BarkellWH -> RE: Why are luthiers so crazy? (Aug. 22 2014 18:34:04)
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In those days it was bad form to take advantage of someone who was too far gone to be responsible for their actions. I agree that during our university days it was bad form to take advantage of someone who was too far gone to be responsible for her actions. But I think the key to today's dilemma is how one defines "too far gone." A girl could be drunk in our day (at least in my university experience), and still be considered lucid enough to have made her own decision regarding bedding someone. We're not talking about "force" or "rape" here. By any reasonable definition, it would have been considered consensual sex, even though both were drunk. I think we could all agree that someone on the verge of passing out fits the description of "too far gone." My impression, however, is that on many campuses there exist examples where both are drunk, the girl accedes to being bedded by some guy, later regrets it, and claims she withheld consent. Of course, in today's "politically correct" world university administrators are all too happy to accommodate her grievance. What may have been considered "consensual" in our day is to stand on dangerous ground today. When I call it "politically correct" I mean that both in the case of today's campus sex and in the broader society's values, for several decades now there has been an overwhelming emphasis placed on rights over responsibilities. Everyone claims "rights," but few take responsibility for the consequences of their choices and actions that end badly. This attitude, by the way, applies both to individuals engaging in campus sex and corporations who invariably want to privatize profits but socialize losses (reference the "Great Recession" of 2008-2010). A second, associated force driving the "political correctness" movement on campus and throughout society is the striving to attain the cherished status of "victim." Victimology runs rampant in American society today. Anyone who does not achieve his or her immediate or long-term goals automatically achieves "victim" status, thus entitling him or her to various "remedies" inherent in our system. Whether or not one has the initiative and ability to achieve such goals, if one falls short it is surely a sign that one has been "victimized" by (fill in the blank: society, the "system," etc.). Again, personal responsibility for one's condition is rarely acknowledged. Bill
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