I’m shocked, a BS that joined the military, I would have never expected that one. lol
There is the way Hollywood and the news media wishes and pretends the world were, and then there is the way it really is. In reality certain ways of thinking create certain predictable outcomes. While they’re not 100%, there are trends and statistical facts that allow one to create fairly logical deductive arguments (albeit the liberals will call this generalizing and prejudicial since it’s not in their favor- when it’s in their favor it’s OK).
Let me guess- married, kids, either in a profession or vocation but in either case a productive member of society, possibly divorced (but not proud of it), no real issues with the law, most likely a church going person (but not proud or considering himself intellectual superior over those that do if not), even if poor the living conditions are OK because of self initiative to make the best with what one has............. But we don’t want to be close minded and prejudicial, because we all know the message of hip hop is a positive one and the outcomes of those that want to follow the foot steps of TuPac are equally positive.
It’s culture that makes wealth, not wealth that makes culture. The BS teach a certain culture. Follow that blue print and the likelihood of a successful outcome goes up exponentially.
Don’t follow that blue print and the likelihood of failure, crime or disease goes up exponentially: http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsroom/ngmHAAD2010PressRelease.html (But that’s very close minded of me)
Heh, right on most counts. However, I got my creed of personal responsibility and honor from my father, who lived it. I miss him so much, he has been gone ten years now...I can hardly believe it.
But I do believe, as the Scouts do, that your word is your bond. Honor. Funny, you simply do not hear the word honor mentioned by nearly anyone. Must be a Victorian concept (the Scouts are, right?)
Screw them all. It is all about setting high standards and trying to live up to them. Liberals in particular don’t want any standards being set, because if you don’t have standards, you can’t fail to live up to them. To liberals, hypocrisy is the worst crime you can be accused of. Setting standards and not living up to them is, in their eyes, hypocrisy.
As the son of a 30 year naval veteran, a military brat, a Boy Scout, and a veteran myself, I believe that I want to set my standards as high as I can.
If I fail to live up to those standards, it is not the standards that are at fault, it is me. And because I take responsibility for my actions, I can change.
To me, is not a crime to have high standards that I cannot always live up to.
It is a crime to have no standards at all. And those who are enemies of organizations such as the Boy Scouts of America and the US military are exactly the type of people who have no standards at all.