issues

• Conflicting Rights in Saskatchewan
• How To Promote Hate, the Harper Way
• Canadian Supports American Interests
• Your Brother’s Keeper
• Blame The Music & Sex
• Auditor General Says We Are Unprepared
• Going For Gold

For those who aren’t old enough to have been around, when Elvis Presley became a singing sensation, the King of Rock N’ Roll, many groups decried his antics, saying it was provocative, disgusting, and would lead to the corruption of society. It was immoral and a whole host of other nasty things, were said. Heck, to appear on the Ed Sullivan show, they had to agree to only show him from the waist up, because of the uptight moral majority.

NOT LIKE MUCH HAS CHANGED TODAY.

We are still blaming everything and everyone else, for the way kids behave, for the way society has developed. From blaming Gay’s for subverting the cause of peace, by secretly serving in the Armed Forces, to Pornography making kids into sex maniacs, and husbands sex addicts. It has been this way for ages, and nothing has changed, except we now point to scientific studies to make us feel better, FOR IGNORING OUR OBLIGATIONS AS PARENTS.

Listening to sexually explicit or violent music lyrics can affect children’s schoolwork, social interactions, mood and behaviour, the American Academy of Pediatrics says.

The academy released an updated policy statement Monday on the impact of sexually charged and violent music and videos on the healthy development of children and teenagers. ( CBC News )

While this is being touted as something definitive, the truth of it is, that it is an opinion, based on a survey, and not like that is indicative of a result, linked to a cause. It does not take into account the social environment, the amount of parenting, or type of parenting, that goes into what makes a person.

Is the music violent? SURE, at times it is, and yes some of today’s lyrics are violent and disgusting, in some form or other. Many Black Rap Artistsfor example, use highly inflammatory language, that if a white person used would be cause to call them racists. In fact, Don Imus got fired for his remarks, that were pretty tame, compared to some of the rap music lyrics.

Seeing naked people, engaging in various sex acts, supposedly makes kids horny, and turns them into wild sex machines. Of course, the fact that their hormones are playing hell with their minds, has no bearing.  Like back in the day, how many kids snuck in to see Daddy’s stash of Playboy? Guess that we are all now IMMORAL SEX MACHINES as a result, but the truth is, we aren’t.

YES, some will indeed find a trigger in the music, in the porn, but also in the news, in the sermons on Sunday morning, as well. There are many who will be susceptible to outside influences, because that is simply who they are. Take away all that we abhor, and you will still have kids being horny, still have them turning to drugs, becoming gang members, and committing crimes. Of course, you will still have many getting straight A’s in school, graduating and finding cures for disease or inventing a new way to pick up your doggie’s poop.

We are electing Governments today that ignore our rights, that believe in Torture as a way to keep our society safe and free, and yet we blame Music & Porn for the crime rate, for the drop in literacy and everything else. We blame music & porn for making our kids aggressive, while our leaders get elected for their ATTACK ADS, NOT FOR THEIR POLICIES.

Here is a radical thought. Instead of looking at who or what to blame for the behaviour of our children, maybe we should get to know our kids, find out what makes them happy, unhappy. Find out what does interest them, excite them and share with them, the benefits of our experience, without judging them.  Maybe it is time to follow God’s example, and give our children our UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. 

OF COURSE THAT WOULD MEAN WE WOULD HAVE TO SPEND REAL TIME WITH THEM.