My comments this morning won't be as much a rant as a sad commentary. It's difficult to rant about little things when events such as what has happened in Tuscon occur.
At what point did our country and society lose it's moral compass. It seems to be completely non-existant at this point! I am sure by now we have all heard of the shootings in Tucson Az and the shooting overnight in downtown Baltimore. (unless you live in a cave!)
Item #1-In Tucson , a congresswoman holding informal meetings with constituents was gunned down. 6 others were killed, including a 9 yr old girl. It appears at least 6 others were also wounded. What fosters this type of lunacy? I believe when you have politcal candidates, as in the last election, stepping up rhetoric to take up arms, and using crosshairs on the pictures of political opponents, you provide the fuel for the squirrles to come out of the trees. While spirited political debate is encouraged and welcomed as part of our political process, once the elections are completed we ALL need to work together to move the country forward. We should all look in our hearts and ask what we can do to help. We need to stop blaming people, companies and government agency's for all that goes wrong in our lives.
Please pray for the victims.
Item #2- In downtown Baltimore a police officer responding to the report of a fight was killed as well as a civilian. A second officer was wounded. Again, when is the lunacy going to stop? Does anyone remember when a fight was just a fight and you were friends afterwards?
We live in a society where life seems to be cheap and guns are plentiful. People feel that any perception of being wronged, or disrespected, justifies an armed response. If you doubt this just look at the murder rate involving teens. Parents don't help when they foster the "entitled" attitude most kids have.
The only way this will change is by changing the attitude of future generations. We have created a culture where any form of criticism is cause for retaliation. We've taken the stance that failure hurts a childs "self-esteem". BULL; criticism and failure is part of life, and not failng a child with poor grades, or not giving trophys to to a losing team, denies them the opportunity to learn from these events. We need to teach our children that life is not always fair and that everything that goes wrong in their lives is not the fault of some other person, company, or government agency. (sense a recurring theme?) Again, parents need to step up and stop depending on teachers, coaches, clergy, or neighbors to do their job!
Pray for the victims.
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