What has happened is indeed very shameful & shocking. If people/youngsters/or whoever for that matter had a proper upbringing & were taught to be God-fearing from young, they would have had some moral & spiritual values. It's very sad that parents/institutions give importance only to the physical & intellectual needs of their children/students. They are probably not aware or don't think it is important to give attention to the 3rd & most important aspect & that is the spiritual growth of a person. It is through this aspect that a person knows to distinguish right from wrong, feel the presence of a conscience & learns good values. This basic education is given at home & then carried on in schools & colleges.
That reminds me of when I was in college & we had a class called "Value Education", there were many, who used to bunk this class because they thought it was a waste of time & they could do something more worthwhile like fooling around in the campus & canteen. This is exactly like said above - the interest in learning good values is created at home first.
These crimes are all getting to be one big racket. Instead of the police trying to bring justice, they are very silent about the whole issue which clearly shows that they are hand-in-glove with the drug traffickers & are definitely getting something out of it. This drug trafficking business is nothing new in Goa. It has been going on for years now & if the police & government were really interested, they would have done something by now. This is all part of the tourism in Goa. If there are no drugs, there will be less tourists, no rave parties & so on & also, how will the police make some quick easy money if they let these traffickers go scot free? From the coastal areas, drugs have now reached college campuses & don't be surprised if they reach schools next.
The newspapers too give contradicting stories about this latest case. They too are trying to hide the truth from the public. Will justice ever be done to the victim? Where has everyone's values gone?
Luiza de Mello
At 09:10 PM 5/26/2003 +0530, you wrote:
Forwarded from my inbox. Thought it is relevant to the above subject
floriano
> > BILLY GRAHAM'S DAUGHTER INTERVIEW - Very thought- > > provoking ! > > > > Did you see where Billy Graham's daughter was being interviewed > > on the Early Show a few days ago about the September 11th > > terrorist attack and Jane Clayson asked her "How could God let > > something like this happen?" Anne Graham gave an extremely > > profound and insightful response. She said "I believe that God is > > deeply saddened by this, just as we are, but for years we've been > > telling God to get out of our schools, to get out of our government > > and to get out of our lives. And being the gentleman that He is, I > > believe that He has calmly backed out. How can we expect God to > > give us His blessing and His protection if we demand that He leave > > us alone?"
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