Re: Issues that people don't seem to make such a big deal of like they once did
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MyNameIsTerry
Thanks for that link Terry, some very interesting info there.
Nevertheless, it's encouraging that overall crime for the most part is still showing signs of a downward trend, give or take the odd fluctuations in levels/prevalence of specific offences over recent years up until last June.
But like you said, the media obviously 'pick and choose' whatever events to focus on at any given time. For some years now, they have had a tendency to focus on specific 'themes' for a while (e.g, gun/knife crime) then drop them like hot potatoes and move on to the next 'theme' (e.g, terror threats, the state of the economy, etc). Such 'themes' with the media seem to be cyclical every few years.
Re: Issues that people don't seem to make such a big deal of like they once did
Hardly anyone seems to be making a big deal of Covid anymore.
Unlike in 2020 through the first months of 2022 it was rarely out of the headlines and everyday conversation.
Now (for better or worse) it hardly ever seems to get a look-in as if the pandemic never even happened; like it's still 2019.
Re: Issues that people don't seem to make such a big deal of like they once did
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Lencoboy
Hardly anyone seems to be making a big deal of Covid anymore.
Unlike in 2020 through the first months of 2022 it was rarely out of the headlines and everyday conversation.
Now (for better or worse) it hardly ever seems to get a look-in as if the pandemic never even happened; like it's still 2019.
I looked at the BBC site yesterday (for other stuff too) and there's now virtually zilch about Covid; even in its own dedicated subsection there's barely been any updates on it since at least December, apart from the inquiry stuff.
I know Covid still hasn't exactly gone the way of the dodo but like I said in my previous post it's kind of amazing how it's gone from a colossal life-or-death situation dominating all media outlets day in day out even as recently as this time 2 years ago to just a relatively minor nuisance to most people now.
Mind you, yesterday the foremost headline was about some kind of inquiry concerning that odious Met copper Wayne Couzens who took the life of poor Sarah Everard in March 2021.
Re: Issues that people don't seem to make such a big deal of like they once did
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Lencoboy
I know I already covered this very briefly at the start of this thread but yesterday I was thinking that I don't notice people talking about 'kids today' as much now as back in the 2000s (and sometimes before), whether in face-to-face conversation, online forums, lengthy news articles in response to specific incidents involving them, etc.
Not sure if they're now generally better behaved, worse behaved, or about the same as in most previous decades, but there doesn't seem to be the same intense moral panics about them now like there used to be, which is probably a good thing as it can lead to self-fulfilling prophecies and the like.
I surmise that there were also certain political agendas involved back in the 2000s, especially from the likes of Cameron and his 'Broken Britain' lark post-2005, plus people saying stuff like 'bring back school corporal punishment', 'bring back borstals', 'bring back the death penalty', blah blah blah, all of which sayings thankfully seem far rarer now.
I also reckon that it could be because many of those who were at the forefront of the so-called 'permissive society' are (dare I say it) ageing themselves now, so therefore most 'deviant' behaviours in general from the younger generations (apart from the likes of knife crime, certain dubious online-enabled activities, etc) probably aren't quite so unusual and shocking to them as they were to previous older generations.
A lot of these musings have flared up once again over the past few days, and I've constantly been wondering 'where are a lot of the teen rebels now?', even though they've often put the fear of God into me, both currently and historically.
For better or worse, they just don't seem to get the same media attention that they used to.
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Also, what about Fathers 4 Justice?
While they seem to be much lower-key these days (in a similar sense to the totally unrelated EDL), I remember them and their protests being a big thing back in the 2000s in a similar vein to the likes of XR and Just Stop Oil over more recent years.
In fact, I've recently had a flashback to a BBC Midlands Today report on them in a live bulletin on TV back in 2004 (can't remember the exact date or month, but I think it was some time around the spring or early summer of that year) when they did a protest in Burton on Trent (of all places), and defaced the outside of the Town Hall building there, which funnily enough is not far from my current day centre. Also and oddly enough, none of the current staff members at my day centre who actually live in the Burton area seem to remember those events of 20 years ago in the area.
God, that must have been pretty damn scary at the time; almost bordering on a 'riot'!
Re: Issues that people don't seem to make such a big deal of like they once did
Its interesting how your mental health dictates what you think about. Lenco, your general theme is fixated on the past, around 25 or so years ago. Every thread you start pertains to this time in your life and history. I'm sorry these things trigger you to the point of posting and seeking affirmation but in the big scheme of things, affirmation will not quell those thoughts and mindset from allowing the past to influence your current life and cause you distress.
Life goes on, things change. We may not like it or agree with it but there's nothing we can do about it :shrug: Not here to disuade you from voicing your concerns and anxiety about it but what can be said concerning Father Time?
FMP
Re: Issues that people don't seem to make such a big deal of like they once did
I must admit I tend to dwell on the past, particularly an era where life seemed better all round. It takes me time to adapt to change and I'm not liking a lot of the changes. Eliminating cash is one of them.
At the same time, some changes have been good.
I'm more comfortable with familiarity.
Then again, if nothing changed life would be rather dull.
Re: Issues that people don't seem to make such a big deal of like they once did
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Fishmanpa
Its interesting how your mental health dictates what you think about. Lenco, your general theme is fixated on the past, around 25 or so years ago. Every thread you start pertains to this time in your life and history. I'm sorry these things trigger you to the point of posting and seeking affirmation but in the big scheme of things, affirmation will not quell those thoughts and mindset from allowing the past to influence your current life and cause you distress.
Life goes on, things change. We may not like it or agree with it but there's nothing we can do about it :shrug: Not here to disuade you from voicing your concerns and anxiety about it but what can be said concerning Father Time?
FMP
In this particular thread I'm referring to various issues/subjects (mostly UK-centric) that have abounded over the years that caused rather intense concern, panic and anxiety amongst many 'ordinary' folk that were big news items for one moment (some sometimes longer in period of newsworthiness than others) then kind of faded into obscurity or became much lower-key once the media and the public at large had finally moved on to the next 'big' issue/topic.
Certain issues and the panics pertaining to them are sometimes known to die down for a time and then recur again a few years later (e.g, knife crime in the UK and terror threats) while others kind of continue to rumble along 'off the radar' and 'lower-key' compared to their original 'heyday' (e.g, the EDL, Fathers 4 Justice, ch@vs/NEDs etc), and then replaced a few years later by other similar groups/issues with just another name.
A case in particular is the British political party Reform UK who are essentially just another UKIP in all but name.
Re: Issues that people don't seem to make such a big deal of like they once did
I cannot believe we got suckered into paying up to 500 big ones for a PS5, yet instead of new games, they're just remaking and remastering everything from our childhood, or teenage days. Nobody speaks up enough about Capcom doing remakes with many cut features, or enemy types.
Days Gone was an effing fantastic game. But Sony wants to act like it was letting them down.
Re: Issues that people don't seem to make such a big deal of like they once did
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Peter A
I cannot believe we got suckered into paying up to 500 big ones for a PS5, yet instead of new games, they're just remaking and remastering everything from our childhood, or teenage days. Nobody speaks up enough about Capcom doing remakes with many cut features, or enemy types.
Days Gone was an effing fantastic game. But Sony wants to act like it was letting them down.
Yeah, lack of originality and sheer laziness by producers trading on nostalgia; be it video games, films/TV dramas, music releases, etc.
Which IMO often does the (usually) far superior originals we all know and love so dear a blatant disservice.
If it ain't broke in the first place, why fix it now?