people have always been offended by something, whether it is the music & religion of the folks next door, or the body parts they choose to expose....

trouble is, it is so easy to SAY so now, and to compare notes and start lawsuits over it.

TV shows like Jerry Springer encourage airing of stupid little private nastiness, and stories about narrow-minded silliness have been filler for news programs for several decades...now the WWW allows anyone to mount a soapbox to complain and harangue.

...and all of this simply adds fuel to the fire, showcasing and heightening events that might have died down 50 years ago.

The world IS more complex and scary and and frustrating and contentious these days, because events happen, and get reported on and cause more 'happenings' at a rate that most of us are not capable of dealing with.
....We can't even count on what format our music will be recorded in next year, and we KNOW it will cost us money and time to change again.

"Life is a toil, and love is a trouble,
Beauty will fade and riches will flee.
Pleasures they dwindle, and prices they double,
And nothing is as I would wish it would be"

....and, as Albert's mother said after the lion ate him.."Someone must pay!"