All civilized people, regardless of age or religious affiliation, encounter music in some form or another in their life.
Music, defined by me, represents any audio content that has the ability to be played on an electronic device.
When Shakespear wrote the words “ Friends, Romans, lend me your ears “ he stumbled upon a concept far beyond his wildest comprehension.
Children, as well as adults, lend their ears when they listen to music.
What then is the effect?
It may be true that music is played and listened to for enjoyment, but the effect is far more pernicous.
When people “ lend their ears “ to a song, they are submitting to an invisible contract which would make the Devil blush.
Today, the music released by major corporations and disseminated through the airwaves, effectively act as a poisioning agent, causing the dumbing down of our culture and lowering of the general IQ of the public.
The power brokers know that an informed and engaged populace threaten their power.
I believe that there is a concerted effort to flood the media, in all forms, with material to enslave the population in a landmine of anti-intellectualism and submission.
I am no conspiracy theorist, but what other explanation is there?
If a newborn child is locked in a room, and told from day 1 that 2 + 2 = 5 , repeatedly for 20 years, can the child be blamed for failing math? Then punished!
Adults, generally, are to busy to pay attention to the lyrics of todays music-If they were to carefully examine the material, most would react with severe nausea.
Censorship is no answer.
What needs to happen to counter this tradgedy is simple but not likely to happen.
Parents must be aware of the words and images their young ones absorb, in order to explain & clarify the meaning.
Sadly, newly minted parents have been raised with the 2 + 2 = 5 mentality, so my desire to see change is not likely, in the short term at least.
Pope Vows To Get Church Pedophilia Down To Acceptable Levels
VATICAN CITY—Calling the behavior shameful, sinful, and much more frequent than the Vatican was comfortable with, Pope Benedict XVI vowed this week to bring the widespread pedophilia within the Roman Catholic Church down to a more manageable level.
Addressing thousands gathered at St. Peter’s Square on Easter Sunday, the pontiff offered his “most humble apologies” to abuse victims, and pledged to reduce the total number of molestations by 60 percent over the next five years.
“This is absolutely unacceptable,” Pope Benedict said. “It seems a weakening of faith in God has prevented our priests from exercising moderation when sexually abusing helpless minors.”
“And let me remind our clergy of the holy vows they all took when they entered the priesthood,” he continued. “They should know that they’re only allowed one small child every other month.”
The pope said he was deeply disappointed to learn that the number of children sexually abused by priests was almost 10 times beyond the allowable limit clearly outlined in church doctrine. Admitting for the first time in public that the overindulgent touching of “tender, tender young flesh” had become a full-blown crisis, the Holy Father vowed to implement new reforms to bring the pedophilia rate back down to five children per 1,000 clergy.
“The truth is there will always be a little bit of molestation—it’s simply unavoidable,” Vatican spokesperson Rev. Federico Lombardi said. “But the fact that young boys have gotten much more attractive over the past few decades is no excuse for the blatant defiance of church limits that have been in place for centuries.”
“The majority of priests don’t want to molest kids at all,” he added. “But for those who do, we must make sure they’re doing it at a reasonable rate.”
Following the pope’s speech, the Vatican released a statement outlining its plan to reduce pedophilia. Starting next year, specially trained cardinals will make unannounced visits to inspect and observe random churches in order to ensure they are not going beyond diocese-wide molestation caps. The inspector-cardinals will grade each parish based on long, private interviews with altar boys in darkened church basements, and careful observation of priests’ sexual activity.
These senior officials will also have the authority to enforce harsh punishments for any clergy member violating his allotment of pedophilia.
“If a priest goes even one child over the limit, there will be hell to pay,” said Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops Giovanni Battista Re, explaining the Vatican’s new “Three Strikes, You’re Out” rule. “After the third offense, the offending priest will immediately be moved to another parish. This will give officials time to investigate the case, and will act as an effective deterrent since it usually takes months for priests to gain the trust of the new children.”
As a “goodwill measure,” Cardinal Re said all churches will also be required to display a sign next to the altar showing the number of days since the last molestation.
Criticism of the pope’s new plan has already begun to emerge from within the Catholic Church itself. Rev. Walter Moore, a pastor at St. Peter’s in Chicago, questioned the Vatican’s methodology in calculating the molestation rates, saying the church’s inconsistent definition of pedophilia may have skewed the numbers.
“Is it technically pedophilia if the child’s clothes are fully on the entire time? What if he’s asleep when it happens?” Moore said. “It’s time we had some clear guidance from Rome on this issue. For instance, the church counts it as one incident regardless of whether the child is molested multiple times by the same individual or by two priests at once. That’s just plain wrong.”
“Plus, if it’s supposed to be a special secret between the priest and the boy, is it even any of the church’s business in the first place?” he added. “Maybe Brandon is just trying to get attention.”
The Vatican would not release details of the pope’s upcoming world tour, in which he plans to clear up any confusion on the matter by personally demonstrating what constitutes molestation
