It would be nice but we oiks are generally better read and sceptical than our grandparents. I mean, they were religious so of course they believed what they were told without thinking for themselves.

In 2014, as now in 2015 you cannot put old values on present thinking. All this talk of Kaiser is totally irrelevant. If Caeser didn't kick the fuck out of Boudicca, we would never have invented Yorkshire pudding.

If that's the best you can up with..