Well, yeah.... It is a sad commentary on the culture that we have fallen into... Hey, I'm prolly speakin' for most folks here but when we were kids, hey, we had fun... And we had a lot of ***freedom*** to make choices on how we spent our ***free*** (as in freedom) time... Folks just ain't as free these days...

Heck, kids can't even walk to the school bus stop and hang out together without half a dozen parents overlooking 'um... Like waht's that all about???

(Well, BObert, if little Johnny were to walk a block down the street to the school bus he's certainly be a target of a terrorist or pervert!!!...)

See what I mean??? Heck, part of this ramped up life-style has to do with fear, whci ain't good since, other than our own government, thaere really ain't that many terrorists and perverts out to get us... But fear keep folks all huddled up (team sports and activites) in bunches so the terrorists and perverts don't get us.... Or our kids...

Bobert