I knew that would get your attention, but I will disappoint by repeating Mark Steyn's question "Do you notice anything shrivelling?"
I'm sure my wife would have a different perspective on this story than I.
Steyn's point is well taken. History is replete with nations which trade personal fortitude and national integrity for self-indulgence & public decadence. The euro-socialist nanny states are a prime example, which the U.S. of A. seems h3ll bent on importing over here.
Our dumbed down kids can't find Korea on a map, spell properly, or calculate change for sawbuck, but they can organize 'lewinski parties', find inter tube pr0n, get 'tramp stamped', and fear what P.C. fresh h3ll awaits them for not embracing LGBT.
Thanks to Jay Leno's JAYWALKING segments, it's clear that most folks are too ignorant (or apathetic) to know who represents them in gub'mint - all the while our Congress ratchets up the nanny state to condescending, control freak levels unheard of just 1 year ago.