A lot has been lost in the last 30 years or more. People like to think they have independence, and I am glad they think that. That it is still something people believe in and strive to regain every day. If you can not let your kid go fishing because of life and it's current situation are we really free and independent?
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That's kind of sad. It makes think about that phrase of Tolkien in which he states that "history is a long defeat with some short glimpses of victory". It is the worst thing to see how things decay in so many levels.
We have a perception of freedom, which is not as good as the real thing.
My best ex and I used to talk about that very thing extensively. She grew up in the deep suburbs (a 10 acre farmette) and as a pre teen would eat breakfast, get on her bike with her Springer Spaniel beside her and come home for dinner. We both know when that innocence died in our area (the rape, murder and dismemberment of a girl selling girl scout cookies) but it was a change that neither one of us liked.
That was 1964.
It is a shame the effect one person, one incident, can have on society as a whole. Once bitten by fear it is a very hard thing for individuals and societies to over come.
The murder was never solved. Half of Washington State was in the air. Parents in good conscience let their children go like they had. It was ugly for a whole big area.
My ex was in a position to talk to police bigwigs. They were convinced that the guy was in prison in Boston, but they couldn't build a case.