<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/62182ef2-10ef-4681-99ea-7f376abb505f/91F2A67E-E43E-4A45-911C-4F4B1438A313/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://energybulletin.net/node/46096" href="http://energybulletin.net/node/46096" style="font-size: 11px;">energybulletin.net</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://energybulletin.net/node/46096">I feel that the biggest loss of all has been perpetrated by the insidious repackaging and promotion of negative values by presenting them as positive attributes.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://energybulletin.net/node/46096"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Rights”, are foisted upon us with no mention of the accompanying responsibilities (see Entitlement below).</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"Empowerment", is in reality selfishness.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"Liberation", is in reality sanctioned irresponsibility.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"Independence", is in reality denial of the individual as a part of the society.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"Entitlement", is in reality the disconnection of reward from effort or accomplishment.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">"Self Worth", is in reality egotism.</LI> <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Obfuscation of the difference between "quality of life" and "standard of living" completely ignores the very real emotional and spiritual needs of a society and the individual.</LI> <P> * The trivial is exalted as important and anything of depth is ignored or met with vacuous stares. Dysfunctional behaviour is celebrated.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://energybulletin.net/node/46096">True, healthy values have been palmed and replaced with false, unhealthy ones. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/91F2A67E-E43E-4A45-911C-4F4B1438A313/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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