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WHEN DID IT ALL BEGIN?
Let's see...I think it started when Madeline
Murray O'Hare complained that she didn't want
any prayer in our schools, and we said OK.
Then someone said you had 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. 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 that teachers and principals
better not discipline our children when they
misbehave. And the school administrators said no
faculty member in this school 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 accepted their reasoning.
Then someone said, let's let our daughters have
abortions if they want, and they won't even have
to tell their parents. And we said, that's a
grand idea.
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, and we won't have to tell their parents
they got them at school. And we said, that's
another great idea.
And then some of our top elected officials said
that it doesn't matter what we do in private as
long as we do our jobs. And agreeing with them,
we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone,
including the President, does in private as long
as I have a job 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 we have no problem with
that.
And someone else took that appreciation a step
further and published pictures of nude children
and then stepped further still by making them
available on the Internet.
And we said they're entitled to their 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 homosexuality, rape,
drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And
we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse
effect, and nobody takes it seriously anyway, so
go right ahead.
Therefore, 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 strangers, their classmates, and
themselves. Probably, if we think about it long
and hard enough, we can figure it out. I think
it has a great deal to do with... "we reap what
we sow."
-Unattributed
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