I have known Fanen for a couple of years. He is one of those friends you keep in touch with so rarely that each time almost feels like you are just getting to know each other afresh. I was at home and we got chatting online, we both had so much to say about changing times and how excuses are made to justify things that are out rightly wrong as we grow older, and the line between good and evil seem to be fading gradually, (GOD FORBID!) a Blackberry broadcast triggered this conversation on morality and growing trends, this was the broadcast:
Miss Piggy shamelessly chased after Kermit in Muppet babies. Snow White lived with seven men. Pinocchio was a liar. Robin Hood a thief. Aladdin a pickpocket. Ariel traded her voice with a witch just so she could kiss some strange sailor. Maria of sound of music snatched another woman's fiancé. These are the stories our parents raised us with and yet they wonder where it all went wrong with our generation!
Maybe I am speaking for myself and a select few, but isn’t it alarming how as a kid life itself was basically black and white, there were no in betweens. We had a clear picture of what was good and what was evil, but now the line keeps getting blurry and people are beginning to lose their grasp on what is real and what is not. And people are bringing out the ‘crazy’ even from our nice and innocent memories like was done in the joke above (I thought it was quite witty BTW)
We knew cheating during exam was (and still is) wrong, but these days we hear of schools blatantly taking money from the students to bribe external invigilators, and these kids grow up thinking it is okay, so they go into higher institutions with same trend, bribe their way through school, through service, into the labour market, in getting contracts and the vicious cycle goes round and round.
We knew cheating in relationships was not a good thing either, you are suppose to be faithful in relationships, stay true to your partners and all that, but now there are so many excuses, girls would say they need a back up plan if a guy dumps them, or in love with one and in it for the sex or money with another. Guys would come up with the crazy theory of men being naturally polygamous, baby mama drama, or like someone said recently, that getting married is not a big deal; as women and kids can be out sourced!
Homosexuality which God clearly stated as a sin in the bible, is being condoned by the very same church which is supposed to condemn it.Rather we give it fancy names like gay, dyke,fags and so many others. We say :
Porn is of course recreational!
Snuff films, Game!
Prostitution, ecort services(very professional)
Fornication, according to our generation is an old testament sin.
Orgies and swings-puts some spark in ur marriages!
Strippers- as long as he/ she aint ur relative, is an entertainer
I am not saying these like a saint, but I am telling it like i see it,times have changed and is still changing, the world is getting scarier by the day, the most decadent of needs, the most corrupt ideas, the vilest crimes, are condoned with excuses like,
Heaven helps those who help themselves
The end justifies the means
Who read book na im serious, who pass na im know book
Chop I chop etc
Lets try not to lose sight of what is right. It is bad enough when we err, let us not lose our moral values totally by trying to justify evil. Hopefully we can retrace our footsteps, and realise that when it comes to what is good or bad, as much as we might want to justify some vile acts to help us feel better, there are no grey areas.
-Dee
Miss Piggy shamelessly chased after Kermit in Muppet babies. Snow White lived with seven men. Pinocchio was a liar. Robin Hood a thief. Aladdin a pickpocket. Ariel traded her voice with a witch just so she could kiss some strange sailor. Maria of sound of music snatched another woman's fiancé. These are the stories our parents raised us with and yet they wonder where it all went wrong with our generation!
Maybe I am speaking for myself and a select few, but isn’t it alarming how as a kid life itself was basically black and white, there were no in betweens. We had a clear picture of what was good and what was evil, but now the line keeps getting blurry and people are beginning to lose their grasp on what is real and what is not. And people are bringing out the ‘crazy’ even from our nice and innocent memories like was done in the joke above (I thought it was quite witty BTW)
We knew cheating during exam was (and still is) wrong, but these days we hear of schools blatantly taking money from the students to bribe external invigilators, and these kids grow up thinking it is okay, so they go into higher institutions with same trend, bribe their way through school, through service, into the labour market, in getting contracts and the vicious cycle goes round and round.
We knew cheating in relationships was not a good thing either, you are suppose to be faithful in relationships, stay true to your partners and all that, but now there are so many excuses, girls would say they need a back up plan if a guy dumps them, or in love with one and in it for the sex or money with another. Guys would come up with the crazy theory of men being naturally polygamous, baby mama drama, or like someone said recently, that getting married is not a big deal; as women and kids can be out sourced!
Homosexuality which God clearly stated as a sin in the bible, is being condoned by the very same church which is supposed to condemn it.Rather we give it fancy names like gay, dyke,fags and so many others. We say :
Porn is of course recreational!
Snuff films, Game!
Prostitution, ecort services(very professional)
Fornication, according to our generation is an old testament sin.
Orgies and swings-puts some spark in ur marriages!
Strippers- as long as he/ she aint ur relative, is an entertainer
I am not saying these like a saint, but I am telling it like i see it,times have changed and is still changing, the world is getting scarier by the day, the most decadent of needs, the most corrupt ideas, the vilest crimes, are condoned with excuses like,
Heaven helps those who help themselves
The end justifies the means
Who read book na im serious, who pass na im know book
Chop I chop etc
Lets try not to lose sight of what is right. It is bad enough when we err, let us not lose our moral values totally by trying to justify evil. Hopefully we can retrace our footsteps, and realise that when it comes to what is good or bad, as much as we might want to justify some vile acts to help us feel better, there are no grey areas.
-Dee
