Its odd that the world has changed so much in terms of trust. 50 years ago people trusted each other. The general rule of thumb seemed to be trust a person until they give you a reason not to. Now the exact opposite appears to be true. You should not trust anyone on the planet, until they give you reason to do so. I find this quite interesting. I was born in 1974, and when I was growing up, you really didn't have to lock your car doors or your house doors. Perhaps if you were going to be gone all day or something like that, but certainly not if you were home!

Back then, kids just roamed around without much parental supervision. When I was little, I would go outside, and go play, and not come back until it was dark. My parents had no idea where I was or what I was doing (Thank God.) It is not that they didn't care, there was just a level of societal trust that simply no longer exists. Nowadays, kids hardly ever even go outside the house without some level of supervision, and they sure as hell don't get on their bikes, and ride 10 miles away from there house to go do stuff. I guess as kids get older they might, but I was doing these types of things when I was 6 or 7.

When I was that age you really only had to know one thing. Don't get in the van with the creepy old dude no matter what he says he has in there. That was pretty much the only thing I had to worry about, and it was GREAT!.

It is a damn shame that kids today don't get to experience that type of freedom. These days you have to put a helmet and pads on your kid, then follow them as they ride their bikes so that they don't get ass raped by the multitude of freaks walking around. These days you have to lock your door when you are inside the house so an undesirable doesn't just waltz in, club you in the head with a bat, then jack all your shit. that's pathetic.

If I ever figure out how to build a time machine, I think I may just go back to yesterday, collect the lottery numbers, then jump ahead, win, then port myself back to either the 50s, or perhaps the late 70s, and just live there permanently, because those were fucking good times! Fucking eh!