Our Loss of Elegance and Grace

I looked at pictures of Acapulco on Life magazines website.  They contrasted the pictures they took in the fifties with pictures they took recently.  The difference is dramatic.  From the fifties they showed people who had poise and grace living in a carefree state.  Acapulco was a favored destination for the rich and the famous.  The people acted elegantly and treated everybody with politeness and respect.  The shots from recently show a bunch of drunken classless college students who acted like animals.  Because of the growing drug trade in Mexico the beaches were guarded by militia men in combat clothing.  It is sad to think of how life has changed in the last sixty years.  We have become more crude in our actions and activities.  It is not something to be proud of.