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When
Madeline Murray O'Hare complained she didn't want any prayer in our
schools--it violated her rights. And we said, OK...
Then, someone said you better not read the Bible in school, the Bible
that says "thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your
neighbor as yourself." It violates others rights. And we said,
OK...
Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they
misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we
might damage their self-esteem. And we said, an expert should know what
he's talking about so
we won't spank them anymore...
Then someone said teachers and principals should not discipline our
children when they misbehave. And the school administrators said no
faculty member in this school should touch a student when they misbehave
because we don't want any bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be
sued. And we accepted their reasoning...
Then someone said, let's let girls have abortions if they want, and they
won't even have to tell their parents. And we said, that's a good way to
handle it as these 'women' have their rights...
Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and
they're going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they
want, so they can have all the fun they desire, but let's not tell their
parents they got them at school. And we said, that's another great
idea...
Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do
in private as long as we do our jobs. And we said, it doesn't matter
what anybody, including the President, does in private as long as we
have jobs and the economy is good...
And then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women
and call it wholesome down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the
female body. And we said, well they have the right to freedom of
expression...
And someone else took that appreciation a leap further and published
pictures of nude children* and then a giant leap further still by making
them available on the
Internet. And we said, everyone's entitled to free speech...
And the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that
promote profanity, violence and illicit sex... And let's record music
that encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes... And
lets put pictures and live streaming video on the Internet of people
doing every manner of perverted sexual acts (displays that would NEVER
get past the movie monitors or TV censors)... And we said, it's just
entertainment and it has no adverse effect and the kids don't listen to
the words, and nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right
ahead--freedom of speech you know...
Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, whey
they have no respect for parents, why they don't know right from wrong,
why they think sex is a recreation, why they think violence is the way
to handle conflict and frustration, and why it doesn't bother them to
kill strangers, classmates or even themselves.
Undoubtedly, many of us did NOT say OK, but we were 'asleep', too busy
with our lives, but, if we thought about it long and hard enough, we
could figure it out. I'm sure it has a great deal to do with...
"WHAT
YOU SOW, THAT SHALL YOU ALSO REAP." |
