Thugs, baby daddy's, and whiteboy wannabe's

I just got done reading this article on courier and press. As always, I get sucked in and start reading the comments, and before I know it, I am so irately mad that I am posting my own comments. Here is the article, please read it before you go any further. However, do not read the comments, yet. http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/dec/03/high/#comments

Ok, so you get the jist of the story. There is some "Gang" at Harrison High School here in Evansville called the East Side G's. I hate to break this down to black and white, because that really isnt what this is about, but lets break it down and call a spade a spade. I am guilty myself. I listened to a lot of rap music when I was younger. The difference was, I could listen to it, and not start acting like the idiots that were singing about it. I treated it like it was, entertainment, not a handbook on how society should act. You want to be a thug huh? You want to be a gangsta? You think you are so tough huh? You know who is tough? Guys like my brother in law Jay, who are in the Marines. Guys like my friend Scott who lives with a disability every day, and never complains about it. People like my grandpa who lived through the depression, and went off to World War II when he didnt have to, all his dad had to do was buy one more cow and they could have been considered a dairy farm. He went because his brother bob had a disability and couldnt pass the physical. People like these are my heroes. You are never going to be a hero to anyone beating a guy up and putting him in the hospital for talking a little trash. This guy may die. He has a brain hemmorage. How bad ass are you now? 15 vs 1. Give me a break. Just like that crap down south with the Jena 6. That is another topic for another post. If this guy dies, then all 15 should be charged with 1st degree murder, put in prison where they are headed anyways, and throw away the key. What was this over? Some words that were exchanged. Someone insulted? A girlfriend insulted or talked about. Was it deserving of being beaten nearly to death? God, what is this world coming to? Seriously?

That leads me to this. As much as people are fed up with organized religion because of scandal, failures of clergy, disillusionment, etc, we have moved farther away from God being a part of our society. I am conservative, yes. However, at the same time, I am not saying that I want a politician shoving god down my throat every day. That is not what I am saying. But if you look at our society the last 40-50 yrs and see what direction it has headed. Step back and ask why? It is because a lot of people dont have any morals anymore. People dont have a conscience about things anymore. It is all about pleasure. Sex is shoved down our throats, and down our childrens throats every day. Violence is everywhere you look on television. Drugs, alcohol, and adultery are celebrated on television. Yet, you speak the words God, Jesus, Bible, or Christianity, and you would think someone just yelled out the N word on a megaphone. It is rediculous.

Unfortunately the parents of these youngsters shoulder most of the blame. Their parents probably play no active role in their lives. Or they are afraid that their child will hate them if they try to lay down the law. I saw on the news the other day Massachusettes, i believe, is trying to pass a law banning spanking. Not spanking in schools, but spanking period. Here is the link to that story- http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14701492/detail.html
Are you kidding me? Please tell me you are kidding me. I am against beating your child, but sometimes spanking is the only way to get through to them. Sometimes no matter how many timeouts you give them (which is b.s., its the easy way out for the parent not to have to discipline their kid), or how many times you yell at them, it just isnt enough. You have to get your point across.

Unfortunately, our country is melting away into a cesspool of sex, drugs, violence, anti christianity, and unaccountability. It is very sad. I wonder what the founding fathers would think of us now...... Better yet, I wonder what our Father in Heaven thinks of us now?

Here are the two comments that I read that made blood shoot out of my eyes on courier press online-
Oh for gosh sakes, they already removed them, well, you will just have to imagine the stupidity that set me off! Fo' Shizzle my Nizzles, and all that stuff. Peace out!