[rhema]

Today, in short, we discourage reckless pleasure seeking generally by invoking more self-interest: the consequences of drinking or sex may inconvenience you, or harm your health. Today, we rarely tell our kids that certain behaviors are morally wrong or beneath human dignity. Nor do we emphasize that obligations to others -- parents, teachers and fellow citizens -- should bar such behavior.

We prefer to believe that this philosophy of hedonism and radical individualism -- checked only by a fuller consideration of self-interest --won't have long-term negative consequences.

But we shouldn't be surprised when our young people act on it, and do so in frightening ways that we didn't anticipate.

[MplsSteve]

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[pabianice]

Another Blue City success story.

[Gay State Conservative]

It boasts good schools, a host of activities, and affluent and highly educated parents.

affluent,highly educated parents="oh,Starshine is just going through (sorry...*thru*) a phase.Remember what we used to shoot up down at Washington Square Park? We used to hop on the "A" train (we jumped the fare turnstyles,of course),shoot up that sh*t and when we got back to our dorm at Columbia the RA didn't give a sh*t what condition we were in".

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I’m speechless.

[Manic_Episode]

I was just in Northfield a little over a week ago for an "ultimate fighting" event, of all things, and it is a very nice place that smells wonderful from its Malt-O-Meal plant.
It's too bad that such a nice place is experiencing such a blight.