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OBITUARY OF THE LATE MR.COMMON SENSE Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: Knowing when to come in out of the rain; Why the early bird gets the worm; Life isn't always fair; and Maybe it was my fault. Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies: (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies: (adults, not children, are incharge). His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6 -year- old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition. Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children. It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Tylenol, sun lotion or a band-aid to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion. Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims. Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault. Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement. Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth and Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason. He is survived by his 3 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, Someone Else Is To Blame, and I'm A Victim. Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing. get protected before it happens to you |
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| I have seen this obituary for several years now and have always
thought it funny and so true to a point. But never thought it was any more than a funny kind of joke. You guys really brought out some real serious stuff because of it, but I do have to agree, when you order something hot, doesn't that mean it could burn you. Where's the common sense in our court system is my question. Candice Candice Hampton |
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| I completely understand that there are an ever increasing number of people accused of abuse, and that the lines have become blurry. I did not mean to suggest that such is not the case.
As Cheryl points out, children are lacking discipline. It is not the fact that they have been given rights, such as the right to live free of abuse, that has caused the increase in parent abuse. It is the parents' lack of control over their own household. As a child protection social worker, I have investigated hundreds of bogus abuse claims - in every single one of them the parents did require some sort of parenting training to regain control of their children. And then of course there are many issues with the "system" that further complicate matters. In my opinion, what has changed over the years, is that we have an increased population of spoiled children. I have my theories on what has caused parents to become more layed back in their parenting, but that's a whole other article! LOL Karen Weir Parenting Special Children |
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| I spent 12 years working with the police and for ever confirmed abuse case we handled we'd handle 3 or 4 cases of neighbors using child abuse reporting as a way to cause trouble for a disliked neighbor or children using it to retaliate against their parents when they were being punished. However The police and the Dept of Children and Families are required to investigate. These innocent parents were then caught up in a system which constantly harassed them. It's a shame that you can try to teach your child right from wrong and end up being labeled as a child abuser or criminal. In many cases the parents had not touched their child. They took away the cell phone the X-box and others luxuries. But it was reported as "Emotional" abuse. Then we have the nerve to be surprised at the number of juveniles entering into the juvenile justice system. It seems evident to me why they are there, no discipline. get protected before it happens to you |
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| Hi Karen,
With reference to reading stories and believing that they are typical. I am speaking of real facts and real people that I know and it is unfortunatly occuring more and more frequently. If it was not a fact and a seriously increasing problem then there would be no need for groups for abused parents. Bj Bill Brown aka Bjantiques Hosting Skype bjantiques  Group Administrator
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| When we all post our business, and others do not listen...we can pertain to them having 'no common sense'..... I just wanted to post the 'updated' definition of it...just in case! Although I have seen this email, message for a couple of years.....and still makes me laugh! Simplifying Lives and Securing Lifestyles HERE |
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| From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia • Ten things you may not know about images on Wikipedia • Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see Common sense (disambiguation). This article includes a list of references or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. You can improve this article by introducing more precise citations. Common sense (or, when used attributively as an adjective, commonsense, common-sense, or commonsensical), based on a strict construction of the term, is what people in common would agree: that which they "sense" in common as their common natural understanding. Some use the phrase to refer to beliefs or propositions that in their opinion they consider would in most people's experience be prudent and of sound judgment, without dependence upon esoteric knowledge or study or research, but based upon what is believed to be knowledge held by people "in common", so: the knowledge and experience most people have, or are believed to have by the person using the term. Whatever definition is considered apt, identifying particular items of knowledge that are "common sense" is more difficult. Philosophers may choose to avoid using the phrase where precise language is required. Common sense is a perennial topic in epistemology and widely used or referred to by many philosophers. Some related concepts include intuitions, pre-theoretic belief, ordinary language, the frame problem, foundational beliefs, good sense, endoxa, and axioms. Common sense ideas tend to relate to events within human experience (i.e. good will), and thus commensurate with human scale. Thus there is no commonsense intuition of, for example, the behavior of the universe at subatomic distances or speeds approaching that of light. Simplifying Lives and Securing Lifestyles HERE |
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| This is great Cheryl. Very humerous and creative.
Being the devil's advocate that I am, I have to say, that Common Sense could have died in any era - the only thing that would be different is the examples. My mother used to always say the only thing common about common sense is how uncommon it is. What is common sense to you may not be to me. This is why common sense is not so common. For all the unruly children whose parents were charged for disciplining them, there are just as many (hopefully not more) who are abused at the hand of their parents. For every person who sued and won for getting burned with hot coffee, there are as many who lost the suit. Having worked as a child protection social worker for many years, the idea that parents are not permitted to scold or discipline their children is one that is commonly misunderstood. Children do have rights that they never used to have (same for women), and certainly there are times when certain stories make headlines giving us the impression that children are now in control. Of course there are different laws in different areas, but where I live, parents believe they are not allowed to spank - there is no law against spanking however. There are absolutely better ways to discipline than by using violence, but parents still have the authority to use it if they wish - so long as the spanking doesn't turn into a beating. One of the things that has suprised me is that some people read a news story and believe that what they hear is now typical. Perhaps another area where Common Sense started to lose some vitality? LOL Karen Weir Parenting Special Children |
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| I was wondering what happened to Common Sense until I got this in my e-mail this morning. I still have not figured out how someone who orders a cup of coffee knowing it was hot would not realize she could get scalded if she were not careful. Common Sense may have given up the will to live but I think the nail in the coffin is the person who thought Preparation H was intended for oral use.
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| Hi Cheryl,
This would be funny if it were not the total truth. There is only injustice compounding injustice these days. It is an abomination when a child can cause total mayham including attacking perents and the parents are charged with assault if they touch the child to punish them. It is also a total abomination that the victims of assault and theft are treated worse than the assailants and theives. As for the people that make outragious claims agains anyone and everyone simply because they did not use their common sense is totally out of hand. I would like to see some of these members of jury's that award outragious compensation be on the receiving end of an outragious claim against them and see how they like it. It is my opinion that if you dont have the intellegence to know that the coffee you are drinking is hot then you should not be drinking it. It is getting to the point that the only way to protect ones self against such stupidity would be to have customers sign a disclaimer before serving them. This naturally would not work unless it was unilatteral and every singel establishment did it. Bj Bill Brown aka Bjantiques Hosting Skype bjantiques Group Administrator
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