The war on drugs is being lost. That is a headline I read recently. Last year alone there were 50,000 overdoses causing death. I thought to myself, war on drugs, what a load of crap that is. How can you wage war against an inanimate object. The war was lost when what was abandoned was a sense of morals and values in the hearts of people. Want to win the war on drugs ? Fight and win a victory for morality and decency ! The problem is not the drugs, the problem is people are abusing those drugs. And why are they abusing those drugs ? It is because they are trying to replace something they don't have in their lives. It is an attempt to gain a good feeling about themselves. The attempt will be made by artificial means when there is nothing of substance for these folks to grab on to. When you can find nothing to take pride in, inside yourself, you will reach outside. But happiness and contentment does not reside outside our souls, and that is where the war is being lost. The war on drugs can not be fought outside , it has to be won inside.
Take a good look at the issues before us today. The war on drugs, gun violence and " human rights. " Gun violence stems from bad people. Much like drug abusers these folks are missing something inside of them. They choose to gain attention in this way. The guns aren't violent, the people are ! I'd say committing a mass shooting is a people problem, not a gun problem. And all this human rights talk these days mostly centers around perceived injustices. Take the wage gap. That was addressed by the civil rights act of 1964. Now folks are saying it wasn't specific enough, it needs to say this or that. No, what is needed is for that act to be applied and enforced in accordance with its' intent. A people problem, not a government problem. The act prohibited discrimination based on race, sex, national origin or religion. Looks like it has it all covered to me. Yet, now we have all sorts of groups protesting, claiming discrimination against them. And I say the majority of these groups claiming discrimination are basing these claims on their moral and ethical choices. Choices that are contrary to the accepted norm in American society ! Yes those behaviors have always existed, but that doesn't mean those behaviors are normal or acceptable. Something that is wrong, is wrong every time. Two wrongs don't make a right, and a million wrongs won't change the formula either. Historically they have been tolerated, but tolerance and acceptance are different circumstances.
I haven't done any big study. I haven't spent millions of dollars on research. What I have seen is the absence of moral and virtuous behavior leading us to chaos. I have seen the more we tell our children that whatever they choose to do is fine, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else, the more people are getting hurt. And you know why that is ? That is because by telling our children they can do whatever they want, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else, we are giving them permission to hurt themselves ! When these children hurt themselves the eventual result is they will reach outside themselves to ease the pain. That pain will be eased by what the educated folks call transference. I call it acting out. How many times have we heard that term used ? Acting out, yes acting outside of themselves to satisfy a need within themselves. A need we allowed them to destroy because we were weak. We made excuses and placed the blame elsewhere. We blame the drug, we blame the gun, we blame everything and anything. There isn't enough law, there isn't enough money, there isn't enough charity. The fault always lies somewhere else. The truth is the fault lies in allowing unbridled passions to run our politics ! Legislation is being implemented in response to emotions, not logic.
John Adams summed it up nicely :
Take a good look at the issues before us today. The war on drugs, gun violence and " human rights. " Gun violence stems from bad people. Much like drug abusers these folks are missing something inside of them. They choose to gain attention in this way. The guns aren't violent, the people are ! I'd say committing a mass shooting is a people problem, not a gun problem. And all this human rights talk these days mostly centers around perceived injustices. Take the wage gap. That was addressed by the civil rights act of 1964. Now folks are saying it wasn't specific enough, it needs to say this or that. No, what is needed is for that act to be applied and enforced in accordance with its' intent. A people problem, not a government problem. The act prohibited discrimination based on race, sex, national origin or religion. Looks like it has it all covered to me. Yet, now we have all sorts of groups protesting, claiming discrimination against them. And I say the majority of these groups claiming discrimination are basing these claims on their moral and ethical choices. Choices that are contrary to the accepted norm in American society ! Yes those behaviors have always existed, but that doesn't mean those behaviors are normal or acceptable. Something that is wrong, is wrong every time. Two wrongs don't make a right, and a million wrongs won't change the formula either. Historically they have been tolerated, but tolerance and acceptance are different circumstances.
I haven't done any big study. I haven't spent millions of dollars on research. What I have seen is the absence of moral and virtuous behavior leading us to chaos. I have seen the more we tell our children that whatever they choose to do is fine, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else, the more people are getting hurt. And you know why that is ? That is because by telling our children they can do whatever they want, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else, we are giving them permission to hurt themselves ! When these children hurt themselves the eventual result is they will reach outside themselves to ease the pain. That pain will be eased by what the educated folks call transference. I call it acting out. How many times have we heard that term used ? Acting out, yes acting outside of themselves to satisfy a need within themselves. A need we allowed them to destroy because we were weak. We made excuses and placed the blame elsewhere. We blame the drug, we blame the gun, we blame everything and anything. There isn't enough law, there isn't enough money, there isn't enough charity. The fault always lies somewhere else. The truth is the fault lies in allowing unbridled passions to run our politics ! Legislation is being implemented in response to emotions, not logic.
John Adams summed it up nicely :
" We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or gallantry would break the strongest cords of our Constitution as a whale goes through a net. Our Constitution is designed only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for any other. "
For some more interesting reading that may explain some of my own thinking try reading this :
https://ethicsalarms.com/rule-book/unethical-rationalizations-and-misconceptions/
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