Obituary of the late Mr. “Common Sense”
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, “Common Sense”, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:Knowing when to come in out of the rain; Why the early bird gets the worm; Life isn’t always fair; and Maybe it was my fault.“Common Sense” lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6 -year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.“Common Sense” lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Panadol, sun lotion or a band-aid to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.“Common Sense” lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.“Common Sense” took a beating when you couldn’t defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.“Common Sense” finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement. “Common Sense” was preceded in death by his parents, “Truth” and “Trust”; his wife, “Discretion”; his daughter, “Responsibility”; and his son, “Reason”.He is survived by his 3 stepbrothers; “I Know My Rights”, “Someone Else Is To Blame”, and “I’m A Victim”.Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.Written by Lori Borgman – http://www.loriborgman.com/
janpiller
Bravo!!!!!!!
Shelley Heath
This is brilliant and so true
Rosalie Dale
Well said.
Lynda Kerr
Hear, Hear! and the list goes on, very entertaining and food for thought. I loved it
Maximus
Excellent & sadly true.
bites
Superb read : D
Deon de Waal
AMEN to this.
Well said!
Untrammelled
In Buddhist terms it is anger ,attachment and ignorance.May all beings enjoy the happiness of Equinimity.
Well written.This should be published in the NewsPapers Full page.any votes ?Say ’AYE"
Shoshana Epsilon
Thank you for reminding us of this lovely work, originally written by Lori Borgman. You should credit her with the work. You can find information at:
http://familyrightsassociation.com/news/obituar...
Sean Farragher
WELL SAID
VNVet52
Sadly so few will grasp the meaning of this brilliant piece.
gotjunk4
I do yearn for the good old days when Common Sense ruled. We could smoke wherever we wanted without regard to its effect on anyone else. We could dump our waste into rivers and watch them catch fire in places like Cleveland and Galveston.
Air was something you could really believe in because you could see it and smell.
Running a business was great. If you didn’t like the color of someone’s skin, their religion, ethnic background or sex you didn’t have to hire them. Now all you can take into consideration is whether or they are qualified to do the job. And what of the advantages of being an owner or manager in the days of Common Sense? You could demand sexual favors from female employees. It just made Common Sense for the women to go along to keep their jobs or get a raise. Oh, for the good old days.
Before the courts stepped in in Brown vs. Board of Education it just made CommonSsense to keep the races apart and let each race have its own separate school system. Damn liberal courts took that piece of Common Sense away.
And of course the politicians didn’t understand that Common Sense said some people just shouldn’t have the right to vote or stay in a hotel, eat in a restaurant or ride public transportation with whites. They stepped in and passed the 1964 and 1965 Civil Rights Acts and set up bureaucracies to eliminate all sorts of privileges that whites had by virtue of Common Sense.
Common Sense would tell you that providing health care through Medicaid to 52 million children, disabled, and 78 , million elderly certainly doesn’t make sense.
I certainly yearn for the good old days when Common Sense ruled.