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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: bijou on July 07, 2008, 11:54:03 AM
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He said it is time people made judgments about what is "bad, good, right and wrong."
The Conservative leader acknowledged that he risked attracting attention to his own party's behaviour but he said society had become "too sensitive" about hurting people's feelings.
Mr Cameron admitted that the issue had been "troubling" him for some time, but claimed it is time to "say what needs to be said."
In a speech in the heart of a deprived area of Glasgow he said: "We as a society have been far too sensitive. In order to avoid injury to people's feelings, in order to avoid appearing judgemental, we have failed to say what needs to be said. We have seen a decades-long erosion of responsibility, of social virtue, of self-discipline, respect for others, deferring gratification instead of instant gratification.
"Instead we prefer moral neutrality, a refusal to make judgments about what is good and bad behaviour, right and wrong behaviour. Bad. Good. Right. Wrong. These are words that our political system and our public sector scarcely dare use any more."
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/2263521/David-Cameron-launches-%27moral-neutrality%27-attack-on-obese%2C-idle-and-poor.html
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Amen!
I'm sure he'll be denounced as a hater for saying it though.
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Is that the same one that got his ass beat by Hoodies after he initiated the "Hug a Hoodie" program?
Nevermind. Had it wrong. :thatsright:
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"Of course, circumstances - where you are born, your neighbourhood, your school, and the choices your parents make - have a huge impact. But social problems are often the consequence of the choices that people make."
He is going to get it for those words. Doesn't he know all social standing and problems are a result of luck?
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"Of course, circumstances - where you are born, your neighbourhood, your school, and the choices your parents make - have a huge impact. But social problems are often the consequence of the choices that people make."
He is going to get it for those words. Doesn't he know all social standing and problems are a result of luck?
Income is a result of luck...but problems are society's fault. :mental: