Why People Won't Take Responsibility for Their Actions
We are a society of cowards, sissy's, punks & snitches. We'd rather sue out of raw spite than suffer even a moment of humility. We're a society of apathy, instant gratification and superfluous sex: little girls' underwear with the phrases "Wink Wink" and "Eye Candy" on the front...stopping traffic to have an idle chat with a jaywalker...marrying in June and divorcing in August...ripping into waitresses who don't refill our Diet Cokes in three seconds flat...drowning in credit card debt instead of paying rent...shooting classmates to ease the pain of adolescence...and finding every loophole in the book just to alleviate ourselves of an ounce of responsibility.
Through the depression, people like my father went without. They scrounged for every penny, worked miserable jobs and were grateful for every morsel of food they could shove into their salivating mouths. My father tied his own shoes and made his own meals. Others hid from Nazis in basements and watched their families - and their homes - crumble at their feet. Yet, they endured. Would we have had the same grace?
Here's something to chew on. Americans have sued, citing the following:
"My neighbor has a pool and won't let my kids swim in it."
"I was told my prize was a Toyota; what I got was a toy Yoda."
"I broke my tailbone because I slipped on the restaurant's floor." (That last guy slipped on soda he spilled. He was awarded $113,000).
The freedoms and opportunities in this country are boundless. We can be Christian, Muslim, Atheist, Buddhist or Jewish. We can be black, white, red, yellow or brown. We can attend the best universities, land the best jobs and eat the best food. What many of us aren't is grateful. What many of us can't do is help ourselves from becoming a nation of spoiled brats. Shakespeare said, "In peace, there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility."
Maybe Mr. Shakespeare was on to something.
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Post a CommentAs a educationalist, I am becomming more concerned over the level of indugence and entitlement young children (12 and under) are been given, by parents who are becoming nothing more than servants to their offspring. Children who are not fully formed cognitively, are being given more choices and are making more major decisions than some adults would be comfortable making. Why because parents are submissive to every child's whim and demand. This is producing a generation of over indulged kids who feel entitled, just because. They have probably never heard the notion 'no' or been given appropriate boundaries within which to operate. Is this how the 'real world' works? I totally agree with this blog, and think we should start to teach children to take responsibiility from an early age, so they develop into well grounded adults, who live in the real world.
PERFECTLY STATED!
Unwillingness to take responsibility for our own bad actions is EXACTLY how domestic violence happens.
To an extent, this is how 911 happened. What happened to all those who died was horrible, they were all innocent victims. However, the anger that prompted the violence against us on 911 did NOT happen in a vacuum.
And I can already imagine now, without considering what I really said AND not looking at how the U.S. was responsible, how my words will be twisted and I'll be labeled a 'terrorist.'
Taking responsibility is a trait of character. No character no responsibility.
This article is true of what we look like in a mirrow it we look back on what our ancestors did to make it so we could have the same privilage as others. There should be some sort of thanks givin. In that gratitude would be in the air that we breathed meaning we would try harder to make the world a even better place. "Be the change you would like to see in the world. I am a single black female and the Father of my son will not take responsibility to save his life. I wounder if he is serious. The things he will not take responsibility for makes me want to pull my hair out, but it is just an example of what is going on in the world. More and more people are leaning towards not taking responsibility for life.
I think it's funny that someone would be stupid enough to due their neighbor because their neighbor wont let their kids swim in their "private pool" as if the courts could really force the neighbor to let the kids use the pool, that and if the kids drowned in it the parents would sue claiming the neighbors are responsible.
this is the story of everyones life and it realy suks but it is so true
great article..you are so right..
You are so right!