On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> > "but therein, you've already let your bias show that you believe its > the lowering > of morals that caused this." > > But your bias doesn't come into play? Typical. > > I didn't post a message saying what I thought the reasons for the attack were...so no, my bias did not come into play. I posted a message demonstrating that the morals found in the moral reference book of 90% of Americans are not that better than the ones today. > "We don't know if there were mental issues, or it was just plain stupidity > that caused this kid to do this." > > We sure don't, and when I wrote the original post, none of the issues with > the perpetrator's mental state were disclosed. > > > > "Heck it may have even been that the mother was trying to get help for her > son, > but with the current climate of 'personal responsiblity', nobody wanted to > contribute to a 'hand-out' mentality. " > > Again, this was revealed much later than the original post. > True. But that's pretty much my point. Something happens and people make assumptions about the cause of the event without any kind of supporting evidence. > > > You didn't address whether you believe the issue I stated are legitimate > issue related to a moral decline if one exists. > If you really want my opinion.....No, I don't believe there is a moral decline going on. Morals are changing no doubt, but I don't believe it's an overall decline. I think most of the stuff being said about "moral decline, lack of personal responsiblity, etc" is coming from pundits trying to increase the ratings of the radio/tv shows. Yes, I do think there are individuals who lack personal responsibility. There have *always* been individuals like that though. Just like there's always been individuals with lower moral values than the society they live in. It's not something that new though. It's just the flavor de jour for the talking heads. > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissinger > > Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, > go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:359550 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
