Way back when

Tuesday September 5, 2006 - 4:26PM EDT

there was that saying about sticks and stones breaking shit and names never hurting. Then sometime in the not to distant past it changed to names do hurt.  Well my point is that it was obvious that names hurt but the message was that you can and should rise above that. Then it changed to were it became almost acceptable as a cultural standard to allow words to invite serious action. It was never absolute anyway but the message of rising above the words of simpletons is something that I don't hear as much anymore.

On another note I lament the de-education of America. It is truly sad. I have almost no doubt that America's standing as tops in so many things will be not only lost but obliterated by the trend. Unless something weird happens.