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this suddenly justify your actions? Two
wrongs don't make a right.
And you condemn Mom and Dad for
"sleeping around"! But what about
you? What about the 300,000
known
illegitimate births every year in the
United States alone
~
A great majority
are born to teen-agers.
Those babies did
not aJk to be born into YOUR u;or/d
of
pot and "free love"! You shake the fat
finger at Dad and Mom for messing
around after marriage, then turn around
and do virtually the same thing before
marriage - and after. Where's the dif–
ference ? Something doesn't jell. Your
reasoning is all messed up. It
is
like the
"pot calling the kettle black'' !
You point to Mom and Dad, and say,
"Look Mom, you told me
I
was wrong
to steal, you taught me the Big Ten, but
you lift things from the
~tores .
And
Dad, you taught me the same, yet you
steal by cheating on your income tax
!"
Does that give
yo11
an excuse to steal?
Can you defend that kind of reasoning?
If
so, we'd like to hear from you.
No,
t1110
uwongs dou't make a ·right!
The DOUBLE STANDARD$ ARE ON BOTH
SIDES ! It is time both sides stopped
hurling caustic, vitriolic accusations at
each other long enough to examine
themselves - and change.
For every double standard on one
side there is a "cousin counterpart" on
the other. The entire world would
become a better place if the "Look at
you"
attitude would become an intro–
spective "Look at
me"
attitude.
A Time for a Talk
Okay, we've blasted away at both
sides. We hope no one is mad. We
want to make friends of you, and we
want you to make friends of each other
- parents and teen-agers.
We've already told you parents what
the problem is. Now a word to you
teen-agers. Many teen-agers talk of the
wonderful times they used to have with
parents - of the places they went and
what they did together. And both teen–
agers and parents could talk together,
get to know each other.
Why not take the initiative - par–
ents
and
teen-agers?
There are a lot of beautiful four-let-
The
PLAIN TRUTH
February 1971
How
your PLAIN TRUTH sub–
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Many ask, "WHY can't I pay
for my own subscription? HOW
can you publish such a quality
magazine without advertising reve–
nue?"
This organization operares in
a
way
none ever did before. These
entire worldwide enterprises started
very small. The Editor had given
a series of lectures in Eugene, Ore–
gon in 1933, on the laws of success
in life. Individual failures and col–
lective world troubles have resulted
from wrong principies which moti–
vate human sodety.
This world's approach to life
operates on the philosophy of self–
centeredness - of getting, acquir–
ing, and of envy, jealousy and
hatred. The lectures reversed the
approach, showing that tbe way to
real success
-
peace, happiness and
abundant well-being - is
the way
of outgoing concern for others
equal to that for self - actually
the
giving,
serving, cooperating
way.
Response was surprising and en–
thusiastic. A number of lives
about-faced. The manager of Radio
Station KORE, and about a dozen
others of very ordinary means,
volunteered to contribute regularly
toward getting this knowledge to
more people by radio.
For seven years previously, the
Editor had envisioned a monthly
magazine to be named
T
he
PLAIN
TRUTH. Now, by starting it as a
mimeographed "magazine" the way
had opened.
The first week in January 1934,
The
WORLD TOMORROW pro–
gram started on the air. On Feb–
ruary
1,
that year,
The
PLAIN
ter words -
like
love, hope, care, nice,
good. Another beautíful word - when
properly applied - is the simple one:
T-A-L·
K.
TALK is cheap they say. But talk can
accomplisb a lot at the table, in the liv–
ing room, during a walk. So, parents
and teen-agers, take the plunge. Jump
in. The water's warm and it feels fine.
TRUTH
made its most humble
bow. Response was gratifying. It
was sometbing
different
-
some–
thing
ríght
-
something vitally
needed
-
something containing
vitality and life!
There was no request for con–
tributions. It proclaimed the
givíng
way, and had to practice what
it
advocated.
A
small few contribu–
tors joined in the cause
voluntarily.
Little by litde, gradually, listeners
and readers became
voluntary
Co–
Workers. They
wanted
to have a
paú in expanding this unique and
needecl
Work.
Growth seemed slow. But it was
steady and continuous, at the rate
of approxin1ately 30o/o ayear. That
rate of growth has continued for
36
years. We were advocating THE
WAY of GIVING, not getting. To
put a price on our magazine or
other literature would have seemed
inconsistent. So we never have.
Although you cannot pay for
your own subscription, we do,
gratefully accept contributions, vol–
untarily given, though we never
solicit the public for financia!
support.
We
believe
in what we are
doing, and THE W
A
Y it is being
done. Our ever-growing family of
volunteer Co-W orkers believe in it,
and gladly
give
of their incomes
that we, with them, may GIVE
these precious success secrets to an
ever-wideniog number of readers,
listeners, viewers. These operations
today are having a dynamic impact
on 150 million people, worldwide.
Our happy Co-Workers join in
a sincere THANK YOU for allow–
ing us the pleasure of serving you.
It gives us lasting pleasure.
Be willing to listen to each other. Com–
munication ís a TWO·WAY process. Talk–
ing
on the telephone is useless unless
·BOTH parties respond.
Above all, each of you get rid of your
OWN double standard . Quit hid ing
behind a protectionist wall. Be ready
and willing to
change
what is wrong in
yom Li1'es!
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