Golden bores
Nice to see that the old Tories have not completely vanished.It should be pointed out though that the Victorians dealt with petty crime by hanging the offenders, so long as they were poor. The rich were never prosecuted.
Morality among the poor was much the same as it is today, and the rich were probably less moral, given the generally held view that anyone who wasn't wealthy was pretty much subhuman. They were simply more willing to pretend. And they didn't have TV.
Golden ages never were golden. The world always was a horrible place. It's a lot better now than it used to be, in some ways. And it can be better still. Fundamentally, this is the problem with conservatism. There is more to hope for than to look back on, and our golden age is yet to come.
posted by Dr Zen @ 2:35 pm
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The only conservatism I would cop to is that which seeks to retrieve the baby from the discarded bathwater. Unfortunately that baby is sometimes no more than froth and bubbles. Those Tories are right that fathers shirking their fathering are to blame for a lot of juveniles becoming a problem. But they'll discover, if they're honest, there's not much can be done without making matters worse in some way. Still, conservatism isn't a bad word if they mean well, and recognize that things are generally better than ever, and will (or can) get better yet.
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