the tip of the iceberg.

Forget about 'global warming', here's something that demonstrates the way the world is really changing. the other day a co -worker was telling me about how his ex-wife caught their 15 year old soon looking at porn on the computer. The ex-wife wanted the dad to 'talk' to the son, chew him out, give him a hard time about it, embarrass him, blah, blah,blah. The dad's main concern however, was not that the kid was looking at porn, (because, in the dad's own words, at his age he was doing 'more' stuff with girls), but rather, that the son didn't infect the computer with any viruses.
Why do we ask "why, oh why!" is society so messed up? We all know the answer, we want it to be. because it justifies our own selfishness. Because it seems that the status quo dictates that morality is something that shouldn't be taught, but is something that should be stumbled upon, in accordance to what is convenient for the stumbler. If you want to, go ahead and establish your own code of ethics. If i tell someone that they did something they shouldn't have done, yet i have done the same thing in the past, telling them it was wrong is admitting i shouldn't have done it and can't do it anymore. and i can't do that because I'd have to change, and i don't want to. in other words, my convenience and selfishness is more important than doing what should be done in certain circumstances. which is teaching someone and directing them to have some morality and a sense of ethics that is above what society deems convenient. But then again, What defines one's morality? and don't even try to tell me to be accountable!
Yes, the the earth is doomed, but not because the icebergs are melting.