Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Letter to the Editor -- Morning Star -- parliament fiasco

Are we witnessing in the highest echelons of our land a reflection of society as a whole?

It has been said that we get the leadership that we deserve.

During the past several decades, members of society have been conditioned into rejecting most if not all absolute moral guidelines.

It has been determined and vigorously promoted by "educators," among others, that we have evolved beyond the need to adhere to the authority of an objective morality founded upon natural law and the wisdom of the ages.

Moral focus has been reduced to personal choice or "subjective morality," because we are told we are now more enlightened and thus we have a right to such "freedom." Man becomes his own moral authority, his own god.

It is interesting, though, as well as frightening, to observe that the more a man sees himself as a god, the more he behaves like an animal.

Objective moral guidelines are necessary to elevate man and protect him from himself. They not only form an appreciation of goodness but lead to self-control, the ability to discern, and a higher level of being.

In the Ottawa scenario, one is reminded of the behaviour of animals, who are guided merely by instinct and by what experience has conditioned them to do to serve their wants here and now.

The unholy coalition would seem to be akin to rodent, jackass and fox, joining forces to drive the plow horse from his earned position on the farm.

Left to "subjective morality," the fox will outwit the jackass, eat the rodent and continue to harass the plow horse.

All the while, the masses bereft of moral compass are highly susceptible to the sway of image and rhetoric and this is smoothly exploited.

Voters arise! Farmer Brown, get your pitchfork.

Be not fooled by the socialist tactic of character assassination by rhetoric in place of substance. Enough is enough.

M. Strangward

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Is it better to be fooled by the "RIGHTEOUS tactic" of character assassination? You are invited to rise up in a revolution by "Joe the righteous"!

It must be difficult to understand that 38% does not constitute a democratic majority and that a minority government must seek the support of some of their "enemies" in order to govern. The Eagle

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