
photo by Marcin Kreglicki
accidentally (ok ok, because it is my custom) i listened to the news on the radio; and one of the items was about the consumer rights protection agency starting a campaign against publishing houses. the reason? the publishers cannot name (because they do not know) the ingredients of books for children (like what paper, what printing ink, etc are used to print those books). man, did this get me angry.
there is something basically wrong with this world, where everyone has rights and demands and no duties to contribute meaningfully; or where what one likes takes priority over what one must do.
<grumpy old lizard text>
when i was a kid, nobody protected my rights. and i grew up knowing my duties. to the country, to my school, to my land, to my family. and i learned that the rights come after the duties, not before them, and certainly not without them.
when i was a kid, nobody asked me what i liked and whether i liked doing what i did. and i grew up doing jobs regardless of my likes and dislikes. i was taught to create, and not to consume. and if something got broken you fixed it. yourself. and took pride in that. Read More
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