More People, Faster Communication, The Meaner It Gets.

 When I was a child, a thousand years ago, or so it seems, the world was a different place. There was a lot of open space with fields filled with insects especially butterflies. We road our bikes all over the neighborhood and visited Mom and Pop stores filled with cheap candy behind glass counter tops.At Halloween kids as young as 8 or 9 went trick or treating with their buddies not their parents. We watched Captain Kangaroo before school and the original Mickey Mouse Club before supper. There were only 3 television channels all broadcast in black and white. We read comic books and played games we made up until dark,not some organized sport ruled over by jaded adults and screaming parents. Now gratification has to be instant and constant. Computer games on hand held devices, phones, or giant T.V. screens take the place of parents. Every waking moment has to be filled with mind numbing frivolous distraction. Parents set examples by texting while driving or playing games on their phones. News of innocents being butchered somewhere in the world is instantly shoved in our faces. Soul killing porn is just a click away. This world has become a very mean place and becomes meaner by the second. The genie is out of the bottle for good and will never be restrained again.