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Obituary for Common Sense
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Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, life isn’t always fair, and maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not children are in charge).
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his conditio n.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they themselves failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Aspirin, sun lotion or a Band aid to a student, but could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common Sense lost the will to live when religions became businesses and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar can sue you for assault.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by three stepbrothers; I Know my Rights, Someone Else is to Blame, and I’m a Victim.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone.
R.I.P. old friend!
I did not write this, no idea who did, but I thought it was interesting.
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Ah, our good friend common sense. He will be missed.
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nobody liked him anyways……
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That is a very good post. It rings so true in our society today and it is very sad that most of America is like the people described in the reading.
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Every old fogey moans over this same thing each generation because they can’t hang with the New World Order. New music is the devil. I don’t like the way they do things now. What the hell is an ATM, PIN, and IRA?
This is just social darwinism being blamed for old people not being able to keep up. That’s just what happens.
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I’m not that old, just 25, perhaps I just like some of the ideals that the US used to hold true to. Also, I don’t think new music is the devil, unless it’s country music. That’s just plain evil. I just feel that people blame everyone else for their shortfalls and then pop a pill to make themselves feel better. No one takes the time to properly deal with anything in their life, most people are just way too lazy.
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attempted whitewash of liberal induced problems. typical democratic strain to pin their created problems on something else.
there is no common sense in democratic created and installed PC.
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I just feel that people blame everyone else for their shortfalls and then pop a pill to make themselves feel better. No one takes the time to properly deal with anything in their life, most people are just way too lazy.
Naah that’s not true. Oh wait, a lone transport just took out my airforce. Where’s my prescription Bombarex? :-D ~ZP
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Nice. :mrgreen:
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attempted whitewash of liberal induced problems. typical democratic strain to pin their created problems on something else.
there is no common sense in democratic created and installed PC.
There is no sense in any of the posts like these that you make.
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Enough flaming folks…
Locked.
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