No friendly government explained the situation to these young people, or even bothered to reopen their schools. Teenaged conclusions were anyone’s guess. Of course, we now tip a hat to the obvious Wilsonian premonition.
In our nation of plenty -- and guns, with which we merely shoot each other (no need for foreign influence, covert or overt) -- we've got at least half of our own young population trying to figure out if they're "crazy" or "addicts" or both, and why; the health system is now UNRESPONSIVE to what OUR YOUTH can expect in THEIR future (not forgetting the less intrusive problem of "hidden" wet brained seniors, otherwise would-be mentors). We have no shrinks accepting insurance; we have domestic violence beyond the pale; we’ve suffered years of greed-as-god; we have NO A-LIST (or B-LIST) PSYCHIATRIC WARDS within our A-LIST (or B-LIST) HOSPITALS. We even experience insidious corruption in what started as a helpful ADDICT TREATMENT group of facilities and homes. We've got prisons filled with drug-users. We see the death, (simply, conveniently, dramatic in this particular case of the Jackson tragedy); who can say we don't? And we see the pains of life filling far too many young lives who need (at this point) exceptionally empathetic mentors and re-vamped therapies.
Among the lay, it is becoming our societal responsibility to present the myriad of life's exciting options, through example and that inconvenient attention to the kids we call "brats." Among the highly compensated authoritarians in the extreme, we need to hit the books again; consider our legal oaths at the least; and avoid, oh, how did Deepak put it (?) -- potentially ENABLING OUR VERY OWN ENORMOUS YOUTH POPULATION TO AN EVENTUAL DEMISE OF MISADVENTURE.
There are visible, key exceptions to all of this. Sincere individuals are hard at work to avoid the calamity. But further working hours are required to write a follow-up article, important as these good works will become, for our review.
One subject at a time. What we really learned this week is that we're running a bit short.
Karen Colaianni Johnson © 27 Jun 2009
In our nation of plenty -- and guns, with which we merely shoot each other (no need for foreign influence, covert or overt) -- we've got at least half of our own young population trying to figure out if they're "crazy" or "addicts" or both, and why; the health system is now UNRESPONSIVE to what OUR YOUTH can expect in THEIR future (not forgetting the less intrusive problem of "hidden" wet brained seniors, otherwise would-be mentors). We have no shrinks accepting insurance; we have domestic violence beyond the pale; we’ve suffered years of greed-as-god; we have NO A-LIST (or B-LIST) PSYCHIATRIC WARDS within our A-LIST (or B-LIST) HOSPITALS. We even experience insidious corruption in what started as a helpful ADDICT TREATMENT group of facilities and homes. We've got prisons filled with drug-users. We see the death, (simply, conveniently, dramatic in this particular case of the Jackson tragedy); who can say we don't? And we see the pains of life filling far too many young lives who need (at this point) exceptionally empathetic mentors and re-vamped therapies.
Among the lay, it is becoming our societal responsibility to present the myriad of life's exciting options, through example and that inconvenient attention to the kids we call "brats." Among the highly compensated authoritarians in the extreme, we need to hit the books again; consider our legal oaths at the least; and avoid, oh, how did Deepak put it (?) -- potentially ENABLING OUR VERY OWN ENORMOUS YOUTH POPULATION TO AN EVENTUAL DEMISE OF MISADVENTURE.
There are visible, key exceptions to all of this. Sincere individuals are hard at work to avoid the calamity. But further working hours are required to write a follow-up article, important as these good works will become, for our review.
One subject at a time. What we really learned this week is that we're running a bit short.
Karen Colaianni Johnson © 27 Jun 2009
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