Are we educating children who will one day lead us and recreate government, education and society to preserve our life, liberties and freedoms so the pursuit of happiness may flourish? Or are we creating a generation that will passively watch the freedoms that were so valiantly fought for slip away in front of their TVs?
The rot is from within. As Pogo said: “We have met the enemy and they is us.”
What can we do? We must educate our children and ourselves to see below the thin veneer of the “accepted ways”, to the conflicting science, philosophies and ideals that helped create and re-create our civilization. To touch the inspiration from which our ideals derive, to understand our roots.
Without periodically dipping into that well-spring of thought our world will become stagnant and the rot will spread; our children will not understand the philosophies and struggles that brought us to our present state of life, freedom and liberty. They will not be able to recognize threats to our life, freedom and liberty.
As we explore our roots, we may discover that some of the generally accepted ways of doing things exist because of political power and the stifling of debate, and they should be changed. We will surely discover that many of yesterday’s norms must continue to be cherished and protected.
END Chapter 1 – Part 8
GOOD-BYE
GERM THEORY
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By Dr. William P. Trebing.
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