10-10-2006, 10:33 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Nothing is static in this world. Therefore, we have to change out thinking and values. We have to accept the change. In our society today what are happening, new values and customs are replacing old ones. Some of us are readily accepting the change in varying degrees and some of us are unable to accept the change and in the process bringing in mental stress and depression.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
This is the nub of the dispute we are having. Your point is that, change is something that we have to <b>whole-heartedly accept without reservation</b>. I beg to differ.
I am fine with certain types of change, economic change (certain kinds of job becoming obsolete, and new occupations invented) and technological change. I understand that these will lead to social change. But to <b>heartily embrace all change</b> will be fatal. We have to <b>consciously choose what kind of change we want</b>, and carefully mediate these desirable changes into the lives of our children.
The parents who are pretending to be happy, if they were initially as serious about the issue of marriage as they were about the brushing of teeth, would have made it clear to their children about what is allowed and what isn't. They did not. They made their bed, and they will now lie on it.
This is the nub of the dispute we are having. Your point is that, change is something that we have to <b>whole-heartedly accept without reservation</b>. I beg to differ.
I am fine with certain types of change, economic change (certain kinds of job becoming obsolete, and new occupations invented) and technological change. I understand that these will lead to social change. But to <b>heartily embrace all change</b> will be fatal. We have to <b>consciously choose what kind of change we want</b>, and carefully mediate these desirable changes into the lives of our children.
The parents who are pretending to be happy, if they were initially as serious about the issue of marriage as they were about the brushing of teeth, would have made it clear to their children about what is allowed and what isn't. They did not. They made their bed, and they will now lie on it.