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Fun in the Culture War
August 30, 2005
The danger with people who sit by passively and act as though the events and attitudes of this age have no direct correlation with the quality of life of the next generation is that they are sadly mistaken. In fact, single-generational thinking (as often typified by those who have chosen to enter into relationships in which they cannot procreate) is to blame for much in our society. These "sadly mistaken" individuals can often be heard making commentary like, "What's the big deal?" and "I don't really care what people do in the privacy of their bedroom," and "In the end does it really even matter?" I submit to the "sadly mistaken" that yes it does matter. The dangerous thing about the war on the culture is that it doesn't run around announcing itself. There are no pop-ups next to your television that emerge at the slightest hint of convolution. No one calls you up and says, "Hey, by the way, your child's history book is going to plant seeds of confusion that will require at least 5 years of deprogramming." No. Like TLC, the culture war creeps. You know, it keeps itself on the down low. Next thing you know, television is semi-pornographic and 12-year-old girls are having sex. Let's take a stroll down today's culture war lane: Humans on Display at London Zoo Caged and barely clothed, eight men and women monkeyed around for the crowds Friday in an exhibit labeled "Humans" at the London Zoo. The human is "just another primate" eh? Throw out morality, self-control, and conscience. Man is just another primate and therefore subject to all primal urges, right? Add this one to the mounting evidence that the religion of evolutionism (because yes, it is a religion) wants your sensibility.
.............. "Seeing people in a different environment, among other animals ... teaches members of the public that the human is just another primate," Wills said. The exhibit puts the three male and five female "homo sapiens" amid their primate relatives. While their neighbors might enjoy bananas and a good scratch, these eight have divided interests, from a chemist hoping to raise awareness about apes to a self-described actor/model and fitness enthusiast. It's Alright for Kids to Cuss at Teachers "Within each lesson the teacher will initially tolerate (although not condone) the use of the f-word (or derivatives) five times and these will be tallied on the board so all students can see the running score...Over this number the class will be spoken to by the teacher at the end of the lesson." Charming.
The "Transgeneration" PC Pre-School Teachers Wanted And the battle ensues.... 
I remember in 4th grade I told a kid 'shutup' in class and the entire class said "Ooooo.." in unison. The teacher had a conference with my parents and told them how I had been using foul language in class (but seriously though..'shutup' is not profane... just uncouth. I was so confused that day as to why I would be getting a whoopin' for saying shutup). Alas, there is a reason that the punishment for a child's disobedience in the OT is death. great post today...i linked to you about the london zoo thing. Great post! I'm glad that Andrea linked to you. I did, too, on 2 of my blogs. What an affront to the Most High, even to mocking the scriptures by wearing fig leaves! Hi Ambra, I'm continuing my work of trying to figure out how I can have such different viewpoints from you on so many topics. If I may be so bold, I would like to ask for some clarifications: When you refer to "typified by those who have chosen to enter into relationships in which they cannot procreate", who are you talking about? Is this a reference to childless couples? Code for gay? I am interested in your views on evolution and transgender, but since those are such big topics, I'll focus just on the "anti-bias" topic. Why are you dismissive of this philosophy? It's apparent that you find each of these examples offensive to one degree The first example is from the UK, but even if it were to happen here, it would still be a protected action. Y'know personal freedom of expression and all that. The zoo gets an extra nod for free enterprise, inasmuch as their I'm with you on the teacher back talk though. Five times THEN a talk? I grew up in the 70s; two-prong, double-wide disco belts were in fashion, even for off-duty Air Force majors. I was WAY too scared of my Dad to have anything Regarding the "Transgeneration" show (which will hardly be a ratings barn burner on the SUNDANCE channel); I admit an utter incomprehension with the idea of physical gender modification. However, I believe that self-preservation is a strong enough instinct that these people MUST feel 1) genuinely "out of sorts" with their birth gender OR 2) are so severely And finally, on the issue of Anti-bias... That the posting came from Craigslist frames the "anti-bias philosophies" pretty squarely. However, I'll say this; there are millions of kids in the foster-care system in this My parents adopted my sister as an infant. I sometimes wonder about those other kids in her "Class of '80." Did they find loving two parent households like ours? Did the stay in the system and succeed? Did they flame out with The point is, even the Conservative Brotherhood mentions tolerance as a tent peg for their POV. With divorce at an all time high, we ain't exactly holding up our end of the bargain (my wife and I naturally excluded.) Even if you don't call it marriage, there are some loving homes to be found among the "anti-bias" population. 09 01 05 Hello Ambra: I agree with the absurdity of the cursing kids. I am 28 but I can remember getting a whack on the hand in class if I screwed up (teacher's discretion I'm sure). But really, what happened to respecting authority? Alas, I don't wish to ramble too much, but you have an interesting perspective and I am curious what you have to say. 09 01 05 Hello Ambra: But then again, I do think that the PC age has really affected our society, as people are afraid to say what they mean anymore. Example, I work in San Francisco. A girl told me "God bless you". Then she quickly apologized and said "I mean if you believe in that sort of thing". I quickly chastized her and said: "What do you mean? You are giving me a blessing and a compliment, how cld I possibly be offended?" So, does anti bias philosophy cover people who are religious, but live in a secular region? More elaboration is needed on that term I think... it is easy for a Humans on Display exhibit to happen when we so freely use the term to label people. Look at New Orleans, newcasters have been calling people animals and sub-human all day long, for taking things that will got to waste anyway and that they need. If you don't want Humans on display, stop calling people animals and sub-human, stop talking the rhetoric of handling people like animals (shoot looters on sight), when they are acting out of desperation. Piggybacking on word's comments, how difficult is it to airdrop some damn supplies to these people? Load the crates and parachute them down for goodness sakes! The heartbreaking images of the hungry babies and their desperate mothers make me wanna load up my car and drive the stuff myself. I was born in Beaumont, TX, about 1.5 hours southeast of Houston. We have some distant cousins in the affected area, but everybody appears to be OK. I pray for these folks to have the strength to bear up in the midst of the death, squalor and disease that's poised to ravage this already damaged population. Sometimes it gets a lot harder to drop supplies when the helicopter is getting shot at. Seriously, I have no grudge against someone who goes into an occupied store to get food and water when a situation is dire. But along with that I keep seeing pictures of people loading up cars with cases of beer. Stories already abound of people making off with tons of jewelry, electronics, and guns. One hospital parking lot even had all of its cars broken into and the stereos stolen. That kind of behavior is despicable and needs to be stopped. On top of that, people should stop trying to change it into some sort of issue that it's not. If you want to help them yourself, there are tons of places that could use your money. www.redcross.org and www.feedthechildren.org are probably the best. Magical fairy people don't come out of nowhere to do this work - if you want it done, you have to help it happen. There are likely plenty of operations in the area that need a lot more manpower too, so if doing that is more important than whatever you're doing now, by all means go. that was meant to say "unoccupied store" One can be well beyond the effective range of small arms fire to PARACHUTE NECESSITIES into the area. I am not defending the actions of the random jerks that have lost control; rather, I am concerned with the tens of thousands of people that are huddled and holding on for dear life by and around the Superdome. By the way, they are the same thousands of wet, hungry, people living in filth and the threat of disease WHO ARE NOT LOOTING IN NEW ORLEANS. That you would focus so much attention on the pictures of the opportunists in favor of the desperation of the survivors speaks volumes. I have made my donations. I hardly need glib comments about fairy people to guide my actions. The simple fact is that the government's response has been insufficient to help these people. Maybe it was impossible to do any more. But we have already learned that budget cuts directly affected the strengthening of the same leevees that have caused the worst of the disaster. I have not focused "so much attention" - in fact, I have not opened my mouth to voice a word about looting to anyone. The only time I have mentioned the looting in any way was in a single comment on this site, and that was only in response to what I saw as an imbalance in the first two comments posted. I was the first one to write a comment on the issue that had any balance at all, justifying reasonable behavior while condemning sinful behavior. (of course, if there was any need for me to spill my full feelings on this issue, I would appear even more "balanced".) I don't like random criticism without solution. I truly believe that FEMA and the Red Cross and Feed the Children and the others controlling relief operations know how to do this better than you or I, and so I don't like seeing them criticized when they're doing the real work. I also don't like it when sinful behavior is justified, under any circumstances. I live in a community that hurts tremendously every day because such justification has become deeply ingrained into the culture. Mahndisa, good post. We have let the hyper-sensitive PC crowd censor our speech, to the point that there is no point in talking, you I'll respond to comments as soon as I get the chance... "Judge not, lest ye be judged." I recall reading that somewhere. The people in New Orleans continue to suffer a lot. Our thoughts and prayers are well focused on their relief; God will certainly take care of the judgment of the wicked. Even the President commented on how the efforts were insufficient. Leave ANY population without food and water for four days, dead lining the streets, raw sewage under foot, no medical assistance, inadequate shelter and no way to get out and a similar outcome is likely. The worst elements (who thrive on chaos and fear) will rise to the top and take advantage. That is not a justication of sinful behavior. Rather, my posts called us to focus attention on those who were suffering and NOT ENGAGING in criminal acts. Had proper forces been mobilized to maintain order, perhaps the looting could have been contained and the survival foraging minimized. At any rate, stuff is finally arriving and hopefully things will start getting a little better for these people. Aw man, you missed your chance! { Comments are now closed for this entry. } |
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Ambra, about this London Zoo "Planet of the Apes"
"animals are people, too!" nonsense, how about this experiment: we put primate A (Us) in one enclosure, and primate B (Ape) in another, and give both a hundred feet of rope, a hacksaw, and a set of lock picks, and see which primate escapes first!