Comments on: Guest Editorial: The Native Alien http://www.schillingshow.com/2009/02/10/guest-editorial-the-native-alien/ Where the News is Made!™ (online) Thu, 17 May 2012 13:48:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Cville Eye http://www.schillingshow.com/2009/02/10/guest-editorial-the-native-alien/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Cville Eye Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:24:39 +0000 http://blog.schillingshow.com/?p=59#comment-31 I am a lifetime resident of this area and I have not witnessed any new sins. Remember, Charlottesville's history includes a former mayor who was hanged for killing his wife in the Park Street area ON A SUNDAY. Some believed that his girlfirend or her son, who was believed to be the mayor's also, actually committed the crime. I find a major difference between then and now is the public face presented by the residents. Now the faces are much uglier. Another major difference which has grossly affected family relationships is the wide-spread use of welfare programs. I am a lifetime resident of this area and I have not witnessed any new sins. Remember, Charlottesville’s history includes a former mayor who was hanged for killing his wife in the Park Street area ON A SUNDAY. Some believed that his girlfirend or her son, who was believed to be the mayor’s also, actually committed the crime.
I find a major difference between then and now is the public face presented by the residents. Now the faces are much uglier. Another major difference which has grossly affected family relationships is the wide-spread use of welfare programs.

]]> By: ead http://www.schillingshow.com/2009/02/10/guest-editorial-the-native-alien/comment-page-1/#comment-28 ead Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:36:49 +0000 http://blog.schillingshow.com/?p=59#comment-28 I understand where Mr. Martin is coming from; civility has declined and our area has certainly declined in quality of life (I have lived here for 40 years). Haney's still exists. It's a few miles farther north than the location you mention and has been since I've lived here. But I must make some points about "the good old days". Children most definitely were murdered and molested, it just wasn't as talked about or punished as severely. "A world where men treated women as objects of honor, worthy of protection, not viewed simply as simply objects of lust." But OBJECTS nonetheless. Women are people of equal capacity and responsibility in today's world. "A world where the celebration of a half-century of marriage was the norm, not the exception." People married A LOT younger and women had fewer options. "...a world where individuals were self-disciplined, and did not require the sword of the state, to be told how to live." Yes and there was much less tolerance of diversity. Which brings me to another small difference between now and then: we have progressed to a point where a man with dark skin can be the President of the United States. In "the good old days" this would have been unthinkable. I understand where Mr. Martin is coming from; civility has declined and our area has certainly declined in quality of life (I have lived here for 40 years). Haney’s still exists. It’s a few miles farther north than the location you mention and has been since I’ve lived here. But I must make some points about “the good old days”.

Children most definitely were murdered and molested, it just wasn’t as talked about or punished as severely. “A world where men treated women as objects of honor, worthy of protection, not viewed simply as simply objects of lust.” But OBJECTS nonetheless. Women are people of equal capacity and responsibility in today’s world. “A world where the celebration of a half-century of marriage was the norm, not the exception.” People married A LOT younger and women had fewer options. “…a world where individuals were self-disciplined, and did not require the sword of the state, to be told how to live.” Yes and there was much less tolerance of diversity. Which brings me to another small difference between now and then: we have progressed to a point where a man with dark skin can be the President of the United States. In “the good old days” this would have been unthinkable.

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