When Government Cared

My generation had it pretty good, we were brought up with some safeguards ready in place for our wellbeing. It sure wasn't perfect but looking back it was good.
I'm remembering the days when: it was illegal to make booze such as whiskey, gin, vodka etc.; when it was illegal to gamble beyond the odd housie game or horse racing, controlled by Government; when prostitution was illegal and our women, men and children were valued beyond being meat markets and playthings for every degenerate around; when pornography was not allowed to be imported, made or televised because we were considered valuable in someones eyes; when songs had the "F" word in it, they were banned from the airwaves; when practicing homosexuality was illegal; when shooting-up on drugs was considered so dangerous, syringes were kept under lock and key; when sexually transmitted diseases were just that, diseases and they were considered punishment for the sin of having multiple sex partners; murders were few and far between and they were always front page news in the newspapers; children didn't do murder; when elderly men and women were respected and you helped them, you gave up your seat on a bus for them and you sure didn't beat an eighty year old woman or rape her; we needed every baby New Zealander so much that we didn't murder them in the womb, abortion was illegal; we couldn't buy alcohol nor step foot ON a licenced establishment until you were 21. Oh yes, we were valued back then by the lawmakers. So now, just short of anarchy what will become of our next generation?