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<blockquote data-quote="Scent of Cedar *" data-source="post: 690941" data-attributes="member: 17461"><p>I think the problem is less the values presented in our schools than it is the dead hearted, dead end values celebrated in certain segments of our media. We need to have a look at what passes for thought these days, and at what passes for thoughtful conclusion. We need to look at the mores and values that support the horrific prevalence of drugs. And we need to ask ourselves why we are not protecting ourselves and our kids from it.</p><p></p><p>I know I am going to sound like the worst kind of old fogey here, but why is it we cannot opt out of programming we disapprove of. That is wrong. We should be in control of what comes into our homes electronically. We are not. And that is a huge part of what is happening to all of us.</p><p></p><p>And that includes ourselves.</p><p></p><p>We are not immune, either. </p><p></p><p>Other than that, I think we are progressing. We are trying things never tried before, and our hearts are in it and our hearts are good.</p><p></p><p>Except for the drug culture and the everyday banality of the horrific evil in it ~ the everyday darker moral slippages required for that culture to exist at all ~ we are working toward better, kinder societies.</p><p></p><p>Here is an example. I am reading <u>The International Bank of Bob</u>. It is about KIVA, an organization for anyone in the world to make a business loan to anyone else in the world. </p><p></p><p>And business by business, everywhere in the world, poverty is being addressed.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.kiva.org/" target="_blank">https://www.kiva.org/</a></p><p></p><p>We are a good and generous people.</p><p></p><p>Cedar</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scent of Cedar *, post: 690941, member: 17461"] I think the problem is less the values presented in our schools than it is the dead hearted, dead end values celebrated in certain segments of our media. We need to have a look at what passes for thought these days, and at what passes for thoughtful conclusion. We need to look at the mores and values that support the horrific prevalence of drugs. And we need to ask ourselves why we are not protecting ourselves and our kids from it. I know I am going to sound like the worst kind of old fogey here, but why is it we cannot opt out of programming we disapprove of. That is wrong. We should be in control of what comes into our homes electronically. We are not. And that is a huge part of what is happening to all of us. And that includes ourselves. We are not immune, either. Other than that, I think we are progressing. We are trying things never tried before, and our hearts are in it and our hearts are good. Except for the drug culture and the everyday banality of the horrific evil in it ~ the everyday darker moral slippages required for that culture to exist at all ~ we are working toward better, kinder societies. Here is an example. I am reading [U]The International Bank of Bob[/U]. It is about KIVA, an organization for anyone in the world to make a business loan to anyone else in the world. And business by business, everywhere in the world, poverty is being addressed. [URL]https://www.kiva.org/[/URL] We are a good and generous people. Cedar [/QUOTE]
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