Polarities and Paradoxes
Heard at a modern American home in a city near you was a brief dialogue between father and son. A caring dad said to his teenage son: "I will expect that you should watch your language in the lyrics you are writing for your new rap song. So much attention to sex, violence, and dirty words is bad for this world as well as for my outstanding reputation in our very exclusive community".
The intelligent son replied to his dad, "Dad, does that mean that my foul language in entertainment is disgustingly disgraceful, but for you, it is not immoral to defend known felons and other criminals in the court of law, or to tell half-truths and unverifiable lies in politics because it's legal for you to do so? With your words, dad*, you are teaching me values, respect, and morality, but with your words and actions you are also teaching me to lie, steal, cheat, and get rich as quickly as you can any way you can".
012120PSoupCtest, Polarities And Paradoxes, Line Gauthier. 3P *International Standard Version, From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. It should not be like this, my brothers! James 3:10
Copyright © Curtis Johnson | Year Posted 2020
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