Americas Moral Mind
by Rage on May.13, 2009, under All Today's Rage, Celebrity Rage
Ok, so Carrie Prejean prefers marriage over gay marriage and releases some somewhat topless swimwear photos. This makes national news, why? It makes news because Donald Trump let’s Miss California keep her crown is why. I get somewhat amazed when people quote “This is the 21st Century” with inuendo making it OK to follow a fad or change a defining principle. Donald Trump is in it to get noticed, create controversy and define his own socialistic behavior for the country. However this is not a RAGE against Donald Trump but one against the definition of immoral behaviors in our society.
Immoral behaviors are defined by social groups abroad with hundreds of thousands to millions of voices. The bigger the group, the bigger the voice. The largest being the religious sector. Religious groups have the bible or many versions of it to back them. Other groups are built on opinion and social commentary. News associate’s abroad feed off the opinion of large social sectors and release the combined opinion of two parties. Immoral behaviors and the belief’s attached are a combination of centuries of opinion.
Where’s the fact you say? The fact lies with the strongest opinion held closest to you created by the strongest voice heard. Think about it for a second. Religious groups consistently quote the bible as the true word for defining immoral behavior while reading and reviewing Sunday scripture. Others practice various blood rituals in sanctification to there leader. Everyone follows there initial mentors viewpoint and then make a social decision to follow a stronger opinion or sustain a path based on the roots provided.
My point is this. Simply defining an immoral behavior as “bad” does not necessarily negate the fact that its affect on many lives is felt everywhere. If Carrie Prejean was put in an awkward position to make racy photos it was up to her to walk away and decide what affect, if any it would have on her representation of California. She like many others held the opinion “hey, it’s the 21st century” making it an acceptable social behavior for herself. The decision to stay or walk away would not have made a difference and has not made one either way. Carrie has her crown and we all have our own beliefs and opinions. What was gained?
Yes I am RAGED today. How about you? Leave a comment or opinion.
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May 14th, 2009 on 10:49 am
I think her behavior is a perfect representation of California. Isn’t that where the majority of porn is produced. The biggest, most profitable industry in the country. Yet, it is frowned upon by the very society that eats it up!
May 22nd, 2009 on 6:25 pm
It’s a long, looong way from those sorts of pics to porn, IMO. But at any rate, Carrie Prejean is perfectly emblematic of a certain type of individual who OUTSOURCES the shaping of their own values and opinions. These folks do not have a moral compass of their own devising and fine-tuning. I’m not saying all extremely religious people are like this, or all beauty pageant contestants, but there’s an eerie similarity to some of these sample sets.
June 6th, 2009 on 10:23 am
- I’m surprised to see that people blew out of proportions the sincere answer of a young lady to the very complex question which most of Americans wouldn’t be able to handle without being criticized, especially under the given circumstances she found herself in. Yes, she is Miss California, not a Governor of California. Thus, she isn’t an official political representative of the State of California and is free to express her personal opinion as anyone else in this country; by the way, she did it gracefully, with respect, not trying to imply her beliefs on anybody.
I guess, we all need to practice more tolerance and graciousness.
June 15th, 2009 on 2:26 pm
…For some reason, many people just love lables: moral – immoral, good – bad. In this post I like it best the brilliant conclusion of this article: “…We all have our own beliefs and opinions.” Exactly! The opinions of people are highly subjective. And the Holy Bible a.k.a. God’s Word, prohibits the judgmental attitude towards the others. Only God has this right – to judge Humans; and spiritual relationship with God or religion is a very personal matter. All the dealings of this case (including the most recent ones) were only about the clash of opinions and “power games”… or yeah, and “show business” too; in one word it’s called Vanity.
June 16th, 2009 on 8:04 am
P.S. In my previous message, when I mentioned “show business”, I didn’t mean here ART or any true artistic expression, which is about the God-given talent, inspiration and artistic creativity.
Peace to all. -A.
July 4th, 2009 on 2:30 pm
Yes, I am sick to death of people telling me what I have to accept as normal. If I have to accept the sickness of today’s society, they have to accept any sick thing I want them to.
IE : If two men or two women can get married legally, a person should be able to marry their dog, car or toaster if that is what they want to do. I am tired of groups with their own agenda trying to force their crap down my throat.
I only accept what I want to and I am the same as every other American. we only accept what we want to and not what others want us to.