Of course, because the citizens determine the moral standard.
And it isn't only that we rely on 'daddy' to support us, it's that we've become a society of mirth and happiness. People have become so obsessed with feeling good and being happy all the time that they think they can do anything. Too many people, especially young people, take 'America is a free country' literally.
If money is your thing, it doesn't matter that you have to sell your body to get it, or backstab your best friend. It doesn't matter that millions of people lose their life savings - as long as you get a profit. Hey, we can cheat the government, they waste our money anyway! Taxes? I don't pay no stinkin taxes. Doesn't matter that I'm essentially stealing from everyone that does pay taxes.
It doesn't matter if drunk driving kills people - guys like to drink and they like to drive, and if they want to do both to hell with the law, and to hell with the nice family of 4 that died because you were a being a fucking jackass, right?
It doesn't matter that the President of the United States lied to the entire country on national television with a perfectly straight face. It doesn't matter that his credibility had gone past non-existant and was heading towards negative infinity at lightspeed. Oh no, it doesn't matter. It's perfectly normal for people to lie, even the President. We shouldn't hold him to a higher standard, no siree.
And sex, hey, sex feels good. If she's pretty and she's clean, nothing else matters, right? Bang her all night and go on to the next one. Oh yeah, you're a real stud.
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Sure I have a heart; it's floating in a jar in my closet, along with my tonsils, my appendix, and all of the other useless organs I ripped out.
Last edited by Kyo; 09-21-2003 at 11:33 AM..
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