are we moving towards a cyclic change?

i strongly believe in the ebb and flow of life the universe and everything, with every action there is a reaction, what goes up must come down...

our fathers before us lived in a era of regeneration, the freeing themselves from the torture of mental slavery and literally throwing off the blind fold that had been so firmly placed by their fathers before them. they strove towards an era of democracy and hoped that all people would one day be treated equally.

somehow we are looping the record player, reaching the ebb of their flow and steering ourselves towards the end of their cycle.

in the 1970's john lennon wrote 'working class hero' and sprinkled the word fucking liberally throughout it. in the 21st century green day adopted these same lyrics and a radio station was fined several dollars for its airing.

two decades ago our country struggled for political and press freedoms. in 2007 an editor and journalist of a major newspaper had warrants of arrest authorised against them.

within the united nations the opinions of leaders who's countries would stone a woman to death for the same crime that a man participated in are opined while students are being arrested for speaking out against religious intolerance...

some may have a point when stating that our multiculturalism is damaging the liberal democracy our fathers fought so hard to achieve or that religious extremism is historically akin to that of 1930's fascism.

we are being 'doped by religion, sex and tv'.
merrily we plod backwards...