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Old 11-30-2009, 04:35 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Mike P View Post
These threads remind me of the title of an article written by probably the last statesman to sit in the US Senate--Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

The title was, "Defining Deviancy Down"--pretty much an overview of how cultural norms and standards of acceptable behavior have been devalued over the last 40-50 years.
I had to go look for it... Lengthy, Depressing, ACCURATE, read...

http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/formans/...ngDeviancy.htm

Moynihan, last of the intelectual, intelligent Senators....
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