Don Imus

Don Imus should not have been fired.
Don Imus should not have been popular.

In an age when we have worked so hard to free ourselves from responsibility–from drinking coffee that is too hot to art that is just plain dirty–why should there be any reaction at all to statements like Imus made? We have worked hard to set aside all rules and constraints, which for our heritage is Biblical heritage, and yet we innately need boundaries. So if we remove our Scriptural foundation, what becomes the boundary? Political correctness. The problem is that it is an ever-shifting boundary. It reminds me of some young couples I have known (and I’m afraid, some older ones, who should know better), who manage to have a child with no forethought of what the rules will be and how will they be enforced. Without clear rules, enforced for the good of the child, the result is explosions of anger and punishment, that may or may not have any consistency or result in any training for the child. We cannot stay here, or the child (society) will simply rebel.. We must find (return to?) a common foundation, or society will fall apart.

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