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Accountability.
We have none. No one is to blame for their actions. It is always laid at the doorstep of something or someone else. It's his fault, not mine.
CEOs and Boards have fleeced hundreds of millions of dollars from their companies and have destroyed billions in shareholder value. I took strong public outrage to get the goverment to file criminal charges. Undoubtedly, they will end up in a white collar penn for a few years and walk out with a net worth in the millions still.
Athletes get away with rape, assault, gun-possesion that would have sent the everyday man to jail for a long time. Look at Allan Iverson. He got away with everything. "Go play basketball, Alan," said the police. "Win a championship for us." Randy Moss was told that the rules don't apply to him. And Sprewell is pissed because all of a sudden they are.
Priests take advantage of kids, and the Church hides it. Foreign aid goes to the most needy, only to end up on the black market while others starve. The US government will shell out $5 billion over the next 10 years to rebuild beaches in the most affluent beach neighborhoods in the country while at the same time cutting back educational funds. WTF??? If you can afford a multi-million dollar house, why can't you afford to pay for fixing the beach erosion? Why do my taxes have to fund your private beach?
Falwell opens his sorry mouth and people in India die. Granted, they are dumbasses for listening to him. But to say that muslims need to be eridicated? That's criminal. He has a pulpit from which from which to speak. His words are more damaging. He commands a national audience. Does he not understand what power his words command?
When I was in grammar school, I was punished if I didn't do my homework. Not physically, mind you, but having to write something on the blackboard a few hundred times was harsh punishment. And it stuck with me. My next door neighbor takes TV privileges away from his 9 y/o if she doesn't do her chores.
Is that wrong? Is that considered harsh for today's society?
Are we a generation bent on shirking responsibility? Are we coddlers? Have we raised a generation of children do avoid responsibility, given these examples?
I think this is what is wrong with America. Discuss.
We have none. No one is to blame for their actions. It is always laid at the doorstep of something or someone else. It's his fault, not mine.
CEOs and Boards have fleeced hundreds of millions of dollars from their companies and have destroyed billions in shareholder value. I took strong public outrage to get the goverment to file criminal charges. Undoubtedly, they will end up in a white collar penn for a few years and walk out with a net worth in the millions still.
Athletes get away with rape, assault, gun-possesion that would have sent the everyday man to jail for a long time. Look at Allan Iverson. He got away with everything. "Go play basketball, Alan," said the police. "Win a championship for us." Randy Moss was told that the rules don't apply to him. And Sprewell is pissed because all of a sudden they are.
Priests take advantage of kids, and the Church hides it. Foreign aid goes to the most needy, only to end up on the black market while others starve. The US government will shell out $5 billion over the next 10 years to rebuild beaches in the most affluent beach neighborhoods in the country while at the same time cutting back educational funds. WTF??? If you can afford a multi-million dollar house, why can't you afford to pay for fixing the beach erosion? Why do my taxes have to fund your private beach?
Falwell opens his sorry mouth and people in India die. Granted, they are dumbasses for listening to him. But to say that muslims need to be eridicated? That's criminal. He has a pulpit from which from which to speak. His words are more damaging. He commands a national audience. Does he not understand what power his words command?
When I was in grammar school, I was punished if I didn't do my homework. Not physically, mind you, but having to write something on the blackboard a few hundred times was harsh punishment. And it stuck with me. My next door neighbor takes TV privileges away from his 9 y/o if she doesn't do her chores.
Is that wrong? Is that considered harsh for today's society?
Are we a generation bent on shirking responsibility? Are we coddlers? Have we raised a generation of children do avoid responsibility, given these examples?
I think this is what is wrong with America. Discuss.
