Morality Bites
If you read your copy of the latest Woodchips (like every good member of the Woodlands Order should), you may or may not have read the article entitled "Morality". Although the anonymous bigot did stress that the article was all his/her opinion (from now on, I’ll just assume it was a male), I think it warrants a response, just so people don’t think all Woodlands students are as close-minded and insecure as the author.
The author commented that his "culture and moral standards" were being swept away from him by radicals and special interest groups, referring to freedom as "poison", and complaining that being homosexual has now become too "acceptable". The author preached about "right", and "wrong", throwing words like "moral and ethical values" around like a three-year-old with his first set of coloured alphabet blocks. I will not argue as to the competence of this particular Woodchips author. I will, however, say that it has become so acceptable to be a narrow-minded fascist that they now want to write for the school newspaper.
Freedom, my friend, is not a little pill that you can ration off only to those whom you and Dan Quayle feel are worthy. Although ours is not a perfect system, it shines in comparison to the tyrannical society which the author suggests. Shielding your children from reality will not protect them, in fact, it will harm them by giving them a distorted view of the world. I agree that the media does give us a warped version of the truth, but it is important to realize that the media should not be burdened with the responsibility of raising our children for us. So, for those times when Melrose Place gets a little too racey for you, might I suggest an amazing little invention called a remote control?
I do believe that parents should instill values in their children, but I think it’s ludicrous that you, or anyone else for that matter, should be able to dictate what those values should be. Go ahead and tell your kids that prostitution does not exist, homosexuality is immoral, and the world is a collection of nuclear families, but I’ll thank you in advance for letting the rest of us make our own decision.