Quote from Forum Archives on August 3, 2001, 5:42 pm

Posted by: amazinggraze <amazinggraze@...>

> Don't Spank The Kids
>
>Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our
> children when they misbehave because
> their little personalities would be warped and we
> might damage their self-esteem.
>
> And we said, an expert should know what
> he's talking about, so we won't spank them
> anymore...
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~THEN~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Someone said teachers and principals
> better not discipline our children when they
> misbehave.
> And the school administrators said
> no faculty member in this school better touch a
> student when they misbehave because we don't
> want any bad publicity,
> and we surely don't want to be sued.
>
> And we accepted their reasoning...
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~THEN~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Someone said, let's let our daughters have
> abortions if they want, and they won't even
> have to tell their parents.
>
> And we said, that's a grand idea...
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~THEN~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Some wise school board member said,
> since boys will be boys and they're going to
> do it anyway, let's give our sons all the
> condoms they want, so they can have
> all the fun they desire, and we won't have
> to tell their parents they got them at school.
>
> And we said, that's another great idea...
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~THEN~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Some of our top elected officials said it
> doesn't matter what we do in private as
> long as we do our jobs.
>
> And agreeing with them, we said it doesn't
> matter to me what anyone, including the
> President, does in private as long as I have
> a job and the economy is good...
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~THEN~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Someone said let's print magazines
> with pictures of nude women and call it
> wholesome down-to-earth appreciation for the
> beauty of the female body.
>
> And we said we have no problem with
> that...
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~THEN~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Someone else took that appreciation
> a step further and published pictures of children
> And then stepped further still by making them
> available on the Internet...
>
> And we said they're entitled to
> their free speech.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~THEN~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> The entertainment industry said,
> let's make TV shows and movies that
> promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex.
> And let's record music that encourages
> rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and
> satanic themes.
>
> And we said it's just entertainment,
> it has no adverse effect, and nobody takes it
> seriously anyway, so go right ahead...
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~AND NOW~~~~~~~~~~~~
> WE keep asking ourselves why our children
> have no conscience, why they don't
> know right from wrong, and why it doesn't
> bother them to kill strangers, their
> classmates, and themselves?
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~PROBABLY~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> If we think about it long and hard
> enough, we can figure it out. I think it has a
> great deal to do with...
>
> "WE REAP WHAT WE SOW."
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> In light of more recent school shootings
>
> Dear God:
> "Why didn't you save the children?
> Sincerely,
> Concerned Student
>
> AND THE REPLY........
>
> Dear Concerned Student:
> "I am not allowed in schools."
> Sincerely,
> God
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Pass this on if you think it has merit!
> If not then just discard......
> But if you discard this thought
> process, then don't sit back and
> complain about what bad shape the world is in...
>

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