tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post1372504187590862766..comments2023-12-02T06:33:50.847-08:00Comments on Notes from a Common-place Book: In Praise of DeclinismTerry (John)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-17337446444215558442016-10-13T09:17:48.624-07:002016-10-13T09:17:48.624-07:00I see it as you do, I think; certainly don't f...I see it as you do, I think; certainly don't fault the young for believing in what the older generation created; even in fashion it is just horrible what is promoted as 'style' instead of rags and indecent clothing that one should not wear as even pajamas. It's a difficult time but not hopeless; there is always hope, for their is God.elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00962587884124992942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-38836704889115934242016-10-12T16:31:13.970-07:002016-10-12T16:31:13.970-07:00123,
I agree, and that is why I tried to stake out...123,<br />I agree, and that is why I tried to stake out a middle ground between pessimism and utopianism. I guess where I differ, though, is that I don't blame the generations coming up behind me, but rather, my own and the ones preceding mine.Terry (John)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07523479530843509695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18762198.post-62192911707189538672016-10-12T07:51:08.896-07:002016-10-12T07:51:08.896-07:00I've always viewed comments on decline (partic...I've always viewed comments on decline (particularly the pessimist's version as opposed to the realist's) the way I do apocalypticism and utopianism. Every age is convinced it is near the End Times or on the cusp of a New Age, depending on one's proclivities. They are not too far off every generation's middle aged and aged thinking "kids these days" are so different, that while the "old days" had their problems they were nothing like today. It's odd that those sentiments are usually held by people who rather quickly quote Solomon regarding nothing new under the sun. 123https://www.blogger.com/profile/14514075641944568806noreply@blogger.com