Quote Originally Posted by gugi View Post

As far as judgement by character and actions, I'd say you're idealizing the past - if anything people back then were far more prejudiced based on superficial and external criteria than nowadays. Pretty much every book that has survived the test of time contains testimony to this.
my theory on the judgement issue is that it is worse today !! the difference being that voicing your opinion publicly is frowned upon (on certain issues), and someone will wine about it or create a stir or even have a law broke because they or the majority dont agree ..