Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 11:16 pm
Masta's post helps reinforce my opinion that we are all so self serving and 'want only what I want' that we are on the brink of or already in social collapse. Mainly from the point of view of the family unit and parents actually committing to each other and the family instead of thinking its a romantic thing but then when the going gets tough, $#@! off and do their own thing.
Old rules might be bad rules, religion might be the root of all evil, and commitment might sound like a death sentence but at least they serve for the basis of a functioning society.
I am reminded about my Coaching of under 8 rugby. All the kids know they should be tackling, are happy to tackle a bag but really dislike tackling because it is hard and they could get hurt. They cannt get motivated to do it with their cushy little mummy boy lives until some big rough kid stomps them into the ground and then it is game on. Society needs a good stomping in the ground to get back with the program of the humanities and less selfishness. First world problems are doing my head in. Hell, a politician over here is trying to get tax rates lowered for professional sportpeople because they 'pleasure society and have short careers' when our government is failing with real policies affecting the nation.
Actually, considering the nature of my parents generation who are starting to depart this planet as a result of the horrors of WW2, a good war on home soil should do it (as it did for them, hell, my uncle was given a pair of US army boots in Germany in the middle of winter of '45 while running around in sandals and it was the best day of his life...did he care about gay marriage or be allowed to breast feed in public or suing a lifeguard for not posting a sign saying shallow water when it was like 1m from the beach?). Politicians and all minority groups should be in the vanguard and those that survive might be a little more appreciative of what we did have before people starting fighting for little things that affect them individually instead of the collective human race.
Just because you can, doesnt mean you should.
oh, as for gay marriage, just call it something else but with the same legal rights, even though these shouldnt even be necessary if people actually commit to what it means.
Old rules might be bad rules, religion might be the root of all evil, and commitment might sound like a death sentence but at least they serve for the basis of a functioning society.
I am reminded about my Coaching of under 8 rugby. All the kids know they should be tackling, are happy to tackle a bag but really dislike tackling because it is hard and they could get hurt. They cannt get motivated to do it with their cushy little mummy boy lives until some big rough kid stomps them into the ground and then it is game on. Society needs a good stomping in the ground to get back with the program of the humanities and less selfishness. First world problems are doing my head in. Hell, a politician over here is trying to get tax rates lowered for professional sportpeople because they 'pleasure society and have short careers' when our government is failing with real policies affecting the nation.
Actually, considering the nature of my parents generation who are starting to depart this planet as a result of the horrors of WW2, a good war on home soil should do it (as it did for them, hell, my uncle was given a pair of US army boots in Germany in the middle of winter of '45 while running around in sandals and it was the best day of his life...did he care about gay marriage or be allowed to breast feed in public or suing a lifeguard for not posting a sign saying shallow water when it was like 1m from the beach?). Politicians and all minority groups should be in the vanguard and those that survive might be a little more appreciative of what we did have before people starting fighting for little things that affect them individually instead of the collective human race.
Just because you can, doesnt mean you should.
oh, as for gay marriage, just call it something else but with the same legal rights, even though these shouldnt even be necessary if people actually commit to what it means.
