Bill of Responsibilities

One of the major factors contributing to the decline of our society is that more people are concerned with their rights then their responsibilities. We see this at every turn, everywhere we look. People are more worried about having for themselves than for giving for others. Part of this is inspired by fear, another by greed. These trends MUST be overturned if we are not only to thrive as a society, but to survive as a society.

A prime example of this is the reduced number of enlistments into the military we are seeing. People are either too afraid of actually having to make something of themselves, or are too afraid that they may be asked, or worse yet TOLD (gasp!) to do something INCONVENIENT. Are we turning into a nation of cowards? Does honor mean that little to us? Have we no desire to protect that which others have suffered, bled, and died to provide for us? These are hard questions, yet they have easy answers.

We have reached a point in human history where our technology has completed exceeded our ability to control it. We use it, but every day something new is created, invented, perfected. And some of us have learned to use it to hurt others. So, logically, it makes sense to use more technology to ensure they cannot hurt us; to protect the innocent. This is the way things should be. We NEED to use the tools that we have provided for ourselves. This somes with a cost, however; in that we must make a decision now: do we sacrifice something for our greater good, or do we keep the trivial things and take a risk that we will be the next victim? It seems that we want it both ways, but this cannot happen. You cannot keep your cake if you eat your cake.

Listen well, my fellow men and women: YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES ARE OF GREATER IMPORTANCE THAN YOU RIGHTS. Accept it. The needs of the many will always outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one.

As long as we remember that this is NOT a license for one to trample or be trampled, we will move in the right direction. We can still protect the future. We will still HAVE a future.

I dare you to prove me wrong.