America needs to say no

We as a society have begun to promote saying yes to everything. Everything is okay as long as it feels good. And if anyone confronts you about what you’re doing, keep doing what you’re doing because you feel like it. While I do believe that everyone has the foundational right of freedom, I do have one question to ask: when will people decide to say no? Before you read any further, this is an opinion so just keep that in mind.

As generations pass, society keeps finding ways to say yes to everything. But we also promote morals and laws to say no, that’s not okay. So if we as people keep saying that it’s okay to do something that’s clearly not okay, like taking someone’s life or taking your own life, will there be a point in time where we wonder, “So what’s morally wrong?” People defend the ability to kill, to lie, to curse, to steal, and several other things. Don’t believe me? Here are several examples that people use to defend these things:

It’s okay to lie as long as you don’t hurt people’s feelings. It’s okay to take the life of a child because you got raped and you didn’t want it in the first place.  It’s okay to curse because everyone else does it and it feels good. It’s okay to steal because they stole from me first or “no really, I have a good lawful reason behind why I did it.”

I’m sorry people, but are you kidding me right now?

When will we actually stop and go back and realize that what we’re promoting is not okay? Everyone has free will, but that doesn’t mean that what everyone’s doing is right. You can make whatever decision you want, but I’m going to tell you that what you did was wrong, like if you lied straight to my face. America, think about what we’re promoting. Countries all around the world are watching.

About a month ago in Government I watched a video of people from all around the world stating their opinions of America, and a lot of them were looking to us as a beacon, and by that I mean everyone was watching what we’re doing so they can do the same thing in their own country, such as trends, industrialization, etc.

We can’t do what feels good, people. We need to do what’s right.

15rarthur@usd489.com