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Reality and responsibility and our aversion to them
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Reality and responsibility and our aversion to them by Sara Sedlacek · July 11, 2007 During the last several years I've noticed a trend beginning in our country and it's only getting worse. Something which has always been a constant is starting to be judged in the eye of the beholder. Reality is not in the eye of the beholder. It is an immutable truth and altering perception cannot alter reality. In recent history, however, perception has become reality. The development of anti-depressants and the ease of lawsuits have allowed people to believe what they want, whether it's the truth or not. One word I think we aren't hearing enough of lately is "responsibility". Unless that word is used to say who isn't responsible and why the government is responsible for something, it's very rare that word is used anymore. There are several more words that have made it incredibly easy for people to shirk responsibility. Let me lay a few out for you: Munchausen, ADHD, alcoholism, addiction. These are all one-word excuses for people to avoid taking responsibility for their own actions. A very small percentage of people truly suffer from these afflictions but these buzz words have allowed a large percentage of people to get away with more than the average, responsible citizen. These words go right along with another word that I don't like very much: fault. It's not my fault I beat my children, I was abused when I was a kid. It's not my fault I'm a drug addict, I got in with the wrong crowd. It's not my fault I'm fat, McDonald's put a gun to my head and made me eat their food. It's not my fault my kid can't sit still at school, it's ADHD and has nothing to do with the Pepsi he had for breakfast with his Lucky Charms. Since when has weakness become an admirable, desirable quality. Anyone who admits to "just not being able to help myself" is admitting a weakness of will. Do you like being that way? No? Then stop. Take control of yourself and take responsibility for your actions. Toughen up! This new American attitude delegates blame and avoids responsibility while stuffing fear down our throats. And do you know who I blame? Not the government. Not the media. Not the educational system. And not the French. I blame each and every one of us. I have taken responsibility for my actions. My actions, just like every other American's actions, have lead to this point. The moment we welcomed frivolity, materialism and greed into our homes was the moment we opened the flood gates to those who would take advantage of it. And how could we have done this without knowing it? We stopped paying attention. We started letting other people tell us what's best for us. We stopped taking care of ourselves and put that on the corporations and the government. We stopped paying attention to how we cared for our bodies. We started eating fast food just a little too often and started watching television for just a couple hours too long. We started to get sick and let our doctors prescribe us a treatment rather than telling us what we're doing that's causing us to become unhealthy. Then we stopped caring about what we put in our minds. We allowed information to be spoon-fed to us. We allowed ourselves to be scared by what we heard on the news but never bothered to look further to find the real truth behind it. We also allowed ourselves to become obsessed with the filthy rich, filthy famous and the just plain filthy. We've forgotten to pay attention to the truly important things and have become apathetic to the things that really matter. Things like education, government and truth. Things like our neighbors, our friends and our families. I've said it before and I'll say it again, now is not the time to stop paying attention. Now is the best time to reevaluate and snap out of this zombie-like state. Take responsibility for your actions because it's nobody's fault but your own. |
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Reality and responsibility and our aversion to them
On Jul 14, 2:01 am, "Jan Drew" wrote:
http://westlibertyindex.com/article.php?viewID=907 Reality and responsibility and our aversion to them Manuel was responsible for horrible, violent crimes. Jan makes excuses for him and goes so far to say it wasn't his fault that he committed violent crimes. Now, she posts this drivel. Well, Jan, which is it? Is Manuel a violent piece-of-**** or are you making him out to be the victim? How are his victims doing, Jan? |
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Reality and responsibility and our aversion to them
On Jul 14, 2:01 am, "Jan Drew" wrote:
One word I think we aren't hearing enough of lately is "responsibility". Unless that word is used to say who isn't responsible and why the government is responsible for something, it's very rare that word is used anymore. There are several more words that have made it incredibly easy for people to shirk responsibility. Let me lay a few out for you: Munchausen, ADHD, alcoholism, addiction. These are all one-word excuses for people to avoid taking responsibility for their own actions. A very small percentage of people truly suffer from these afflictions but these buzz words have allowed a large percentage of people to get away with more than the average, responsible citizen. These words go right along with another word that I don't like very much: fault. It's not my fault I beat my children, I was abused when I was a kid. It's not my fault I'm a drug addict, I got in with the wrong crowd. It's not my fault I'm fat, McDonald's put a gun to my head and made me eat their food. It's not my fault my kid can't sit still at school, it's ADHD and has nothing to do with the Pepsi he had for breakfast with his Lucky Charms. Since when has weakness become an admirable, desirable quality. Anyone who admits to "just not being able to help myself" is admitting a weakness of will. Do you like being that way? No? Then stop. Take control of yourself and take responsibility for your actions. Toughen up! Sorry, folks (old, new, consistent and intermittant)! I know I'm feeding the beast, but my ulterior motive is reconnecting with a.s.a-d. Saw the tired, old, cliche'd, *OBNOXIOUS* "take yourself by the bootstraps" tirade above and thought I'd remind the author how unhelpful and uninsightful and unoriginal such AM radio claptrap really is. Btdtbttsacgara! (Been there, done that, bought the T- shirt and couldn't give a rat's ass!). TTFN! -stan Any replies from old friends, feel free to send them to - I can get THOSE emails from my phone! WOO HOO! |
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