Originally Posted by hagbard

I've got to run out now but UNO's comment underlines and proves my point. It's very very easy for people who have been protected from harm to ignore the fact that the threat ever existed. It is so much more comfortable to sit back and criticize than appreciate that someone you hate might be doing one thing right.

Just as there are people who believe the Holocaust didn't really happen, there are people who believe just 5 years later that y2k was a fraud. There are people who find it easier to forget than accept facts and this is prevalent on both sides. Conservatives (I'm one) forget how nice things actually were under Clinton. Liberals forget how the 80's were the time of wealth for a whole new breed of entrepreneur that could come from any social background. We mark the Good Times or the Bad Times based on who was in power rather than how we were doing personally.