I am often reminded of the comical Jeff Foxworthy when I look at our society today. Instead of 'You know you're a redneck when...' I can easily substitute, 'You know your society is in decline when...' and take your pick of the myriad examples one can plug in to follow. Not that it would be funny, though...just alarmingly true.
My latest plug-in is, 'You know your society is in decline when your government legislates individuals to use their seat belts, thus protecting us from ourselves, but they don't have the will to legislate against the use of cellphones while driving...thus allowing us to drive one-handed and half-brained. Does anyone actually believe the seat belt law would save anyone other than the fool who refuses to wear it? Yet with all the evidence of the dangers of cell phone use while driving, nearly every community balks at the thought of creating a law banning it. Must be because most legislators just can't fathom breaking their own lethal habit...can't think of any other reason... can you?
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