ajkreider Wrote:
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> Whenever I hear people bemoan the good old days
> when the masses were civilized and had purity of
> spirit, I wonder what country they're talking
> about.
>
> There have always been cheats, we're just better
> at catching them now.
>
> There never were the glory days when there were no
> corked bats, spit balls, point shavers, dopers -
> to say nothing of corrupt politicians,
> journalists, bankers, whomever.
>
> Twas always thus, and it's only the ignorance that
> comes with our being young that fooled us into
> thinking it wasn't there.


Yep! I agree with you and well said. I'd like to strike the word demise in my previous post. It smacks of comparison and since I was clueless then and now it's mute.