Responsibility #21

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Jefferson said: <I><B>"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government."</B></I>  </div> <div>      We have seen how lack of good government has permitted the killing of millions of babies.  Concern was expressed, that the Supreme Court may revisit the error of abortion, by succumbing to the cries for a "right to die" by euthanasia and suicide.  </div> <div>      To paraphrase a slogan in the 1980 Presidential election: Is the care of human life and happiness better or worse, than it was 30 or 50 years ago?  50 years ago our nation was still pulling out of a long and deep economic depression; it was in the first stages of a devastating world war.</div> <div>      About 30 years ago, the Supreme Court began to dream up and legislate new rights and privacies for some, while destroying them for others.  At the same time, politicians continued to be politicians, but even more so.  They concerned themselves with votes, coalitions, campaign contributions, and the acquisition or retention of party power; rather than concentrating on <B>"the care of human life and happiness."</B>  Instead of protecting the people, from abuses and usurpations by the Judiciary, their attention and that of the nation in the 1960s and early 1970s was diverted: by a tragic, undeclared, and mishandled war; by marches and riots of a disunited people, whose behavior begged for effective leadership; and by the rending of the nation, by a Presidential administration, which sought to retain power through high crimes and misdemeanors.</div> <div>      50 years ago, our youth grew up knowing relatively little about copulative acts, particularly girls who were then referred to as the gentle gender.  Most people knew little about birth control, at least until they were married.  When the exigencies of World War II required nearly all of our young (and not so young) men, to leave their families and homes, and travel throughout the world for months and years at a time, in the interests of health and combat effectiveness, our servicepeople were instructed about social diseases and condoms were made readily available. Although this imperative act contributed to the breakdown of our moral standards, it was inconsequential compared to the results of the Supreme Court acts subsequent to 1960, that recognized immoral rights of privacy.</div> <div>      50 years ago adultery, fornication, premarital sex, and divorce were scorned, and played a small role in the mores of society.  Abortion was abhorred and generally criminal.  Although the words "queer" and "pervert" were occasionally heard, most people knew little or nothing about homosexuality.  It was thought to be rather confined to the theatrical industry.  It indeed was kept private (in the closet).  Pornographic material had to be searched for, and was not viewed by most people.  The movies (there was no television) were required to have relatively high standards, in excluding materials that might contribute to immorality.  For example, even married people slept in twin beds, and were never shown in even the preliminaries to marital relations.</div> <div>    </div> <div>      In 1939, Clark Gable in "Gone With The Wind" was criticized for breaking the stringent code on foul language by saying  "damn."  Although guns and arms were major props in war, gangster, and oater films, graphic gore and explicit glorification of cruelty or killing were seldom employed.  The good guys always won, and the bad guys paid the price for their crimes.  The value and happiness of family life were core to many films.  Some of the best films ever made, preceded the degraded culture of most films and television programs, produced since Supreme Court rights and privacies findings encouraged an immoral society.</div> <bR> <div>      In the 1930s, the Depression caused thousands and thousands of men to leave their families behind, and "ride the rails" looking fruitlessly for work.  Yet there was little crime associated with their unstable condition.  There was little threat that children, playing in the woods or near the railroad tracks, would be criminally assaulted by these "hobos."  At that time homes could be left unlocked in major cities, with little danger of burglary.  Churches, in the heart of the nation's capital, could be left open and unattended for midday visitors, without fear of desecration or danger to those who dropped in to pray.  </div> <bR> <div>      At that time, few people owned or encountered guns, except on the belts of police officers, in military parades, or in the hands of an infrequent hunter.  Guns that were held by the public were generally limited to pistols or hunting rifles.  Rapid fire or machine guns were almost exclusive to the police and military. Accidents and deaths due to guns, particularly in the hands of children, seldom happened.</div> <bR> <div>      Contrast this with the drift or plunge of our citizenry into a malaise of greed and self-gratification, since the proclamation of Constitutionally unspecified rights and privacies by the Supreme Court, and the lack of restraint through "good government" by our Congresses and Presidents.   </div> <div>      Now parents cannot preclude their children being exposed to, at best half-shrouded, sex acts from soap operas to prime time shows.  Married or unmarried teens or adults, who are at all vulnerable to immoral arousals, can be tantalized at any time by the communications or entertainment industries.  Even our Supreme Court confirmation hearings broadcast vile sexual statements.  All types of sex acts are portrayed as being the norm, inside or outside of marriage.  One need go no further than the daily newspaper, to find some degree of what 50 years ago would have been deemed pornographic.</div> <bR> <div>      Divorce like abortion is rampant in our land.  Single parent families are a burden to themselves, and to society.  Homosexuals, who were granted freedom (de facto if not de jure) to do their immoral acts in privacy, now flaunt their condition everywhere. They demand to have their self-imposed characteristic, recognized as natural as black or white skin color.  They have been principally responsible, for bringing the worst scourge (AIDS) on America since the black plague.    </div> <div>      Crime is epidemic.  We cannot trust our children with anyone, relative or stranger, for fear they will be kidnapped or molested.  Homes are locked, double-locked, and fitted with security systems.  Churches cannot be left open.  Noone can answer the door, dwell in mall parking lots, or drive on the freeways, without concern that they may be shot by some gun nut.  The most deadly weapons are freely bought and utilized for other than hunting.  Gang warfare rivals that of the 1920s.</div> <bR> <div>      We will consider these issues further in later essays.</div> <div>                Publius IV</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id55.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Responsibility 22"><U>Responsibility #22</U></A></div> <div> Back to: <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Responsibility Contents"><U>Responsibility Contents</U></A>  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>