What happened to innocence in today's society?
549294
Innocence dies at the hands of ego wanting to own / control / "Win" / Grow up too fast.\n\nInnocence dies when "the present" isn't good enough and we keep focusing on the "past" or the "future".  \n\nInnocence dies when we focus on "shocking" our systems, rather than nurturing them.\n\nInnocence is still alive in the eyes of my child when he sees a ladybug...a butterfly...or "discovers" something new for himself.  \n\nGo find a child.  They can help you find it.\n\nI wish you Peace and Innocence.
448101
Well there are a lot of sick people in this world today and as a socity we have grown more sexualy. With tv and the internet it has grown more easly for petitfiles to meet with smally children, and less time in prison than any other time in history for committing a crime.Rapeing of our children is easier for them to do and they dont get much time. So we as a people need to set hasher pentiles for these crimes.
575808
Check out, for example "day care hysteria" cases in 1980's[1] when a lot of day care center owners were wrongfully accused and convicted of molesting children.\n\nFor example take a look at the Kern County case where McCuans and Kniffens convictions were overturned only after 12 years.[2]
629382
The world has become more cynical, because everyone is giving up.  People just don't care anymore, and it's just easier to be negative and view everything as crap then to force a positive and find that silver lining around that very dark cloud.  Things are better than we think, but we've become lazy and don't have the energy to find out how.
1041568
People are the same, its the technology that has changed. Thus, people are able to cheat, steal, lie, cover up, etc. more efficiently than they could 20 years ago. It was a dog-eat-dog world 20 years ago, and its still dog-eat-dog world today.
427431
Morals went out with "respect your elders". That is now a joke to youngsters.
476187
http://www.innocenceproject.org/
1088226
I think it will be the same.  The world has always been filled with perverted people, it's just easier to know about them with the internet and technology, nothings changed, people are just not as naive
1152353
It's all about $$$.  People only care about what THEY can get from something be it a politician or your average Joe.  Morality has eroded and corruption exploded.
951583
The world today is just as dangerous as it has always been, but it seems more violent.\n\nWhen you combine the fact that we now have much more access to information i.e. internet news, and a population boom, and other factors, we perceive the world as a much more colder, distant , and hostlile place. We watch TV and see muggings, murders, mayhem and such. \n\nDon't dare talk to strangers -- You don't know them therefore they are going to attack you\n\nDon't help people -- It's better to be safe then possibly getting attacked!!!!\n\nStrangers = YOUR GOING TO DIE!!!!\n\nLike I said though it is just perception. Can we honestly say the world is less violent than in the 20's and 30's ? Those were the days of Al Capone and liquor running. The Tommy Gun-- the Saint Valentines day massacre. \n\n My father grew up outside of Chicago in the 30's and said that the town would find a car with a body in the trunk every so often. The figured they were mob hits. \n\nPeople at the time were also much less educated-- only the rich went to college. So society at the time was much more gritty and hard and far more violent.\n\n\nPertaining to your question of why is the world not very helpful and nice. I believe it has to do with simply being to many people and if you look at all the people we meet in year, you would find it impossible to learn all their names. So we just gave up and it became normal to just not talk to people, that idea spread to other facets of our lives- like not helping a stranded motorist. I was campinG in the mountains a few years ago when I had car trouble. My party and I had a second vehicle about 20 miles away and we needed a ride to go get it. Luckily the vehicle had broken down at  rest area so there were people around, but it took about a hour before we could get anyone to give me a ride. One lady said she doesn't give rides to strangers--I thought to myself -- What  piece of crap she is - I'm stranded and in need of help and ----I can't talk about this anymore. \n\nAnyway I go out of my way to help people in need these days-- I remember how that woman made me feel and I don't ever want to see someone else not get something they really need. Especially when it won't cost you anything, but a few minutes.
308579
Unfortunately, wrongful convictions actual innocence does happen. My dad has a friend whose son who was actually innocent, but was wrongfully convicted of a very serious crime. Seriously. The real perpetrator is still free. \nI won't say exactly the details, except for what I just said.
1034830
Darn good question!\nThere are plenty of people who knew then what they know now, and deliberately chose to ignore it.\nRashness, contempt, and even sometimes blithe ignorance are, unfortunately, the hallmarks of youth.\nRemember the wise words of Oscar Wilde: "Youth is wasted on the young."
174045
Morality is already legislated to a degree. Murder & rape are illegal. It's illegal to drink & drive, as well as operate vehicles on drugs. It's illegal to have sex with a minor.  It's illegal for brothers & sisters to marry, as well as first cousins in most states. It's illegal to beat someone up. It's illegal to rob someone of their property.\n\nAs for your other quesiton about teenagers. If the government would revamp the welfare system and educate these teens more, rather than provide them a saftey-net for the consequences of their behavior, I believe we'd see a decrease in teen pregnancy.
305875
You aren't my daddy!\n\nI had penned an answer just dripping with sarcasm, but just couldn't finish it.  Oh, well.  I find that basic human empathy for the suffering of others is sufficient to explain the foundations of morality in all societies.  Then, as superstition became more personal, rules that had nothing to do with reality started to get codified because the religious officiants needed to find ways to control the populace and create an artificial class of lawbreakers (sinners).  How much power does someone hold who claims to be the voice of God, when everyone who doesn't agree with him will be killed?  I'd say it's as close to absolute power as one can get.\n\nWhat makes me laugh is that people say society has gotten worse because we have strayed from Biblical principles, yet fail to realize that the Bible was compiled in a society that was completely Biblically based.  This means that the behavior that was proscribed had to have been going on at the time or the prohibitions would have meant absolutely nothing to the people.
122424
Since when has life ever been fair
1012798
That's awful, just awful. \n\nThat's just one of the MANY things that is wrong with the judicial system today. When did we as a country begin to look out more for the criminal than the victim.
499159
People now-a-days have no morals. It's sad really, a lot are influenced by media, and everyday life. But if people consciously know right from wrong, then it's all in their mind and their decision whether or not to do wrong-doing.