was it when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained; she didn't want any prayer in our schools, and we said OK. Then someone complained about reading the Bible in school, the Bible that says 'thou shalt not murder', 'thou shalt not steal', 'love your neighbor as yourself' ... And we said, OK ...

was it when Benjamin Spock,MD said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their self-esteem. And we said, an expert should know what he's talking about so we won't spank them anymore. Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children when they misbehave. And the school administrators said no faculty member in this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don't want any bad publicity; we surely don't want to be sued. And we accepted their reasoning ...

was it when someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, and they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said, that's a grand idea ...

was it when some school board member said, since 'boys will be boys' and they're going to do 'it' anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want so they can have all the fun they desire; we won't tell their parents they got them at school. And we said, that's another great idea ...

was it when some elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in private as long as we do our jobs. And agreeing with them, we said it doesn't matter to me what anyone, including the President, does in private as long as I have a job and the economy is good ...

was it when someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women and call it wholesome down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body. And we said we have no problem with that ... And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures of nude children then stepped further still by making them available on the Internet. And we said they're entitled to their 'free speech' ...

was it when the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that promote profanity, violence, illicit sex. And let's record music that encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, ...; satanic themes. And we said it's just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, and nobody takes it seriously anyway, so go right ahead ...

Now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience, why they don't know right from wrong, why it doesn't bother them to murder strangers, classmates, even themselves.

Probably, if we think long and hard, we can figure this out. I think it has a great deal to do with ... 'We Reap What We Sow.'

Some 'Politically Correct' Statements - 


Your room isn't cluttered,
 it's just 'passage restrictive.'


Kids aren't 'grounded' anymore,
 they merely hit 'social speed bumps.'


You're not late,
 you just have a 're-scheduled arrival time.'


You're not having a bad hair day,
 you're suffering from 'rebellious follicle syndrome.'


No one's tall anymore,
 rather 'vertically enhanced.'


No one's shy,
 rather 'conversationally selective.'


One doesn't talk a lot,
 rather he's just 'abundantly verbal.'


It's not gossip anymore,
 rather 'the speedy transmission of near-factual information.'


No one's a failure anymore,
 merely 'passing impaired.'


No one's lazy,
 merely 'energetically declined.'




and then -




Sometimes I want to be a kid again; I want to go back to the time when:

  Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo."
  Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming "do over!"
  'Race issue' meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
  Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in 'Monopoly.'
  Catching the fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening.
  It wasn't odd to have two or three 'best' friends.
  The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
  Having a weapon in school meant being caught with a slingshot.
  "Oly-oly-oxen-free" made perfect sense.
  War was a card game.
  Water balloons were the ultimate weapon.
  Baseball cards in the spokes transformed any bike into a motorcycle.
  Taking drugs meant orange-flavored chewable aspirin.
  Ice cream was considered a basic food group.
  Older siblings were the worst tormentors
   but also the fiercest protectors.