So I'm on vacation with my family and we decide to go out to eat at a local family restaurant that is known for good food and service. At some point in the evening we notice that a "bachelorette party" had been seated near our table. There was a girl with a bridal veil at the head of the table. It had flashing neon lights attached to it.
There were helium balloons attached to the bachelorette's chair in full view of everybody. At least one of these balloons (possibly more) had the obscene drawing of male private parts on it. There was also an older woman sitting at the table, perhaps one of their mothers!
We had two little kids there eating and we were with friends who had 3 more kids between them. My wife went up to the manager and let him know that she didn't think these images were appropriate for a family restaurant with young children around. The manager was young, turned red, and said he hadn't noticed that. He went over and talked to them and then I saw him taking the balloons in the back.
I must admit I was (and still am) completely dumbfounded as to how we have sunk to such levels as a society where even the THOUGHT that this kind of behavior is ok would be tolerated. I simply cannot imagine the thought process of someone who would bring such a prominently displayed obscene image into a family restaurant. I'm speechless. Floored. Dumbfounded.
This is really our society? Behavior that would barely be acceptable at burlesque houses is now assumed to be ok by some people at family gatherings. And young women, no less! Have they no shame? This young lady is supposed to be preparing herself for marriage and with her neon lit veil and porn balloons, she is making a diabolical mockery of the whole thing.
I blame the complete auto demolition of the Mass and Church which has left the West with an ugly Mass, a barren Faith, no beauty, and dumbing down. We went from a society where every single Mass said was a TLM, people used to wear their best every Sunday, people had manners, class, discipline. To a complete wasteland of anarchy, rudeness, selfishness, immaturity, and hedonism. All in basically one generation after VCII centuries of culture were wiped out.
It makes me weep for the future. Sick.