Isn't it interesting that so many of us fight for rights for others that we ourselves don't take advantage of? Why do we do that? We cry foul that girls in Africa can't go to school, yet we complain that our child's school day got lengthened this year. We throw fits that gay marriage is not universally accepted, and yet the divorce rate is ridiculous. We blame policemen or security of being negligent when there is a shooting and turn around and accuse them of exerting too much control if they detain someone with a gun.
Are we simply wired to be unhappy? Are we built to be complacent? We have our privileges in life because somebody somewhere sacrificed theirs. Somebody held their ground when it was easier not to. Somebody gave up a comfort. What trials and causes of today will be disposable norms tomorrow? Next year? In ten years? Fifty?
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