On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:37:40 +0000, Eisboch wrote:


That's the "Ka-Thunk" that went off somewhere in my (mostly empty) head as
I listened to this. It's a social change taking place where the concept
of earning something by working hard is being replaced with "It's owed to
me". It's a change whereby if you feel you've been wronged by a merchant -
you sue him, rather that accepting the fact that you learned a lesson and
won't do business with him again. It's a change where paying your dues is
not necessary, you are "entitled" simply because you exist. Its a change
whereby "I" has become paramount rather than "we". That's what I meant
by loosing traditional values. It may be inevitable as a evolutionary
step of our society, but I think it will be the primary reason of our
downfall as a nation if not corrected, rather than the actions of politics
and politicians.

Well then, we agree. ;-) You know, this is still a democracy. We may
want to blame our politicians, and I do, but the reality is that they are
more a reflection of us, than we are of them. *We* elected them.
Furthermore, it seems to me, politicians have very little affect on our
daily lives. I'd hate to point to Carter's "Malaise" speech, but he might
have been right.