Occupy Wall Street - an observation
From Marybeth Hicks at
The Washington Times
HICKS: Some belated parental advice to protesters
Call it an occupational hazard, but I can�t look at the Occupy Wall Street protesters without thinking, �Who parented these people?�
As a culture columnist, I�ve commented on the social and political ramifications of the �movement� - now known as �OWS� - whose fairyland agenda can be summarized by one of their placards: �Everything for everybody.�
Thanks to their pipe-dream platform, it�s clear there are people with serious designs on �transformational� change in America who are using the protesters like bedsprings in a brothel.
Yet it�s not my role as a commentator that prompts my parenting question, but rather the fact that I�m the mother of four teens and young adults. There are some crucial life lessons that the protesters� moms clearly have not passed along.
Here, then, are five things the OWS protesters� mothers should have taught their children but obviously didn�t, so I will:� Life isn�t fair. The concept of justice - that everyone should be treated fairly - is a worthy and worthwhile moral imperative on which our nation was founded. But justice and economic equality are not the same. Or, as Mick Jagger said, �You can�t always get what you want.�
Four more at the site -- a breath of fresh air.
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Posted by DaveH at November 6, 2011 3:49 PM