Saw the thread title in new subjects and it reminded me of something that I got in an email the other day. It seemed like it was worth passing on so I saved it. I realize that this is over simplified and that the problems are much more complicated, but it may stir some discussion so I thought I'd drop it off here and see what it stirs up.
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I think it started when Madalyn Murray O'Hair complained that she didn't want prayer in schools, and we said, OK.
Then someone said you can't read the Bible in school .... the Bible that says you shouldn't kill, you shouldn't steal, and you should love your neighbor as yourself ..... And we said, OK.
Then Dr. Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their personalities would be warped and their self-esteem might be damaged ..... And we said, OK.
Then someone said that teachers and principals better not discipline our children when they misbehave. And administrators said no one had better 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 said, OK.
Then someone said let our daughters have abortions if they want, and they won't even have to tell their parents ..... And we said, OK.
Then someone else said, let's give our sons and daughters all the condoms they want so they can have all the "fun" they desire, and we won't have to tell their parents ..... And we said, OK.
And then some of our top officials said that it doesn't matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs ..... And we said, OK.
As long as I have a job and the economy is good, it doesn't matter what anyone does in private .... it's nobody's business.
So now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill someone.
If we think about it long and hard enough, we probably can figure it out.
Could it have something to do with "reaping what we have sown"?
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Best of luck to parents everywhere,
George
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