Yes, some things are black and white and not based on race, colour, creed or sexual orientation. There is absolute right and absolute wrong.
In the West we know the difference between right and wrong because our culture is firmly rooted in the Judeo/Christian ethic. Of the many teachings, six are most important for a civil society: Honour your mother and father: please note father. Do not murder; do not steal; do not commit adultery or incest; do not gossip and do not covet. These are personal responsibilities. We are to learn them from our parents; our family; the smallest unit of authority in a civilized society.
Except, somewhere along the way, something happened. We started to promote rights over responsibilities. My rights! All about me. My grandiose infantile delusions of rights. Right. I guess it was assumed (error) that people with God given rights would know they come with responsibilities. Otherwise, society crumbles. It is not possible, nor was it ever meant to be, that we have governments and bureaucracies policing us all the time. We are expected to limit ourselves. Follow the social contract. Control our desires. Conform to the Judeo/Christian ethic that underpins our Constitutions. Responsibility.
Yet, take away the police and remove penalties for breaking the law, and it seems there are those who think it is a call to arms – to go out and take whatever you want, whenever you want and kill people whenever you feel like it. No sense of personal responsibility.
According to the FBI, in 2019 there were more than 10 million arrests in the United States, excluding traffic infractions. There were more than 1.2 million violent crimes and more than 6.9 million property crimes with the remainder being other miscellaneous offenses. The facts show, however, nearly all crime in America is gang related, economic or domestic in nature.
Why is it that there are some people more prone to break the law when the law is no longer there; when external restraints are removed, while others continue to self-regulate?
Look what happened in Florida. Governor DeSantis had to remind people that looting will not be tolerated following Hurricane Ian.
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Yet, Joy Reid’s knickers went into another knot. She felt this was a racist threat! Why? What made her think he was talking about people of colour and not all people?
We know children growing up in healthy, married, two-parent families are more likely to lead happy, healthy and successful lives than those who have not experienced the same level of family security and stability.
There is also overwhelming evidence that those who grow up in a fatherless home will not have the restraints necessary to self-regulate. Sadly, boys without fathers too often fall into gangs.There is a reason that God created man and woman and that the two shall come together as one and create a new human being. Fathers provide 50% of the genetic code. This may come as a shock but sons share the same male chromosomes, the extra testosterone and the same anatomy. Sons need fathers to teach them about respect, especially to respect their mother for this will teach them to respect women, love, self-restraint, and finding their purpose. High levels of father involvement are correlated with higher levels of sociability, confidence, and self-control in children.
As we normalize fatherless families, self-control is diminished, our society falls apart.
