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Slowly Slipping
The other day I was sitting at a small coffee shop avoiding
the rain with a very good friend yesterday sipping on my Latte
with hazelnut flavor and discussing politics. Does it get
much better than this? I think not. As we sat there we discussed
a great many things such as education, a few books we had
read and the political scene of the town I am from. My friend,
who was my former government teacher in high school, said
to me, “do you think we are slipping into a world of
Fear Factor and the Bachelorette?” I thought about it
for a second before I responded. First I had to think about
what it meant. I took it as we as a society are losing our
focus on what is really important. We are now more involved
in a show where people eat animal genitalia or bugs when we
should be focusing on one of the latest stories on the lack
of WMD’s in Iraq. We no longer question what our government
is doing. As long as we are happy in our own lives for that
moment in time we have no scuffle. I am not asking you to
go out and run for office or even go out and try and gather
all the newspapers from today and get every bit of information
out that you can. All I ask is that maybe instead of turning
on your favorite series turn on CNN or MSNBC and see what
they have to say. If nothing else read the headlines on Yahoo’s
homepage. Once you have done this a few times go out and have
a conversation with a friend and discuss the news of the time.
I promise it doesn’t hurt and you might actually enjoy
it. Go out and learn as much as you can.
--Veritas
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