We as the human race are devolving. We are reverting back to some primal state. But even worse than simplistic stupidity, people are becoming increasingly more disgusting and violent. Peggy Noonan is right is saying that children now fear for their lives. They see what they will grow into, if they even think they will last that long, and they are scared. But they don’t have much choice do they? They just follow in their parents footsteps and do what they are told like good kids.
Noonan chooses the best writing style for what she is trying to accomplish. She uses basic, straightforward, but intelligent language to get her idea across to her audience. Her message is aiming to reach the vast majority of people. It affects everyone from high school kids to grandparents and she writes to all of them. She is writing to the majority of the world, whether she thinks they will read it or not. It is a message for all people. While she never actually mentions her kids, she talks about them from first hand experiences, meaning she feels for them and worries about how they will turn out. She blames politics and money predominately, meaning she most likely has not much of either in her life. In fact, she says the rich are the only safe ones, and she still fears.
This is only the tip of the iceberg. I don’t understand why more is not written on this subject because it is most obviously a big deal. There really is nowhere to hide from this sin-fest that is the media. The populous, and most importantly the children, are suffering from this more than they realize. It is now the norm for children to love violence and be on drugs. It may be masked as “just video-games and movies” and “medicine to help them,” but regardless, we are suffering.
I literally just heard on the television a joke on the Daily Show about Jesus being crucified and the entire audience loved it. We have become some creature, some monster. We are the boogeyman, the monster under the bed, and that thing that lurks in the dark. Lets just hope for the best and call it a day.
1 comment:
This is really well written article. The first paragraph really grabs your attention. I like the references to the boogeyman and whatnot at the end. I can't say that I entirely agree with everything you say, but you said it all very well.
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