>DA> Healthier in the US. That is questionable. Recent evidence suggests
 >DA> the `rate of change' in life expectancy is decreasing dramatically.
 >DA> This can be accounted for in part by skyrocketing mortality rates in
 >DA> teenagers (particularily inner city urban environments) and the age 20
 >DA> - 35 group. AIDS has become the leading cause of death in the latter
 >DA> group.
 > 
 > Yes, this is true. What I was getting at was those that are not in either 
 > of these two groups.
 > 
 > The fisrt case is a DIRECT RESULT of 'The Great Society' started by LBJ in 
 > the late '60s.
 > 
 > The second is caused by our promiscous lifestyles that grew out of the 
s.
Neither LBJ's social legislation program (Great Society) or the 1960s Sexual 
Revolution by themselves can be held totally responsible for the decay of the 
`American Empire.' Many contributing factors are at play including 
overpopulation - particularily in urban centres. In many respects, the Sexual 
Revolution was an effect (a symptom) rather than a cause as America dealt 
with the Cold War, Vietnam War, Race War and the War on Poverty. As the 
younger generation escaped to drugs to cope with the turmoil - `turn on, tune 
in and drop out' - , inhibitions loosened and promiscuity became the order of 
the day. 
:) Daniel Abrams
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