Wednesday, June 25, 2025

running wild

 "If I were the Devil, I would encourage schools to refine young intellects, but neglect to discipline emotions; let those run wild." (Paul Harvey) Do you remember Paul Harvey? His, the rest of the story was always interesting to me, who doesn't like to know that. Today he would be called a right wing extremist I suppose, maybe even taken off the air. That the main stream media would attack his views and opinions at every turn isn't in doubt, I wish he were still here to answer them. Mr. Harvey did have a way with words and a way of getting to the point without excess baggage. I'm no expert on Paul Harvey, I wasn't a devoted fanatic of his shows, wasn't buying his books, if he wrote any, or anything like that. You can say I was just a casual listener. Mostly I just remember his "rest of the story" segments that were always surprising. I read later on he had an entire staff of people, including his son, researching all of that.
This segment, speech or whatever you wish to call it about "if I were the devil" has become one of his best known. In it he speaks to the truth of it all. It doesn't matter if you believe in the devil, the devil is just a metaphor in this instance, and it doesn't matter if you believe in the Christian God, the Jewish God or the Muslim God, which by the way, are all the same God. What Paul is saying is this is how you create chaos, unrest and rebellion. Without discipline there can be no civilization. Discipline has to be learned! That is the simple truth of the matter. The enforcement of discipline, is the function of societies. The type of society will determine the method of discipline but the purpose remains the same, order.
"And what do you bet I could get whole states to promote gambling as the way to get rich?"  "I’d pedal narcotics to whom I could. I’d sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction. I’d tranquilize the rest with pills. "So I’d set about however necessary to take over the United States. I’d subvert the churches first — I’d begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: ‘Do as you please." These are just a few lines from that speech. Every one is what we are witnessing today and that was written in 1965. Yes, he is using biblical references because that is what the majority of the people would understand and relate too. This is America whose foundation was built upon Christian values. How many deny that today? Seems to me like the plan is working just as Paul Harvey said it would.
  It is the lack of discipline that allows all of these things to transpire. At this very moment we have a large portion of the population fervently working against the interests of the United States, with unbridled emotions. We have a large portion of the population now defending lawlessness, actively working against law enforcement officials, a total dismissal of discipline. Discipline is restraint and self-control, adhering to the rules of society even when you don't agree with those rules. You can't act like children throwing a temper tantrum and expect anything beneficial to come from that. What will be the final response to that behavior? The imposition of discipline by whatever means is deemed necessary, usually by an abandonment of emotional control, emotions running wild. 

                                                                                        

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