tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13221145.post8723009109289363135..comments2023-04-03T04:04:51.466-07:00Comments on CrochetSal's: Helping someone up off the ice is bullying?!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13221145.post-22693607707498932682010-01-06T15:44:03.022-08:002010-01-06T15:44:03.022-08:00Generally, I try to steer clear of topics of a ...Generally, I try to steer clear of topics of a 'political' or personal nature when publicly commenting...<br />but I too have grown tired of this type of mentality as well.<br />As "we" strive to create a 'better and more pc' society - accepting of differences, ethnic/racial backgrounds, religion, etc.. it is remarkable just how much worse things progress.<br />Now there are some serious areas which need straightening and acceptance in..<br />however, Grade School politics and political correctness HAS been taken to the extreme. 99% of kids who were bullied in the 70's didn't go out and shoot up their school - this is a *new* social reality. In fact, when I went to school, getting 'bullied' was a rite of passage and in most cases, considered 'character building'. <br />We have gone too far with the coddling of our children. From Dr. Spock's "advice" of time-outs instead of a good old-fashion spanking - to taking away 'Christmas & Easter Vacations' because the Christian Religious overtones may upset a child who does not practice Christianity... and look at the 'World today'. Look at the violence.. look at the hate, bigotry and lack of compassion for it's fellow man...<br /><br />I agree with you - it has gone too far - but I take it a step further and say that it is doing exactly the opposite of it's ambiguous intentions - IT IS creating a society of self-centered, emotionally sterile and socially dysfunctional generation.K4TThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14278052554100462282noreply@blogger.com