We often say that times have changed in order to justify harmful attitudes and bad habits. It is certainly true that we are living in a world that is very different from before. But what has actually changed? "Things" have changed. Did they change by their own will? Unlikely. It's "people" who decide any change that takes place. People whose greed, whose distorted ideas brought towards choices that are destroying the foundations of morals and ethics. Nowadays it seems that everything is allowed, nothing can be checked upon. Everyone is "free" to say and do as they like, no matter who is hurt in the process. The modern definition of freedom is "the power to act, speak or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint". I remember an older definition where a tail end was attached that said "without infringing another's rights". It seems that this last part has been forgotten by both the dictionary and the common sense.
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