 debbyski says: "In 2007, the United States finds itself at a moral and demographic crossroads. It cannot expect the upper class to provide strong moral leadership because the upper class is filled with people who work for Halliburton. It cannot expect the middle class to assume that burden because the middle class has always suffered from a certain moral flabbiness as a result of commuting long distances to jobs they hate. Realistically, only the poor are in a position to provide inspiration to the rest of us because they have the most time on their hands. I find that more and more our society is becoming celebrity and wealth oriented. Just look at the way news is covered these days. While our men and women in uniform are dying and being maimed in Iraq, along with the hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens being killed; while poor people in the U.S. are trying to live without health insurance of any kind etc, etc, etc, what do we get? 24 hour coverage of Anna Nicole Smith's death and funeral. The custody battle for her baby. New about Brittany shaving her head and other such bull shit stories. I don't know when our priorities have become so skewed, but knowledge and insight does not really seem to matter to the majority of our society. E... And we make it possible, just by watching it and buying into the hype. |
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