Originally Posted By jonvn First, there's this story: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/09/23/killed.fetus.ap/index.html" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/09 /23/killed.fetus.ap/index.html</a> And then there is this one: <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060922/ap_on_re_us/baby_vomit_death" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200 60922/ap_on_re_us/baby_vomit_death</a> Meanwhile, people are upset about the editing of "Veggie Tales." As if that really matters at all.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <Meanwhile, people are upset about the editing of "Veggie Tales." As if that really matters at all.< Jon, censorship does matter, just look at history.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 In the grand scheme of things is it as heart wrenching as this stuff, of course not. But we have total control over censorship and no one is going to die from watching Veggie Tales. So comparing the two above - major Red herring
Originally Posted By DlandJB Um, jon...we are all capable of holding more than one thought at a time. We can be upset, delighted, appalled or uplifted by a number of things all at once.
Originally Posted By jonvn I'm saying that people waste a lot of time on things that aren't important, when there are other things that probably deserve a bit more attention.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Evil people have always, and will continue to be around...the stories you reference are people IMHO beyond helping.
Originally Posted By jonvn They probably are. However, I think it's far more important that we put an effort in trying to recognized and make an effort to quell this sort of thing, rather than get upset about things like veggie tales, or fur coats. People keep getting distracted by silly things, while real problems go unanswered.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <People keep getting distracted by silly things, while real problems go unanswered< no argument here, but a lot of little things sometimes add up to a larger picture also, like the decline of morals and ethics around us, or the huge division in this country on many items, or the fact that the US job market and assault on the middle class worker continues with off shoring / downsizings / movement to services jobs, low or no benefits, loss of perions, It didn't just happen, it is the culmination of many 'smaller' changes.
