Kyle,

Change for the sake of change is not progress. Things can change, and actually regress.

Think about the number of really violent crimes that are being committed by children. Then think back just about 10-15 years or so ago when Mortal combat came out. That was the first, that I can remember, video game that glorified the killing of an opponent. You could rip his heart out, and still see it pumping in your annimated hand.

Times are a changing, now CBS and USA routinely allow actors to use the Lord's name in vain on TV, and in the case of the USA network, it was right after church let out on a Sunday. Do you call that progress? It is certainly change, but I don't call it progress.

Further, in your example you are suggesting that a whopping majority, 80%, yes 80 out of 100, are now fishing for the wrong reasons. 80 out of 100... hmmmm, we see the affects of glorified violence all the time, how about road rage... folks actually fighting and shooting each other... soon it will be boat or lake rage. Oh wait, we already have had several instances of people shooting at anglers, running the air boat right by the angler to spray him with water, a boat run in front of an angler trying to mess up his fishing ... fortunately he still caught a 6 lber. We have already seen Skeet Reese making fun of people who have mental development problems, we've seen the "G-man" go postal, or should I say go lakal on Zell Rowland, claiming he did not fish there the day before, never mind there was actual footage proving Zell was there the day before, and let's not forget the BEEPED out obscenty laced explosion from our man Ike at an E-50 last year.

Yep, that's proof, things and times are a changing, but I would argue it is not progress.

Danny