I will always fight the idea of entitlement...I will instill the same sense of personal responsibility into my children that my father instilled in me. I trust you and many others on here will do the same.
As long as we have that going for us, the idea that people are responsible for their actions has a fighting chance..... On 8/14/07, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > tBone wrote: > > I don't know how people allow this stuff to stand. > > > > This is why I consider liberals to have won the culture wars. The > train has left the station. Examples: > > (1.) No score kept in kid's sports; the idea that losing is harmful in > some way. > > (2.) Pervasive, unnecessary use of safety equipment especially helmets. > > (3.) Entitlement mentality: I am owed a house; I am owed a "living > wage"; I am owed a job no matter where I choose to work or how or > what. > > (4.) Smoking bans. > > (5.) Recently read that a county in my state is going to buy 1000 > benches at $1200 per because it will incent exercise. i.e., our > lifestyle is the government's responsibility. > > All of these things have grown out of the grade school notion that the > teacher will tell you where to go, what to do, when to be there, make > sure that you get there, and all you have to do is follow directions. > Oh, and if you don't? You'll be mildly punished and then released. > > Nowadays all grown-ups expect this service as well, but since they no > longer have teachers, they want to government to provide it. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240238 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
