Current events having second thoughts
We are preparing for a weeks vacation in Myrtle Beach State park in next few weeks. I am concerned now more than ever for the safety of my family and wonder if I should even leave as all of my resourc...
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Can't Wait Now wrote:
Wasn't meant as racial I am not black and shouldn't matter. Was a genuine question. I am not worried about me It's protecting my wife and daughter
Statistically, you (and your family) are safer now than you would have been decades ago.
Violent crime has been decreasing for years. We are just more aware of it now with the 24/7 media.
Do you ever wonder why we were allowed to play outside, unsupervised, for hours on end, while children today are hovered over by their parents, even at 10 and 12 years old?
Contrary to popular belief, it wasn't safer then.
Statistically, there are fewer crimes against children today than there were in the 1970s and 1980s.
We are just more aware of them now.
Americans are scared of their own shadow.
