tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33752164.post467025123156195182..comments2023-07-12T06:26:17.735-02:00Comments on Motherhood Deleted: Where's The Glory In Old Glory?Robinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07580241881953821182noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33752164.post-43533047439813732712010-04-16T20:32:46.431-02:002010-04-16T20:32:46.431-02:00I watch the news at noon, six and ten every day an...I watch the news at noon, six and ten every day and hope against hope that I will see a glimmer of compassion, hope or the milk of human kindness for the people of this country who are facing dire circumstances and see nothing to give me an comfort at all. All I see is people gripping what they have and blaming those in lesser circumstance for their poor choices and lack of planning, all the while they are one illness, one death, one step from homelessness themselves. The louder they shout, the more fearful I know they are. The entire country is gripped by a fear that was ignited on 9/11 and has been fanned by the Bush administration and those who benefitted by it, and the fear is still being fed by the Tea Party and Sarah Palin and her crowd. <br /><br />I am appalled at the greed, the grasping, the disingenuousness of the ministry and the priesthood who fatten themselves along with the bureaucrats on our nickle and point their fat fingers at those less fortunate or more honest than they. <br /><br />You are right, Robin. I remember riding my tricycle in the 4th of July parade and feeling so proud at 4...not so proud today. Just sad...<br /><br /> <br />"The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering the prisons" <br />~Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead. <br />Words like those of Mahatma Ghandi who said, "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." <br />Churchill said that you measure the degree of civilisation of a society by how it treats its weakest members. <br />Truman said a society will be judged by how it treats its weakest members. <br />"Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members -- the last, the least, the littlest." <br />~Cardinal Roger Mahony, In a 1998 letter, Creating a Culture of Life <br />It is said that the worth of society can be measured by the manner in which it treats its weakest member. <br />"The greatness of any city can be judged by the way it treats its weakest member." <br />You can judge the character and quality of life in a community by how it treats its weakest members <br />It is said that a civilization is measured by how it treats its weakest members - including, of course, it children. <br />The greatness of America is in how it treats its weakest members: the elderly, the infirm, the handicapped, the underprivileged, the unborn. <br />~Bill Federer <br />"The test of any society is how it treats its weakest members." <br />"The moral test of any society is how it treats its weakest members." <br />"A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying," <br />~Pope John Paul II <br />If one considers the observation that the worth and dignity of a civilization is judged by the way it the treats its weakest members, we cannot help but look back in shame at our past. <br />~Social Justice <br />Yesterday - Today - Tomorrow, A Critical Reflection, By Rudolf RickesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088288948654864117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33752164.post-34257830274222336792010-04-16T11:57:01.652-02:002010-04-16T11:57:01.652-02:00Fabulous post... this country has absolutely made...Fabulous post... this country has absolutely made it an "unspoken crime" in the the U.S. for "the poor and disenfranchised, the unmarried and the young" to keep and raise THEIR own children. This unspoken crime is a crime against humanity. <br /><br />The Capitalistic society we live in infers that it is okay to destroy the mother child bond and genetic family ties, so the wealthier, older adopters can complete their "family." It is just sickening. <br /><br />The "good old days of the 20th century" treated mothers of your generation reprehensibly. I wish more young mothers of today would listen to what you are saying; so not to travel down the lifelong path of being dehumanized and degraded in the name of adoption. <br /><br />I wish younger mothers would realize before it is too late that once they lose the rights to their children, they will be the sacrificial lambs of the adoption industry; while people who care not an ounce of the life that is nearly destroyed at the loss of her chid, make off with HER child. <br /><br />Nowhere on earth (except for what is supposed to be the best country on earth) are mothers treated with such disregard then thrown away like trash, after their duty of incubator for the paying customer has been completed.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853661383614920724noreply@blogger.com