Get Responsible!

The Laziness Epidemic

       So recently I haven't been posting, however I will tell everyone that I've decided to post at the end of every month, or at least within the last two weeks of every month. In any case the main point of this month's post is to discuss my views on what I believe to be an important and often unseen social issue; laziness. Now to clarify on what I mean by laziness I'm not talking about sitting on the couch and doing nothing laziness-though that is a serious problem now as well-I'm referring to the laziness seen in public. Most notably the parents that allow their children to run around willy-nilly and scream their heads of in stores.

It Doesn't take a Village

      Now the most prominent laziness in America now besides the laziness that causes obesity is the complete lack of parenting that has all of a sudden occurred in our society. Even though I'm a teenager I am still effected by bad parenting, not because my parents are bad parents (compared to most I think they're actually pretty darn good) but because I shop in the stores of these irresponsible people, I swim in the lane next to the children raised by them, and I deal with the brother of my friend who might as well be her siblings'  mother.
      To start of with I don't believe in the idea that it "takes a village" to raise a child; it just doesn't and if it did than all of the adults would not only have made sure the child was safe, but if the child did something they'd also have the ability to punish the child for doing so. Of course, now a days that's not how people do the "village" concept instead they allow their children to break toys in the store and when someone does tell them that's wrong they just yell at the person who says that as though their the ones who broke the toy. Now I could rave on about this subject for a very long, long time, but there are other subjects I wish to discuss so all I'm going to say on the parenting subject is simply: Take Responsibility For Your Children! If they break a toy make them apologize, if their screaming in the middle of the store drag them out and for the sake of society don't negotiate with your two-year old! They don't understand the words you're saying, just tell them no and leave it at that!

Layin' on the Couch

      So I guess I told a bit of a lie at the beginning of this post about the couch-potato laziness, but I think it's important and I think it should be discussed or mentioned. Lately I've been seeing a lot of commercials for diet pills, diet meals, and then there was that whole controversy about the newest FDA diet pill that has a lot of major side effects like seizures, birth defects, etc. What people are searching for with these things is an easy answer, the easy way of doing things and believe me I know, I struggle with weight myself. I know that it's a lot easier to blame fast food rather than myself I know that it's really hard to not blame sugar for my problems or some disease like diabetes or a thyroid problem for my weight. However, there is no easy solution except for one thing: movement.
      Creating laws to tax sugary foods isn't the solution, banning sodas and Slurpees is not the answer, the answer is motivating people to realize their overweight and giving them incentives to move. I'm not sure how to do those things, but I know that laws aren't the way to solve the obesity problem it only limits freedom and gives government more power than is needed over individual lives. My only advice or words of wisdom on the subject is are: Get off your ass and have no excuses!

The Ideas of Justice

      I live in Colorado and for a long time I lived in Littleton, the area where the infamous Columbine shooting happened and as many know there was yet another tragic shooting within the state in Aurora. After the shooting happened many people were bringing up issues like gun control and banning masks in movie theaters as well, I'm sure, other issues that I have yet to hear about.
      For many people the idea that a law to further limiting gun use is the solution to the problem and personally I think that's the lazy or the "feel good response". It's a way to put blame on an object rather than an actual person and it's the same with the mask law. This person chose to go and murder defenseless people, this person chose to do horrible, horrible things it isn't the gun's fault for what a person chooses to do with it and it isn't the mask's fault either. Putting more laws into place won't solve the issue it might postpone it for a time like a plaster seal over a hole in a dam, but unless you put cement over it the hole's not gonna get fixed. 
      Personally, I believe that people should be allowed to carry concealed weapons in public areas because had someone been allowed to carry guns at Columbine or at the Century movie theater it's doubtful those tragedies would have happened. The people who do these things target these places because they know there are defenseless, powerless people at these places that's why no one attacks places that they know have guns. These people want to feel the power and pleasure of having absolute power over things weaker than themselves, but if they knew there was a good chance they could get hurt or die because someone has a gun they wouldn't kill people like this. 
      It is, in my opinion, a sheer lack of wanting to take action and responsibility that causes these problems. Had my grandparents made my father take responsibility for his actions I doubt he would've beat my brother and myself. So my final piece of advice or whatever you want to call it is: Make A Decision! Don't walk the fence and don't feel bad for taking charge and setting a boundary of what's right and what's wrong. I can't say it'll make the problem of serial killings and molestation go away, but making someone take responsibility for their actions could go a long way in preventing things like this from ever happening again. Don't be lazy when it comes to things like this, don't make excuses, deal with it. As my "preview" for next month the next subject I will post about is a SURPRISE (gotta keep things interesting you know).