1957 vs 2007

[Punk Rooster]

Scenario: Jack goes rabbit shooting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack.
1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.
2007 - School goes into lock down, Federal Police called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counsellors called in for traumatized students and teachers.

Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school.
1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up mates.
2007 - Police called, Star Force arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it.

Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students.
1957 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good caning by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again.
2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability.

Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbour's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.
1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to university, and becomes a successful businessman.
2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist.

Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school.
1957 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal.
2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons.

Scenario: Pedro fails high school English.
1957 - Pedro gets extra tuition, passes English, goes to university.
2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English.

Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up an ant bed.
1957 - Ants die.
2007 - Local, Federal Police & Star Force called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, AFP investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.

Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him.
1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing.
2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in jail. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.

[zipzap]

GOLD Punky!

[silicone skyline]

1957 - Residents along the Murray are busy cleaning the remaining silt after the huge '56 flood.
2007 - Residents along the Murray are on their knees begging for water to pour down the river to save dying farms.

[locky801]

Whole thing about your post Punk it is oh so very very correct

[JAS]

Nice one Punky...sad but oh so very true...you could probably just as easily use 1967 or even as recently as 1977.

Regards
JAS

[Ian]

LMAO, it's just a pity there's so much truth in it.

[Wedgie]

Dunno how true the first one is though considering the famous murders mostly by shooting of 11 people by Charles Starkweather in 1957.
Insperation behind a few movies and a great Springsteen song too.

Plenty of nasty gang/racial wars in 57 too.

[johntheclaret]

Johnny had a pretty shit life in 57 and 07. Bloody unlucky little bastard. Anyone that unlucky gets all he dese rves

[Pseudo]

1957: Port Adelaide dominant

2007: Central District dominant

I can't tell if we're better or worse off...

[Rik E Boy]

1957: Cats wooden spooners

2007: Cats premiers

1957 Can bite my shiny metal a55.

regards,

REB