History has repeatedly shown that the slope is that slippery. Just within the last 17 years, we've seen plenty of examples of events and behavior that at one

History has repeatedly shown that the slope is that slippery. Just within the last 17 years, we've seen plenty of examples of events and behavior that at one time would have been considered unacceptable or shocking become normalized and "par for the course". That we have shiny beeping toys and a broader vocabulary to describe aspects of human behavior today doesn't change the fact that human behavior itself hasn't changed in a long, long time. That which can be abused, will be abused.