late topic #10 --> Progress it's wonderful...

Progress it's wonderful  ...  or is it

I think that there are many arguments that could state that our society is heading for the better and probably just as many or more saying that it is getting worse Personally I feel that much is getting better, yet much more is getting worse, especially government; It is just getting more "politically correct" and better at hiding things and lying.

An argument saying that our society is getting better would be found along with many others in the ancient world. Society was indefinitely not at its best at this point. A prime example of this can be found in the Colosseum. Thousands of people were killed here for various "crimes" (such as being a Christian) and for the people's entertainment. Most people would instantly say that since we don't do that any more society must be getting better in those areas. This, however, is not altogether true.


One thing that many people overlook when they think of this is the fact that the romans for forbidden by the government to kill a pregnant woman. Human life before birth was respected even by the Romans. It is a travesty to think that the same is not true today. We hide it, give it the name "choice", but the fact remains that we are in this aspect no better and in fact worse than the Romans who horrified the ancient world.

Another thing which is said to be unthinkable for America to do is religious prosecution. The Romans undoubtedly prosecuted people for their religions, and were in fact very open about what they were doing. America, however, is supposedly more civilized than that and all religions are allowed by the constitution and the US government. If only this was true.

Just this week, two teacher at public school were brought into court and were pressed with criminal charges for prayer in school, even when no one else was present. One of these teacher had just lost her two-year-old child was practically inconsolable and despite her lost child, she had to return to work. The only way that she could find comfort was in prayer. To avoid criminal charges she and a fellow Christian coworker were forced to pray in a closet, an attempt that failed. They were brought into court by the ACLU (the so-called American Civil Liberties Union). If the ACLU is trying to defend our liberties then why is this prosecution happening? They ACLU hides its deplorable actions and intentions under its name and slogans.

Lastly is they aspect of they violence and killings in the Colosseum for the Roman people's entertainment. Unfortunately this evil form of "entertainment" is not unlike that which we have in modern America. The Roman people went to these free "games", and American's now days pay for equally horrifically repugnant entertainment with ratings of M for mature. (Don't ask me what a mature person would be doing watching something like that, or what businesses anyone would have looking at it!) Even though people are not killed or physically harmed to produce movies, they are equal to the worst Roman game's atrociousness and quite exceed them in their salaciousness.

Our government is to be for the people and it cannot function properly if it hides things from them. Our founding fathers fought and died for the liberties which we now enjoy, and through deceit our lying government (which is no longer a government for and by the people) is slowly taking them from us. That is not society getting better!




(By the way Mr Humphrey is there a particular reason why you chose Saturday for these posts to be due. I find it rather confusing for something to be due in the middle of the weekend.)