Guilt ...blame ...name ...shame ...lame game

What is healthy??

And the man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat."

And the woman said, "The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat."

You see the obvious blame game ...but there is also competitiveness with the degree of effectiveness that we have in gathering sympathies.

Sherlock Holmes is often quoted as saying, "Elementary, my dear Watson!"  Many things may be elementary and simple, but some things are simply the wrong approach.

How often do elementary school kids have conversations like:

First child:  "I'm sad."

Second child:  "I'm sadder."

First child:  "Not as sad as me!"

It may seem humorous with grade school or elementary school kids, but what can make things worse is if they don't give up those childish ways and mature.  

Yet, we also hear this stuff coming from adults who are supposed to be raising the kids ...whether their own kids, or teachers of the kids of others.


We are often taught that we simply cannot tolerate those who hesitate or question the acceptability of something that any individual claims as their right.  Yet, there is an assumed exclusion that does not allow consideration for the rights of those who don't have as large of an emotionally charged backing.

This new form of intolerance charges those who don't agree ...as being closed-minded.  Though it is often those who are willing to discuss it ...who are charged with being intolerant.

There always seems to be a call for a need of discussion, yet when met with sincerity to discuss it ...the claim flips to calling the challenger, a hater.