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Old 11-15-2012, 09:54 AM
 
Location: I love the Ozarks
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No morals,No shame,No respect, No class. Anything goes now. It is just, unbelievable!
And scary.
Okie
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Old 11-15-2012, 01:17 PM
 
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Oh!
and.....
Obnoxious and Arrogant.
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Old 11-15-2012, 03:24 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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In what ways are these tendencies manifesting themselves?
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Old 11-15-2012, 03:48 PM
 
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In what ways are these tendencies manifesting themselves?
What? pch1013 LOL!!!? Just open your eye's!
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Old 11-15-2012, 03:52 PM
 
Location: San Francisco
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What? pch1013 LOL!!!? Just open your eye's!
You'll have to be a little more specific. What do you find especially bothersome?
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Old 11-15-2012, 03:53 PM
 
Location: Raleigh NC
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I read somewhere that it was just like this right before the fall of the Roman Empire.

A couple things I found:

Why did Rome Fall?

There are adherents to single factors, but more people think a combination of such factors as Christianity, decadence, lead, monetary trouble, and military problems caused the Fall of Rome. Imperial incompetence and chance could be added to the list. Even the rise of Islam is proposed as the reason for Rome's fall, by some who think the Fall of Rome happened at Constantinople in A.D. 1453
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and this one is especially thought-provoking:

The Major Causes for the Fall of the Roman Empire

Antagonism between the Senate and the Emperor

Decline in Morals

Political Corruption and the Praetorian Guard

Fast expansion of the Empire

Constant Wars and Heavy Military Spending

Barbarian Knowledge of Roman Military Tactics

Failing Economy

Unemployment of the Working Classes (The Plebs)

The 'Mob' and the cost of the 'Games'

Decline in Ethics and Values

Slave Labor

Natural Disasters

Christianity

Barbarian Invasion



Kind of sounds like USA today doesn't it?
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Old 11-15-2012, 03:53 PM
 
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“None so blind as those that will not see".
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Old 11-15-2012, 03:56 PM
 
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“None so blind as those that will not see".
None so annoying as those who say "look! look!" but refuse to answer the question, "look where?".
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Old 11-15-2012, 04:05 PM
 
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None so annoying as those who say "look! look!" but refuse to answer the question, "look where?".
Well...
You are a great example of the point.
Thanks
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Old 11-15-2012, 04:09 PM
 
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Well...
You are a great example of the point.
Thanks
What point? You have yet to make one.
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