past to the present

in the sixties we broadcasted the war in Vietnam but today we don't, why because we think its not civil for families to see hat their sons are doing. is this a better idea today or a step backward in not letting our own generation see what a real was is>? not that we are in one anymore. I ask this because not so long ago we would show or record fro families to see what an individual was doing, now we have so many vast ways to have access to ones being... I may be drinking, and i may be drunk already, but my mind is open to the one thing that many do not have access too...the underlining meaning of reality.. Friends: what makes a good friend?? what do you see?