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RE: Individual Rights
Mike, I agree with this very much. It is NOT the school's job to babysit and
teach our children morals. They need to be taught at school the basic 3R"s
(yeah there's more now) and to respect their parents. The latter should be
taught by example. Often that is not happening as the schools are being
forced to teach how to "get your parents" because you (the student) have the
right. (my humble opinion for what it is worth)
LuJane Nisse, Publisher
LatahEagle and The Boomerang!
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Rush [mailto:mike.rush@cableaz.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 9:22 PM
To: Keith Dimeler; vision2020@moscow.com
Subject: Re: Individual Rights
Kieth,
Thank you for your comments. I also have been subscribed for several years.
Some time ago my comments within the debates were starting to get heated and
I stopped posting for a while. Good break for me.
I agree with your assertion that all of us are teaching our young to be
rebellious and immoral by our own actions. All you have to do to see this
is look at the families whose childern are respectful and those who are not.
I would postulate that very few disrespectful children come from respectful,
disciplining parents.
So for all of you V2020 subscribers, take a critical look at your kids, the
neighbors kids, and the other kids in town and then look in a mirror.
You'll see the reflection of yourself and your actions in a whole new
light.
Mike Rush
----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Dimeler" <k_dimeler@hotmail.com>
To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 8:11 AM
Subject: Individual Rights
> Hi. My name is Keith Dimeler and I have been following the discussion on
> vision2020 for about 8 months now. I am glad for the forum.
>
> It struck me odd the statement made by Debi Robinson-Smith.
>
> "The premise of the Constitution of the USA is that individual rights
> prevail----freedom of
> >religion, freedom of dissent, freedom of CHOICE----too bad for all
> >those who wish to impose their religious righteousness on the rest
> >of us. Get patriotic, for Diety's sake, and worship your way while I
> >worship mine. If you want your children mind controlled by your
> >religion, go for it. I just take exception when you want my children
> >to follow your rigid, righteous, dogmatic and judgemental view
> >points...."
>
> It seems that in this debate and in our country, many promote the concept
of
> individual rights. This is a good thing, if placed within its proper
> context. However, what most people fail to recognize is that their
children
> also understand what the rhetoric of individual rights means.....and they
> apply it well. The disobey their parents, they get upset when they are
not
> permitted to do everything they want, and they promote their own
individual
> rights over those in real authority over them. I don't say this is true
for
> everyone, but it is true generally. Parents are always wondering when the
> rebellious stage will end, attributing the rebellion to a normal period in
a
> young person's life. This is not true. The rebellion is taught.
> Individual rights is our life, is our history, and is our king. The
> children begin to understand and apply this concept. The fruit is what we
> see day in and day out.
>
> The freedoms we have in the U.S. are great and I am glad to be living in
> this country. But we have to start to see the need for true and honorable
> hierarchy. A child should strive to obey his parents, not seek all the
ways
> around his parent's wishes. If we continue to preach the mantra of
> individual rights, then we will continue to see the dismantling of
families,
> and in the end, we will have no cohesiveness at all.
>
> Keith Dimeler
>
>
>
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