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has continually documented the hugely burdensome
costs, not only in human life and property, but in the
American economy, of the Vietnam war.
And we have also continually said Vietnam will
soon be paled into insignificance in the face of the
really
HUGE
problems of the near future!
Recent Gallup Polls illustrated once again our
lack of perception - our
wrong priorities.
We
become disturbed over terrible
consequences.
We are
earnestly desirous of removing certain
effects,
while
we are totally unconcerned with the
CAUSES
that pro–
duce those consequences- those effects.
Look
at the list of on-the-street concerns of
most Americans.
A recent Gallup Poli showed the
first
concem to
be Vietnam. Then followed the economy, other inter–
national problems, drug addiction, crime and ecology.
Then carne education, and finally, at the
bottom
of the list (only 2 percent placed this as the most
important problem facing the U. S.) carne the
morals
crisis, and our
spiritual
poverty!
Where went our sense of ualues?
Are we so stupefied by sensationalized stories of
the Vietnam war, so dull-witted by the more than
five hours per day spent in watching television, so
brainwashed by the continua} hue and cry of the pro–
testers, so mindlessly driven by our own fieshly
appetites and desires that we can no longer see the
plain
CAUSE
of our problems?
For every effect there is a
CAUSE.
Things don't
just "happen." Things are
caused
to happen.
The Ga1lup Poll proves most of us tend to look
to the
effect
of evil causes, and attempt to remove
the
effect.
We seldom delve deeper, discovering the
CAUSE
of the evil effect, and strive to remove the
cause.
While we struggle mightily over the
effects
-
rioting, demonstrating, worrying, legislating, voting,
protesting, or even praying - we leave undiscovered,
and undisturbed, the basic, underlying
CAUSE
of the
effects we seek to remove!
It
is our
lack of right education
(placed second
from the
bottom
as a concern of most Americans),
our lack of understanding the the
TRUE VALUES
of life
Top- U.P.I, Photo,
Conter
and bottom
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Ambossodor
Col/eso
Photos