[MD] A fine mess

[ml]

Platt,

I would be surprised if there is a material
or significant change over time in the rates
or 'misbehavior' since my teen years.

Of course to know for sure an identical or
fundamentally similar study from decades
ago would have to be replicated today.

The conclusion of the lying cheating and stealing
probably should have been that moral behavior is
a learned skill, just like any 'responsibility skill'
and one symptom of this misunderstanding is
the current 'over leagalization' of American society.

It used to be that kids did stupid things, not
necessarily malicious, and when the police
showed up, it became a pointed and rather serious
lecture involving parents, police, school officials
and possible 'victim.'  The adults were wise enough
to seize the opportunity to teach, really teach.

Now, though, it's easier to arrest the kid for the same
action and start them on a 'wrong road.'  The kid, of
course, gets blamed for being a bad child.

In both instances, decades apart, the kid did the
same thing, but the misapprehension of  what
responsibility is and how it functions and is learned
has been replaced by accountability regardless.

two cents worth...


thanks--mel





----- Original Message -----
From: "Platt Holden" <plattholden at gmail.com>
To: <moq_discuss at moqtalk.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 6:38 AM
Subject: [MD] A fine mess


> Hi All,
>
> Just a follow up to Khoo's observation: "SOM may come to be the 'universal
> human condition' but the world is a fine mess as a result."
>
> >From Breitbart.com:
>
> "American teenagers lie, steal and cheat more at "alarming rates," a study
> of nearly 30,000 high school students concluded Monday.
>
> "The attitudes and conduct of some 29,760 high school students across the
> United States "doesn't bode well for the future when these youngsters
> become the next generation's politicians and parents, cops and corporate
> executives, and journalists and generals," the non-profit Josephson
> Institute said.
>
> "In its 2008 Report Card on the Ethics of American Youth, the Los Angeles-
> based organization said the teenagers' responses to questions about lying,
> stealing and cheating "reveals entrenched habits of dishonesty for the
> workforce of the future."
>
> The inevitable fallout of morally bereft SOM? I think so.
>
> Complete article at:
>
>
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=081201214432.rjut4n2u&show_article=1
>
> Platt
>
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