Originally Posted by
Defengar
More really. Images have a far smaller impact on the mind than actually being at an event. It's why you can watch 50 fire fight video's on youtube straight and you won't get PTSD.
100 years ago, even in the capitals of the greatest nations on earth you could find the bodies of people on the fucking street who had died of starvation or illness. You didn't not have a job until you were a teenager. In most cases your parents put you to finger crushing work as soon as you were able. You stopped being a kid at about age 6 really. If you were 7 in the poor side of a city like NYC you had probably already seen multiple assaults in your life as well as probably seen at least one kid get half his arm chewed off or worse by a machine at the factory you worked at for a nickel a day. 100 years ago you were in the freaking minority if you didn't know at least one person who had been murdered.
Innoc
Innocence has not been lost. A twelve year old today might have seen some pictures of a cartel beheading and the two girls one cup video? Big deal. At least they arn't watching their baby sister die of whooping cough, their mother die of yellow fever, and the fact he may having nothing to eat tomorrow because his father was killed in an industrial accident and the company is refusing to give his family any compensation.