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27.03.07 # 20:32 # Blogs # No CommentHave you ever caught yourself going about your business, doing something the way it has always been done, and wonder if it is the right way? "That’s just the way things are," some would say. "We must have been doing it that way all these years for a reason."
Saskboy has put out a challenge to all of us to do some thinking. "What sort of views have the rest of you inherited from your area that are unproductive?"
Deep stuff. This might take at least two beer to get started on.
Here’s my first one, from Alberta, Canada. We joke about the alcohol on this site, but it is a real problem for some people and it isn’t funny. We need more action to help those with drinking problems. We need to recognize as a society that drinking and driving, drinking and working, and especially drinking while looking after your kids is wrong. Teaching kids to parent drunk, or do other things drunk, perpetuates the problem. If you have kids, do your best to be responsible.
We need to pull the plank out of our own eye before we call the kettle black. If we are worrying about the environment, we need to take actions in our own lives as well as yell at the governments and businesses. Don’t replace your vehicle every year needlessly, recycle, reduce your power bill, and then you have some ground to stand on.
We need to clean up this spousal abuse going on in Alberta. So much of it wouldn’t be happening unless deep down people didn’t think it was okay. There should be zero tolerance. And that goes for women abusing men,too. I know this is a big joke to tough Alberta men. And I have met a few guys who have had the crap kicked out of them by the significant other. Not much seems to be done about these women. Why? The guy is too ashamed to report it, and he won’t fight back against a girl.
We need to carpool or something. I realize we all live out in the sticks, and you have to get in to civilization. So organize it to go as a group. Try to save up your errands and go in once instead of three times a week. Put some thought into it.
These are some of the things that have been bugging me about my area. Your turn. What’s going on in your corner of the world?
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