This chant is heard a lot these days, especially when someone dares to express a contrary opinion. Have you ever been in a discussion where people are espousing their lack of belief and you happen to express a belief and there was a sharp retort similar to the above?
Cognitive dissonance is rife within the area of personal belief. It does not need to make sense. In my experience most beliefs are emotionally based and rapidly fail when subject to the searchlight of logic, and no more than amongst the so called experts, or academia. I have heard so much irrational discussion on such programs as The Science Show.
Let me talk a moment about morality. Who says what is right and wrong? What is the basis for our morality? It seems that Mark Parnell MP is the last word on morality. We need to all regard him as the final authority. The wise and esteemed Mark appears to think that parents have no right to expect that their children’s teachers at least adhere to a certain standard of morality in order to teach their children.
Sorry Mark, a person who teaches my children Maths and Science is far more than a Maths or Science teacher. They have a responsibility that reaches far beyond the mere teaching of a subject. They should be a person whom I think can set a good example to my children, someone who can show my children how to live. If in my opinion the lifestyle one who spends time with my children is not one I wish them to emulate then it is my responsibility to ensure that they are not my children’s teacher. You do not father my children and you are not my children’s moral guardian.
You may think that you are society’s conscience but excuse me if I prefer my own moral paradigm in favour of yours. I prefer to not have your morality rammed down my throat.