Adults beating children on thier whim is proper discipline... Children beating adults is the downfall of society...

Things get better and things get worse at the same time imo.

50 years ago having gay sex was still an illegal act. Now we allow gays to marry and officially recognise thier marriages... we may have more anti social behaviour (though it could just be more people, more crowded and more coverage) but for the most part things get better imo.