The Rank-Link Imbalance--NY Times column

[mudpuppy]

Beth,

You stated better than me what I meant. I know a teacher or two who has quit because of the number of parents who threatened them or the school when their children were caught cheating or otherwise misbehaving. It used to be the kid was in trouble when he got caught, now the teacher is.

TT,

So where do we go from here as a society?  Anarchy?

Anarchy is never a lasting state of a society. It is usually only a short transition from some form of liberty to some form of authoritarianism.

mud

[teartracks]

Anarchy is never a lasting state of a society. It is usually only a short transition from some form of liberty to some form of authoritarianism.

Bad news/bad news, Mud. 

tt

[dandylife]

I would venture to say that shame has a part in all this.


I'm reading a book called The Post-Birthday World by Lionel Shriver. In it, a wife waits all day to ask her husband one question. What?

"What do you think about while having sex?"

He stonewalls. Lies.

"You, of course. Why think of doing something while you're doing it?"

We all long to be "close", "intimate" with our partner - but do we have the courage to open ourselves to them?

Dandylife