Edmund Burke once said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
I can hear some of you arguing, but Edmund Burke didn’t say this…
It doesn’t matter. WHOEVER said this was right on the money.
Good men can be found all over the place. Unfortunately, most good men (and good women) are only interested in what is good, not what is best.
Oh, crap. I can hear the clicks now with the unfriending and the unsubscribing. But allow me to explain myself before you dump me permanently.
You are doing a number of good things, such as helping the kids (or possibly grand-children) do well in sports, in school, in social activities, in theatre and in a number of other ways. And these are all good things.
Unless we get into the nitty gritty of what specifically is going on in each of these areas to an nth degree, not a thing wrong with this at all.
But is it the best?
If you are not working with the kids or grand-kids (or maybe both) to build character, to build ethics and integrity, underpinned by a moral foundation, is it the best?
If you are not working against forces which would destroy your children or grand-kids, forces which teach there is no moral foundation and it is all up to them to make decisions that work for them; forces which demoralize children and break their spirit in their formative years, is it the best?
Recently Tucker Carlson commented “The system is collapsing in real time. If Americans don’t step in and stop the factors we can control, we have no one but ourselves to blame.”
And I would agree.
Is it not better to step in and stop the factors we can control than attend every kid and grand-kid function?
Yes, they do grow up fast. And if we didn’t have time to spend with them because we had our own events to attend, we were working massive hours to attain a financial status which may not even survive until your death, then shame on you and us.
But if we are meeting to stand against this onslaught against the best nation in the history of the world, so its values and ethics can be cherished not only by another generation or two here in America, but throughout the world, was it worth it?
My answer is YES.
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