Polite Society
Deborah Venable
05/19/12
The
old dictates of a “polite society” are slowly killing America – or are
they?
In
a polite society, ladies and gentlemen are expected to conduct themselves in
such a way that causes little or no discomfort to those around them. I was always taught to treat people the way
I would like to be treated. I carried
this forward to my own children with slightly different language – “don’t do
anything to anybody that you wouldn’t want them to do to you.” Sound familiar? The Golden Rule has been expressed in many ways in most religious
texts throughout history, which may come as a surprise to some. I learned it as a child in Christian context
spoken by Jesus as, “Do unto others…”
I
have often maintained that if all people lived by that one rule alone, no other
rules would be necessary. Searching for
utopia? There you have it. Not living by the Golden Rule is a sin if
you are religious, definitive if you are evil, excused if you are a politician,
and expected if you are a realist.
Adding more and more rules to follow – laws if you will, muddies the
waters of polite society and provides anything but a utopia in which to
live. But the governmental regulation
hacks that reside in all governments are not interested in creating a utopia
because they know it would put them out of business. Some things are just too simple.
Anti-capitalism
revolutionaries certainly are not interested in utopias or polite societies
either. Of all the various economic
systems and forms of government mankind has been able to dream up, capitalism
and our very own Constitutional Representative Republic (no, Virginia – it
isn’t a democracy) are the closest man will ever come to achieving either a
polite society or a utopia. That we
have strayed so far from the original intent of both speaks volumes to the mess
we have now.
The
idiots who like to claim that socialism and communism are soooooo cool haven’t
bothered to listen to those who have managed to escape from it and come here
where they thought they would be safe.
It must be a nightmare for them now as they realize just how many
ignorant fools are allowing America to become what they fled. The revolutionaries have it all wrong
anyway. Those wishing to run to
communism must take baby steps in a free society – which many have been
doing. Now they think they can be bold
and make the giant leap. After all
these years of being patient and taking it slow, they think they have
indoctrinated enough of the youth, and frightened enough of the old and infirm
into believing that government is the answer, and that politeness can be
regulated.
The
“old dictates” may just get them in the end.
Honesty,
honor, integrity, and good character, are individual traits – individual traits
of a polite society. Political
correctness, dishonesty, greed, and envy are collective traits of a nation that
forgot it was created under God’s blessing.
Are
we headed in the right direction yet?
You tell me! One individual to
another.