Thread: The Sociopathic Epidemic

QUOTE (the minister's wife @ Nov 6 2009, 11:30 AM) In particular I felt this when having to take care of my infant daughter without the help of either grandmother whilst my husband worked. Yes, Lyria, it takes two parents at the very least. But in the case of small children the more the better. The mother needs the support of other mothers(preferably from the family so you can hear the stories like: oh, yeah I remember...

I am probably a radical any more when it comes to education. I think that the cost of public education (and I'm not just talking taxes) for the supposed benefit of it has become greatly unbalanced. Now that the State has assumed the responsibility for educating our Nations children, many parents have assumed that this also means the school is responsible for raising them in general. Students may spend more time at home, but the bulk of...

QUOTE (Floridamom @ Nov 5 2009, 03:05 PM) We were in Lake Tahoe when this happened and it was covered quite extensively on the local news. Apparently, this particular school has had rampant security problems. They even had police at the dance. However, every single security personnel on duty there that were stationed inside. None were outside. According to local coverage many students, teachers, and parents have long sounded...

QUOTE (Riothouse @ Nov 6 2009, 09:45 AM) I am probably a radical any more when it comes to education. I think that the cost of public education (and I'm not just talking taxes) for the supposed benefit of it has become greatly unbalanced. Now that the State has assumed the responsibility for educating our Nations children, many parents have assumed that this also means the school is responsible for raising them in...

Nails it. We are reaping the rewards of 25 years of focusing on self-esteem over intellect in our schools. And yet, The Left still won't acknowledge that there is even a problem. I hear coworkers and my housemate claim that crime and society is no different today than 50 years ago. We just have better media coverage, which makes it appear different.

QUOTE (Howsithangin @ Nov 5 2009, 07:30 AM) Nails it. We are reaping the rewards of 25 years of focusing on self-esteem over intellect in our schools. And yet, The Left still won't acknowledge that there is even a problem. I hear coworkers and my housemate claim that crime and society is no different today than 50 years ago. We just have better media coverage, which makes it appear different. 50 years ago things...

I do think the country's going to hell and I do have this sense that there aren't enough parents and that lots of parents aren't parent-like enough. But I was kinda surprised by what I experienced last weekend. Friday night, I went to a high school football game. I hadn't done this since I was in high school. It was fun. It was in a kinda rural and affluent neighborhood like where I grew up. The high school kids not on the...

November 04, 2009 The Sociopathic Epidemic By Robin of Berkeley American Thinker [Excerpted] I'm amazed by the soothsayers: Ayn Rand, for instance, who warned us fifty years ago of the risk of dictatorship or civil war if collectivism persisted. Or economist Friedrich Hayek, who wrote in the 1940s that we'll become serfs if we move toward big government. However, what feels most prophetic lately is an obscure movie from the l970s...

I just cannot phathom 20 people participating in or watching the assault and rape of a 15 year old girl. Every single one of them should go to prison for a long, long time.

QUOTE (ThePatriot @ Nov 4 2009, 10:46 PM) I just cannot phathom 20 people participating in or watching the assault and rape of a 15 year old girl. Every single one of them should go to prison for a long, long time . Nope, the should be in jail only long enough to watch the gallows being built in the court yard. No freaking way that they should be allowed to continue polluting the air we all must breath. No freaking way!