One of my neighbors said this : "2nd Graders have a built-in bullshit detector"; another neighbor resigned, "Our society does not do well with Honesty" . The first statement stopped me 'dead in my tracks', while the second "floored" me .
I walked away from both,,, shaking my head in uncertainty . I wasn't buying the first, I mean, I WANTED to Believe but there wasn't enough Evidence to satisfy my Mind, the second just HURT . I argue that we must be TAUGHT what is Good, and what is Bad, as well as the DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO . "IT" doesn't end with that, we must be Taught HOW to differentiate between the two, to Learn WHY one is 'better' than the other and then we must be TRAINED to adhere to the GOOD, REGARDLESS of Personal Consequences, as long as our Sacrifice buoys the Health and Welfare of our Society and Culture . We Must learn that to Benefit the Common Good SHOULD BE the Ultimate Goal of Individual Attainment {Achievement} . I BELIEVE Kennedy had it Right "Ask NOT what your country can do for you,,,,,,, ask what can I do for my Country" . Idealism at its raw Best .
They KILLED Kennedy for his Words, the Right wanted NO PART of Political Commiseration, NO PART of COLLECTIVE Benefit . His EXECUTION altered the Trajectory of a once Promising Union .
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