but therein, you've already let your bias show that you believe its the lowering of morals that caused this. We don't know if there were mental issues, or it was just plain stupidity that caused this kid to do this.
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. On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:32 AM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I wrote that, I was thinking about this young man who committed this > atrocity and what led to his actions. Religion never crossed my mind, but > it was the changes in our society. Again, the lack of personal > accountability, the lack of parents holding children accountable, the > refusal of teachers and parents to tell a child he or she is wrong, the > craziness of people blaming others for all their own problems, the instant > gratification state of the nation making citizens unwilling to wait or work > towards a goal, the pure selfishness that is exuded in all facets of > society, the inability of people to lose with dignity, the lack of respect > by adolescents for adults, superiors, and parents, the willingness of so > many to not honor commitments, and so on. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:359507 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
