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Originally Posted by JCL
I think that bad criminals are real, but that propaganda in this context refers to the culture of fear. Reference the term War on Terror. Or closer to home, the fact that most of us my age used to walk to school unsupervised, and kids these days are largely being driven by their parents, on the assumption that it is less safe out there.
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when i was 9 i rode public transportation ALONE across the city (relatively big city, over 1 mln people) to get to school...
my kid at 9 - i drive him around, and doesn't stay home without an adult... times have changed...