I read that to say that the right to bear arms is only so when a well regulated militia is needed to defend a free state. Given that it's no longer the case, the right to bear arms does not exist- according to the 2nd amendment!
It's not void or irrelevant, it has infact predicted and enshrined into law that there is no right to bear arms anymore.
Yes and no. I get the point and do actually agree whole heartedly but I think it obscures the reality that we've been observing solar systems as they existed millions of years ago.
I played counter-strike during the beta days and team fortress when it was "classic" not "2"
I definitely had a handful of favourite servers (1-2 favourites, 2-3 backups) that I would play on and knew the regulars like an old country pub.
Now things are set up so that it's almost impossible to develop relationships with random folks online. Not just matchmaking but also more closed-off (hard to discover) groups on Discord etc..
CS1.6 and TFC was the golden age of online gaming and it's been downhill since then. Literally nothing has been improved upon and the community has become immeasurably more toxic.
We've lost IRC and dedicated servers and replaced it with matchmaking and Discord. Both objectively worse.
I think your experiences are clouding your judgement. Just because you grew up then doesn't mean you have knowledge of everyone who grew up then, nor on everyone growing up now.
I am not much younger than you and I distinctly recall parents and police responding to several incidents. But same deal, just because i saw it doesn't make it universally true.
I wonder how much was really lost. What type of father do you think he would be? Loving? Empathetic? Caring? Supportive?
More likely he was a cunt who was probably never home.
Thoughts and prayers though.