Thread: 1977, and now how things have changed

Originally Posted by trout1105

Many of us have been overwhelmed by actions of the doo gooders, the minority groups and the politically correct brigade over the last few decades and all we have been able to do is look on in dismay as the values, honesty and mutual trust that was evident in the seventies has been slowly eroded away over the years.

And, once the bureaucrats catch on and take something away, it's bloody hard to get it back.

Apathy has been our biggest enemy...we vote in the hand-wringer brigade, they listen to the minority and we let them act upon it. Over the past few decades I have noted for instance, if Euro farmers didn't like a govt move, they would drive tractors onto motorways, dump cattle poo on steps of parliament, demonstrate etc. Here we are more likely to go "awww they can't do that, someone should do something"...and then "awww they did that, oh well we have to live with it now".

Originally Posted by Gordie

Apathy has been our biggest enemy...we vote in the hand-wringer brigade, they listen to the minority and we let them act upon it. Over the past few decades I have noted for instance, if Euro farmers didn't like a govt move, they would drive tractors onto motorways, dump cattle poo on steps of parliament, demonstrate etc. Here we are more likely to go "awww they can't do that, someone should do something"...and then "awww they did that, oh well we have to live with it now".

Without getting "Political" is nigh on impossible to respond to this.
YES apathy IS a big problem as is the Rampant political correctness and the severe lack of Moral Fibre the vast majority of our elected officials to do the job they were elected for instead of feathering their nests and furthering their political career.
There are so many things that have changed the face of Australian society over the past few decades that were introduced without the approval of the Majority I have NO idea where to start.
The Only thing we have been able to do is to vote out a government that has introduced these various legislations BUT that hasn't solved anything at all because by that time it is too late the damage has already been done.

An example of how things are taken away and change...recently a teenage girl was swept off a breakwater in Adelaide to her death. It was very unfortunate and sad that she died. But now they are banning swimming within 40m of, walking on, fishing from, said breakwater. What next, all rock fishing on any coast to be banned? C'mon.

Originally Posted by Hall

I was too young to shoot, but my two older brother used to spotlight rabbits on Eildon dam wall and shoot them. I used to set snares with my brother. That would have been through the 1970`s
Cheers Hall

I used to roll back the canvas on my ex army landy and we would go spotlighting on a public rd through a bush area at night, just imagine the response these days to a couple of lads hanging out of a landy with firearms on a road!

Hi,
No more knocking over the odd rabbit at night in the main Hobart cemetery any more. So unreasonable!

Cheers