Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
Violence is violence.

I'll never compromise on that.
Are you one of those 'children shall not be spanked/slaped' hippies?

As for the topic, I doubt there's such a thing as a death of respect. There probably was more violence, street crimes, rapes so on going on in the early 20th than nowadays (at least in your average place in Europe). Thing is, petty crime gets much more media coverage than it used to back then. When gangs used to fight with guns in the poors neighbourhoods of Paris in 1905, nobody cared basically. Now, when two gangs fight in a suburb near Paris, it makes the headline in any decent newspaper. People claim this is the downfall of civilization, the end of our nation and what not.

Sure, happy slapping is disgusting, and I think people who commit such acts should be shot immediatly when caught. Sure, hearing about a 15 year old kid stabbing his teacher is revolting. But meh, is it something new? I seriously doubt it, though I may be wrong.
What I might agree with is that violence is much more tolerated nowadays, maybe because we all turned into cowards/hippies/people who don't give a damn.