familiar? It should. It describes America perfectly.

I don't know if rudeness is a cause or an effect.

Popular culture is the most obvious sign to me, since what entertains us is a reflection of the overall culture. That's clearly in decay.

Our increasing divisions, driven by our increasing narcissism, is another.

It is what it is, I don't know how it gets turned around.

.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

Any of that sound familiar? It should. It describes America perfectly.

Have you read any of your own posts lately?

How about the language and hate your fellow rabid RWs spew here?

No, that does not describe America or Americans. At least, not the American where I live. Nor is that an accurate description of a "dying culture".

 

[Where_r_my_Keys]

I am amazed at the conservatives who are continually ready to lay our country in it's grave. People have been saying the same shit since the civil rights era and somehow we still survive and thrive.

People have been saying the same shit since Socrates was in diapers.

And your point is what? That Socrates culture is alive and well?

LOL! Talk about DAFT! DAM'! You people are DENSE!

 

[Mr.Right]

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

Any of that sound familiar? It should. It describes America perfectly.

Have you read any of your own posts lately?

How about the language and hate your fellow rabid RWs spew here?

No, that does not describe America or Americans. At least, not the American where I live. Nor is that an accurate description of a "dying culture".

Everyone time you open your mouth, my IQ temporarily drops twenty points.

 

[rightwinger]

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

Any of that sound familiar? It should. It describes America perfectly.

Have you read any of your own posts lately?

How about the language and hate your fellow rabid RWs spew here?

No, that does not describe America or Americans. At least, not the American where I live. Nor is that an accurate description of a "dying culture".

Everyone time you open your mouth, my IQ temporarily drops twenty points.

There is no such thing as a negative IQ

 

[Seawytch]

I am amazed at the conservatives who are continually ready to lay our country in it's grave. People have been saying the same shit since the civil rights era and somehow we still survive and thrive.

People have been saying the same shit since Socrates was in diapers.

And look what happened to his home land.

Greece? Why, what happened to it?

 

[Conservative65]

A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness, of gentle manners, is more significant than is a riot.

Robert A. Heinlein, Friday

Any of that sound familiar? It should. It describes America perfectly.

Have you read any of your own posts lately?

How about the language and hate your fellow rabid RWs spew here?

No, that does not describe America or Americans. At least, not the American where I live. Nor is that an accurate description of a "dying culture".

Everyone time you open your mouth, my IQ temporarily drops twenty points.

There is no such thing as a negative IQ

Sure there is. You demonstrate it regularly Forrest.