1973 vs. 2006

[dmiller]

Scenario: Jack pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack.

1973 - Vice Principal comes over, takes a look at Jack's rifle, goes to his car and gets his to show Jack.

2006 - School goes into lockdown, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school.

1973 Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up best friends. Nobody goes to jail, nobody arrested, nobody expelled.

2006 Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.

1973 Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by Principal. Sits still in class.

2006 Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his father's car and his Dad gives him a spanking.

1973 Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman.

2006 Billy's Dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. Billy's sister is told by state psychologist that she remembers being abused herself and their Dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some headache medicine to school.

1973 Mark shares headache medicine with Principal out on the smoking dock.

2006 Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.

1973: Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college.

2006: Pedro's cause is taken up by state democratic party. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he can't speak English.

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.

1973 : Ants die.

2006 : BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario:Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.

1973 - In a short time Johnny feels better and goes on playing.

2006 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison.

All in the name of progress!

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Edited November 28, 2006 by dmiller

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1973----Johnny is :( &

Twiggies say &

Lots of this: follows

2006-----Johnny stumbles upon GSC & does this:

Johnny says this to TWI:

[Shellon]

I don't usually want to go back to the 70's til I read this

[GarthP2000]

Yee Gads! Come to think of it, David has a valid point here! Those *were* the good old days!

Scenario: George W. Bush

1973: Dubya is somewhere off at some private college getting smacked up with cocaine and relishing over his lazy dayz in the Alabama National Guard with his frat buddies.

2006: Dubya is now President of the United States, has the country involved in a very costly and unpopular war, and has one of the lowest approval ratings of any president. :o

Scenario: Garth's hair

1973: Garth is growing a head full o' hair like a hippy, and enjoys listening to an FM radio station that plays album rock.

2006: Garth is developing a serious male baldness pattern, and now has to use Turtle Wax for the increasing shiny area on the top of his head. Meanwhile there are no radio stations that play album rock anywhere to be found.

[I Love Bagpipes]

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Garth-----Good news. Album Rock still lives. They bounce it around off of satellites these days.

(Can't help with the hair thing,though.)