About time!

When is someone in government, power, authority whatever phrase you want to use going to come out and say that this type of behaviour is forewarning of a society splitting into two. We are finding ourselves with the majority of people that have one set of values and a small but growing minority that seem to have little or no values at all. I know many people will say that there has always been ‘bad’ people about and I am sure that is true but has there ever been so many people in society that operate on the basis of purely doing whatever they wish and to hell with everyone else? Indeed has there ever been so many people whose only way of expressing themselves has been through violence? Indeed are we not now seeing violence perpetrated as ’fun’, enjoyable?

What example can we think of that is not as extreme as ‘happy slapping’ the mere name of which expresses the thought processes of the perpetrators?

How many of you know someone who has been involved in a minor traffic accident, it may be even just a small bump in the supermarket carpark, or a poorly executed maneuver that is a minor inconvenience to someone? Now most of us would apologise, or if required exchange numbers and insurance details and move on, today it is not uncommon to find oneself in such a situation receiving a torrent of foul mouthed abuse and even physical violence.

Society seems to be moving towards a ‘I want it now and come hell or high water, I’m going to get it now’ attitude rather than considering whether one can afford it, or whether it’s right to have whatever the ‘it’ maybe. Many people’s natural reaction to an issue or problem is a violent one.

We have such a ‘weak’ government that rather than operating on principle operate on the basis of how to be inoffensive. They need to come out and state what is acceptable and what is not acceptable and if people act unacceptably then there will be consequences. Now this is not some right wing rant; in fact I’m very centrist; but it is the musings of a pretty mainstream guy who is genuinely concerned about the way we are going.