by TR Lore

Created on: April 06, 2007   Last Updated: April 30, 2007

Everyone seems to be concerned about morals these days but not THEIR moralsYOURS.
I don't know who coined the term "moral fiber", and truth be told, I don't really care. What I can't sort out, is who decides what constitutes being moral. Our government seems to think that they get to decide what is moralbut seeing as they aren't exactly pinnacles of morality themselves, I really can't bring myself to trust them to legislate it.

So who's left? Well, there is the church. But that brings up another question: Which one has a lock on truth and morality? The answer: none of them. Different religions have different codes that they feel people should live byand their "moral" way of telling you how to live seems to basically be to threaten us with eternal damnation if you don't do it their way. And for some, if the threat doesn't snap our belligerent selves into line, they are content to just kill us. Well, isn't that spiffy? And it doesn't really come off as all that "moral" to me.

From the time that I became socially aware, I have heard people in pulpits, at podiums, in classrooms, churches, on TV, and the radio, telling me what is moral and what is right. The politicians, preachers, rabbis, priests, journalists, celebrities, parents, kids, teachers everyone is trying to drop in their two cents on how everyone should live. In the midst of all of this madness, what no one is saying is "what is right for me, might not be right for you."

The human psyche confuses us on this because we are always saying we want to fit in while at the same time we rebel against the "norm". Here's a news flash THERE IS NO NORM! No two people are the same and only the most narrow-minded, insecure, bullying, schmucks will try to force others to live within their code of morals and the absolute worst ones will use fear to do it. The people who are screaming the loudest at us about moral fiber, I have noticed, are in more dire need of an enema than a fish is in need of water. If they were anymore full of crap, it would be free-flowing from their eyes. It certainly is flowing out of their mouths (did anyone else just go to a disturbing visual place?).

I think most people know the difference between right and wrong. It's not that hard really. Choose not to hurt someone else. That pretty much covers it. Go through your day, do no harm to others, handle your own behaviors and mind your own business. Don't worry about what Bill and Jill are doing. Worry about your own life.

I think most morality pushers

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