Crow Sister, this thread was not started to damn you. It was only that your comment awoke a memory of a time long ago, when I was damned for having the views I have, being called, at that time, 'a dangerous reactionary'.

Please don't think I've taken umbridge with you, becauase I haven't.   ((xx))

I happen to think we have thrown away everything from the past, the good alongside the bad. That was a stupid thing to do, imo. By all means, move on, progress is life. But if the progress merely leads to the progressing of some very disturbing situations, then I feel society should have the guts to stand up and say "Hey, we were so wrong to remove 'this' or 'that' from what is important in how we behave."

It doesn't seem to go that way though. You're told you must never look back. Why not?   I've been told that I have chocolate box memories of this country, yet they are not that at all, they are simply MY memories, open, honest and truthful. They are also the memories of millions of other people of my age and older..

I feel we've let so many wonderful things go in this country, and now, we're paying the price of those unwise decisions.

Another excellent post, Stower. :0)