The issue: Morality. Morality means different things to different people, and I suppose that would be one of the debateable points of this topic. What exactly does morality mean to you? Some immoral people know they are immoral, and others simply like to fool themselves into thinking they have morals, but then their moral code is corrupt and shallow.
One thing that is for sure is that morality is in danger. The sad thing? A lot of people either don't care, or they WANT it to be that way. Everyone loves their sex and violence, and while there are typically shallow attempts to shield these things from young eyes, it's mostly all for show. Everyone will see it anyway, whether they want to or not, or whether they are of the age to or not.
So what is morality? First: It has nothing to do with religion. The first person that comes into this topic and calls me some sort of fundamentalist Christian gets a swift kick in the ass. There is no relation. Most religions have moral values, but moral values are not exclusive to religion. One doesn't need to have Christ/Allah/Buddah/whoever in order to know what is right, and what is not.
I do support religion, despite the fact that I disagree with a lot of things about it, and hate a lot of its followers with a passion (especially for their hypocrisy) but the message it provides is a good one, and thus I support it. I support anything that can make society less corrupt than it is.
Sex
First, sex. Kids are having sex younger and younger now a days, and no one seems to care. The big issue is abortion, ooo whee big ****in' deal. How about we stop the kids from getting pregnant in the first place rather than waiting until with can whine about what they do with the baby once it is too late. As time goes on, it seems society becomes more and more loose. More and more becomes acceptable, and anyone that disagrees with the acceptance is just getting in the way of your good time.
Ideally, we should not have sex until marriage. That is a religious institution, however I view it more as a permanant committment between two people. It's not realistic to expect people to wait until they have an official ceremony to seal the deal. However it is perfectly reasonable to make an emotional lifetime committment to someone before having sex with them.
But then I'll hear some people say, "But you have to have sex with them first, or how do you know if you want to be with them for the rest of your life?" Or as I've also heard it called, giving someone a "test drive."
It doesn't matter. If you have genitals, you can f***. That's it. If your partner can't f*** and you can, teach them. If you can't teach them, you aren't that good either. Live with it. It's not that important. Consider what percentage of your life is spent having sex and it becomes apparent how completely rediculous it is that you compromise the emotional qualities of a sexual relationship just to get off. You don't need to "test drive" someone, because if you wouldn't be with them if they don't f*** well, then you shouldn't be with them at all, you shallow piece of s***.
Ahem, okay, sorry, got a bit um... lost in anger on the subject
Anyway. I'm not saying you should wait until you are married to have sex. What I'm saying is that Debbie shouldn't lift her skirt because Billy took her to the prom, or Teddy shouldn't think that getting laid is some essential part of his teenage years. When should you have sex? When you are confident that you can spend the rest of your life with this person.
We all know s*** happens, and that is unforseeable, but at the very least you should reach that point before having sex with someone. If it changes later, you should do everything you can to remedy it.
But no, people today are all about the flings and one-night stands. F***ing is considered social status. No one teaches morals anymore, and all tv and movies constantly promote is sex sex sex. Compare the number of references to love, and the number of references to sex you see on television, and it'll be quite obvious which one comes out on top.
Alcohol
In moderation it can be okay. Problem is, the majority of people have no f***ing idea what moderation is. If you party every week and get smashed every time, that's not moderation. If you end up puking in the toilet later, that's not moderation. Moderation is having a little bit to drink among friends, and maybe getting a little tipsy at a social event. Moderation is not getting drunk off your ass with complete strangers.
But people don't seem to realize this. The drunkards (and later, the druggies) are always the ones saying everything is fine in moderation. Yet they don't even know what moderate is. And let's not forget that it's pretty certain that getting drunk corrupts other aspects of your morality as well. Put a little alcohol in a moral person and they'll get immoral real quick.
Some people think that's cool. I think those people are not worthy of their lives. People that get amusement out of this s***. People that have nothing better to do than either distort their own reality and escape into a drunken haze, or do it to someone else.
Am I saying drinking is always bad? No. Am I saying people can't handle it? F*** yes. Just like almost everything on this planet, we abuse it. The majority of people can't just drink a little, they drink a lot. For no reason, even. No occasion. Just hey, people are around, let's get drunk. Hey, the game is on, let's get drunk. Hey, I farted, let's get drunk.
Right.
And once more, like sex, drinking alcohol is a status symbol. If you get drunk with people you're cool, easy to get along with. If you don't, you're considered uptight and boring.
But yes, the lack of common sense is astounding. No one seems to give a damn that what they are doing is a complete waste of their time and serves only to harm their bodies and make them do potentially regretful things. They care about forgetting the moment and feeling like nothing matters but whatever stupid party they are currently attending.
And people are proud of that. Wasting their time. Well guess what, hey guys, I played a video game yesterday. Yeah. Yeah. It was pretty awesome. Then threw pencils at the wall. IT ROCKED! WOOOO! GO WASTING TIME!
Drugs
Stupid. Stupid stupid stupid stupid.
Did I say stupid?
First, let me start this off by saying yes, I've done some drugs before. Nothing hard, but nonetheless stuff I should not have done. And yes, more than just a few times. Was I stupid when I did it?
Hell yes, I was a complete f***ing idiot.
Do I understand why people do it? Sure I do. There's lots of reasons. But everyone should know it's bad. It's astounding... The fact that it's bad gets drilled into your mind from an early age, it comes from every direction, everywhere! Plus, common sense dictates that the substances are harmful.
Then some people insist that it's good. Yes, people say it's good. These people, please, if you are one of these people, kill yourself. Immediately. Just because it's understandable why you are doing it doesn't mean you shouldn't know that what you're doing is bad for you, and you should be trying to stop.
If you do it, but know it's bad and want to stop, I respect you. If you do it, and then it's fantastic and want to do more, I want you to die
We got that line clear? Okay then.This one is short and sweet. If you think drugs are good at all (and no, I don't mean medically perscribed pharmaceuticals used at the perscribed dosage) then you are nothing but either an idiot, or someone deceiving themselves so they don't break down crying about it in the middle of the day.
That's that. There is no moderation. Moderation goes against what drugs ARE. It doesn't make any f***king sense. Look the word 'addiction' up in the dictionary. And for those of you that don't think pot is addictive... Go look at one of your pothead friends. K? K.
Fin
I could go on and on forever about this, but I should let others speak before I continue on about it
I don't expect this to a popular opinion (though I wish it was) but I don't really care, because I think it's important.If you're offended by this topic... Well, I'm not sorry. I think you're a bad person. Of course I won't shun you or anything, but you're a bad person and you need to change. (There are exceptions of course, but I hardly feel like coming up with a list and typing it all here)
