Sometimes I really do think you're guilty of the most vivid of rose tinted spectacles.

Plenty of censorship and as is pointed out above, taboos back in what you view as the heyday for all of humanity.

Some things were better, some were worse. I simply can't agree that everything was better as you often allude to.

Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.

Spot on.

Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.

Veneer – yes.

So your issue is with the media, not whether the person in question should be held to account. Glad that's cleared up.

Your opinions that equate to all insults are the same is bizarre. Choice vs permanence, as above.

Are there other insults/abuses other than race that are worse than getting insulted for wearing a s*** fancy dress outfit? Sure. Should those have equal standing in the media? Probably. Are all types of abuse and insults on the same level?

Nope.

Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.

I think it's valid to criticise Russia obviously.

However, they aren't arresting you for offending some tart's sensibilities but rather protesting against their power and the government....which of course is insideous and wrong (as long as those protests are organic and not funded ops).

However, when people protested against covid in London did not Khan and Dick set the heavies on them?....but when BLM protested they got so far as writing insults on Churchill's statue and trying to set fire to the flag at the cenotaph.

I think perhaps your belief that we are far superior....and this is no defence of the authoritarianism in Russia.....I would say perhaps we are....but that 'how much' better, very much depends upon where you stand politically.

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'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Subjective ultimately though, isn't it.

Although I would argue that every generation suffers from the same issue – it's a sort of infant/young adult bias concept. The average joe doesn't think too hard about adult realities between the ages of 0-16 (or later). I know a guy who waxes lyrical about the 70s. Delusional, when you actually look into what was happening back then. Inflation, high unemployment, poor living standards by todays comparison, regular power cuts, strikes, wars, states of emergency, I could definitely go on for several minutes. All he seems to remember was a couple of glorious hot summers. The human brain neve ceases to amaze

My generation will be guilty of it as well – but look back properly and you'll see that your rosy childhood memories were not taking into account everything else that was happening around you and need to be heavily revised.

Did you know? 98.0000001% of people are morons.

The Seventies? We were in the common market then so imagine how terrible things could have been. That aside you're right that the memory of being a teenager with no responsibility and a pay packet makes things seem a lot better than they were. I suppose expectations were lower and we didn't know any different so were happier with our lot.
Great music though.