You Really had to do That? (10/28/14)

There is so much to see, and not enough time to see it all. That lesson has been made abundantly clear as I worked my way across the country. In most of the cities I have visited I had just enough time to get into town, get settled in my hotel room, and then I was out the door and on my way. However, there were a few cities here and there that I had a couple of days to get out and look around. Salt Lake City just happened to be one of those cities.

I stayed with my friend Crystal while I was in town for a few days and she provided me with some recommendations of things to do. On that list was to take a drive over to Big Cottonwood Canyon. It really wasn’t anything more than a scenic drive down a two lane road through a mountain pass, but it was beautiful country. I even took the time to to stop at at a little rest stop and climb to the top of a little plateau to snap a few quick shots to remember my day.

Then when I turned around to to climb back down the side of the mountain I saw this. Who in their right mind finds it necessary to deface a picturesque landscape like this.

The person who chose to deface this scenic view for their own selfish needs is the problem with society today. At no point in time did this person consider what he was about to do. It was all about his personal needs and to Hell with everyone else.

You may not think that it’s that big of a deal to stake your claim by putting a little spray paint on the side of a mountain, but I think it is. It’s the gradual erosion of morals, and values like this that is destroying the fabric of society. This person who felt it necessary to deface this mountain is the same person who thinks he is entitled just for showing up. We should all cater to him, just because. This is the person who checks into work because he has to, does the bare minimum, and just fumbles through the motions.

The problem is we tolerate this attitude in society today. We excuse this bad attitude and worse yet we condone it by not demanding more out of each other. In this era of Progressivism we don’t dare call out another person or exhibit any backbone in the form of candid dialogue. No, we censor ourselves in fear that someone who doesn’t agree with us or like what we have to say will label us in a negative light.

Personally I think it’s high time that we stop empowering the bullies that would like to censor valid dialogue because they happen to oppose the view point.