Today they announced the results: Turns out a kid was behind the poll. And no criminal charges will be filed against him or his parents, according to the Associated Press, citing a Secret Service spokesman.Folks would like to say that this is the end of the story. The President is safe and the child never posed a threat to the President. And indeed that may be so. But, you know, that kid got the idea from somewhere.
...read the whole story here.
And where do kids get their religious and political indoctrination more than anywhere else? At their dining room table. Directly from their parents.
So, I would posit that this non-threatening "child" is definitely under the influence of not so un-threatening adults.
I'm not suggesting that the parents be charged in this case for what the child did. But I AM suggesting that we, the rational and thinking "rest of us", should think about it for one moment. Our neighbors are quite possibly indoctrination tomorrows "Timothy McVeigh" or even "Jeffrey Dahmer"!
Can we REALLY say that what we discuss between ourselves behind the closed door of our home does not still find its way into the light of day? Do we really stop and think about the ramifications of each and every utterance that we may make in the privacy of our own homes?
Could YOU be programming a future killer with your own bigoted and prejudiced slurs, even if you think you are saying it in privacy?
Think again. For the first 10 to 15 years, your kid is just a parrot that imitates those around them. And you are likely the biggest influence on that behavior. That "child" merely parroted what he/she heard in their own home, make no mistake about it!
