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Where Did We Go Wrong?
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 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
to me what anyone, including the president, does in private as long as I
have a job and the economy is good.
And someone else took pictures of nude children and then stepped further
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
promotes 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."
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