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Clarence 13X says

The entertainment industry is eating our young and using free speech as the weapon. The more I read about poverty the more I realize that the media perpetuates a victim mentality to the poor who latch on to the crutches of socialistic programs.

Have you ever noticed that in just about every movie the parents are complete idiots, the dad is either cheating or left his wife for a “younger version”, and the kids have to break the law or request the assistance of an evil entity to achieve self-worth? And we wonder why kids are so freaking confused and screwed up … Even a seemingly innocuous movie like The Little Mermaid has the heroine (scantily clad, of course…if you can call a sea-shell bra clad) make a deal with a devil-like figure because she has the hots for some guy. How does all this turn out? She gets the man, of course, and lives happily ever after! Exactly what good parents want to teach their children…

I have also noticed that every Disney movie revolves around some form of death or lost of a loved one.

Clarence 13X says

Bap33 says

Do you feel there is a strong link between drug abuse and these issues?

Drug abuse, mental illness, culture and mentality.
It used to be that only blacks and mexicans of native descent felt pushed aside but I think that many people are starting to latch on to the concept that the imaginary “man” is keeping them down. After growing up poor I simply went to college to turn my life around, while others did nothing to improve their lot in life. Now my only worry is how to maintain my current lifestyle during the downturn, where those that did nothing cant seem to find a job.

yes, good post.

I see drug abuse as a sign of mental issues .. even if the mental issue is really nothing more than a weak character or a follow-the-leader type, that can't stand up to peer pressure.

Culture ... amen. That is a biggie. Would you agree that broken families/homes (dad repalced by welfare for example) are the place where cultures begin to fracture?

Bap33 says

Clarence 13X says

Bap33 says

Do you feel there is a strong link between drug abuse and these issues?

Drug abuse, mental illness, culture and mentality.
It used to be that only blacks and mexicans of native descent felt pushed aside but I think that many people are starting to latch on to the concept that the imaginary “man” is keeping them down. After growing up poor I simply went to college to turn my life around, while others did nothing to improve their lot in life. Now my only worry is how to maintain my current lifestyle during the downturn, where those that did nothing cant seem to find a job.

yes, good post.
I see drug abuse as a sign of mental issues .. even if the mental issue is really nothing more than a weak character or a follow-the-leader type, that can’t stand up to peer pressure.
Culture … amen. That is a biggie. Would you agree that broken families/homes (dad repalced by welfare for example) are the place where cultures begin to fracture?

Yes and No.

In my case NO......I grew3 up on welfare which supplemented my fathers income. He was a tire man fixing flats for low wages which during the 40s were actually really good wages. However, by the 1980s $7.50/hour was not much so we had to go on welfare since my mom was stayed home with us kids.

In the current generation I say YES. I am not sure how much the welfare provides a crutch for the missing father because I had a father in the household but I think it safe to say YES. But from what we see on Maury Povich I think at this point it would be safe to assume the fathers dont care about their children one bit and without the welfare the families will go hungry. In which case we simply need to add lunch lines for children only, because as you can see from my experiences with my mother...I am not one to provide for those that can help themselves.

We have to increase the penalty for both parents, holding them accountable for raising fully functional children and the betterment of their lives. These programs require reforming, which in turn should reduce the families dependence on welfare.

I am going to read up more on the welfare state topics.