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Are we too far gone??
Here is a great blog that i tripped over just now that pretty much sums up how i feel about where society is headed in a nutshell. He puts it a different way whereas i always say that im complaining about the complainers:
ARE WE TOO FAR GONE?
I want you to ask yourself a question. When was the last time you sat down and said to yourself, “you know what, I need to take more responsibility for my life. I could be doing a lot better with myself, if I started accepting that I’m where I am right now because I choose not to do anything about it, I would be better off”.
We grow up in this society with some perverse sense of entitlement, which leaves us saying something else to ourselves, “If the government provided me more assistance, I could better myself. The government is not doing enough to help me.”
This systemic problem of perceived and undeserved entitlement is on the rise, especially in the minds of young people. You hear it in their incessant protests. “Why do I have to have a student loan? Why should I have to pay for this?” This is such a sad state of affairs that it’s down right frightening.
And you can keep your “victims of circumstance” stories to yourselves; I am not ignorant of the idea that some people are such. But that doesn’t make them any more entitled to public capital than anybody else, especially those who contribute to it.
Getting out of the gutter is a choice that you make; it’s not a choice that somebody else makes for you. Your problems are your responsibilities, and your failing to deal with them and abate them is your fault. When you come to realize this, you’ll become a better person.
The compassionate, as they like to call themselves argue that people in such situations will not help themselves, so we must intervene. And even if they never do become self-sufficient, that it is society’s responsibility to carry their burden because it’s the “socially responsible” thing to do. Yet it’s not. It’s the socially destructive thing to do.
The long-standing argument that such hand-holding programs breed dependence holds true. Although dismissed outright by social workers and the likes, who let’s face it, livelihood depend on these programs, the reality is proven time and time again by those who have actually managed to pull themselves up out of the darkness and back into normal society. When you hear their stories, they make it unequivocally clear that it was a matter of choice between living on the street and making something of themselves. It was never due to lack of government funding for make-work programs, or even education. The opportunity to do something better was always there; it was just ignored, and even lamented.
Perhaps such radical thinking was too much the norm for Jeff Fillion of Quebec City’s, now condemned CHOI FM radio station. It turns out, that Quebec’s most popular radio show host was also left-Quebec’s most un-liked radio show host.
An avid proponent of Ralph Klein and Mike Harris, Fillion regulary pointed to Quebec’s socialist policies and language barrier as Quebecers economic woes vis-à-vis the relative success of Alberta and Ontario. In fact, Fillion, a native Quebecor and francophone, adamantly encouraged young Quebecers to learn English and move to the more-successful English-Canada. It’s no surprise now why none of the politicians in Quebec are criticizing the CRTC’s decision to bar Fillion from the airwaves. In fact, a member of the Parti Quebecois has even been quoted calling the decision well justified on the part of the CRTC.
I have no doubt in my mind, that if Jeff Fillion political views had been more of the left-wing variety, that we would be witnessing an explosive response from Quebec’s separatist movement, pointing to the incident as an invasion on freedom of speech and Quebec’s unique culture. But Fillion doesn’t share their vision, and therefore doesn’t earn their sympathy for his quarrels with the federal regulator. They want him gone more-so than the CRTC does.
So for a moment, we witness the silent alliance between the forces of the left and those who would tear this country apart, as the dissenting and threatening voice for personal responsibility is put to sleep, under the now raped version of what we call justice.
In his place, a new more acceptable voice will arise, one who is warmer to the baby-sitter state, who will promote the ideals of destitution to ensure the survival of great Trudeaupian dynasty.
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