How immoral and pervervse have we become as a nation?

Question

Case in point Anna Nicole. How many men are claiming to be the father now. Drugs prescribed to her like candy. The judge caught smoking pot in a public park. The Bahama's court doesn't even have a law to cover this scandalous behavior and the case is so big you know the rest of the world is watching in disbelief. Can you say "the whore of Babylon" Is it any wonder the Middle East calls us the great satan.
How about Jeffery Dahmer raping killing and yes eating his male victims. He didn't even deserve a trial in my opinion. How did we creat a monster like that here in the great nation of America.
Is this Freedom run amuk.

Forgive my type o...........perverse

Answer 1

Lets break down your question point by point.
Anna Nicole Smith: You mention many men claiming to be her father. Women being pregnant and not knowing who the father is has been exploited by the media for many years now. Maury Povich revolved his entire show around the question "Who's the Daddy" and each week showcased women with multiple men who could be their child's father. The viewers sucked it all in.
"Drugs prescribed to her like candy". Substance abuse in our society is hardly a new problem. Huge prescription drug companies have been legally pushing their pills for too long. Big drug company lobbyists in Washington have influenced the government to the point they have become willing accomplices. The Doctors have become the new Pushers in America.
As far as Jeffery Dahmer, no matter how perfect society gets there will always be Dahmers. All through history there have been very bad men who did very bad things. Until we understand the inner workings of the human brain there always will be.

Immorality in America is defined by the media and by our elected officials who are supposed to represent our values. When you have people like Mark Foley and Ted Haggert holding up the idea of "conservative family values" and the likes of Ann Coulter calling Edwards a F@ggot getting a round of applause at the biggest conservative conference of the year, you have to question where the immorality in this country is coming from.

Answer 2

What, and other countries haven't had horrible people? Stalin, Hitler, Mao, Jack the Ripper, Alexander the Great, Napoleon -- they're just examples of famous leaders who have brought bloodshed on their people. There have been cannibals, sex scandals, drug use, since the dawn of time -- (see David, Noah, "Apocolypto....")
We haven't "become" immoral and perverse... we've always been that way. Remember that it was legal to rape your slaves and beat your wife in the 1700s-1800s; that people accused of being the least bit different were burned at the stake for witchcraft or heresy before that; and that we carried a "white man's burden" to "civilize" countries (which meant raping their women, taking all of their natural resources, and leaving a missionary there to teach "morally right" sex and materialism) -- and that's just the U.S.!
True, discussions about sex have become much more frank (although rates of risky sex behavior are not that much higher) than in the 1950s, but the 50s were an abberration not the norm. Technology allows us to communicate these things much more easily, but that's the nature of technology! Did you know that the average serf in the 1400s would be exposed to as much information IN THEIR ENTIRE LIFE as exists in 1 New York Sunday Times today?
On the other hand-- poverty is down; violence is down; we're more humane and understanding of other cultures; we're more educated; we're more democratic and in tune with the world; disease is down; infant mortality is down. Doesn't sound immoral and perverse to me.

Answer 3

Morality is a religious and cultural concept.

We don't have just one single religion or one single culture in the US, so there is no single standard to determine if something is immoral or not. You have your opinion of what is valid and acceptable behavior. Other people have their opinion.

As far as the judge, he broke the law. And violated the canons of judicial conduct. Whether people approve or disapprove of marijuana on moral grounds, that was a legal and ethical violation that must be punished.

As for your comment that some people don't deserve a trial, I'm sorry that you don't respect the Constitution and that you would want to throw away everything this country was founded to protect. That, to me, is immoral and perverse.