The world sucks, it is somebody's fault
Nathan Xanders
Issue date: 4/3/09 Section: Opinion
I'm sure all of you are aware of many of the world's current problems. Lately, you've been reading in The Oracle how crappy education is and who is to blame.
You've been told about how bad the economy is and why certain people are to blame. Homosexuals are being oppressed in their quest to be married and play house as if they were "just like heterosexuals" and, of course, someone other than them is to blame. You've been told that the earth is dying a horrific anti-environment and non-eco friendly death, and we're all to blame.
So while we're playing the "name the problem and place the blame game," I thought I'd just go nuts this week. Let's go over the world's problems.
I'll start with something simple like divorce. The divorce rates in America, Canada, Australia, the UK, and even Japan (27%) are outrageous. The United States currently has 12.9 million single parents, and 10.4 million of them are women. Where'd all the men go? Canada is asking the same thing. In Canada, 50% of kids from divorced families will never see their father again. Then there's the male incarceration numbers...holy schnikes. I don't have room in this column for all these statistics in front of me.
Let me break it down quick: the environment is in bad shape. The national debt is more than $11 trillion. The whole world's economy is pretty much as bad as ours-unless your name is China. There are men raping women all over the world. Men don't seem to know whether they're supposed have to sex with one woman, two women or if they should be having sex with women at all.
Some men are having sex with animals, little children, other men, and even inanimate objects. People are marrying inanimate objects. People are marrying multiple people at once. Men are marrying other men and women are marrying their "butch" or their "fem."
People are scamming other people. CEOs are giving themselves a ton of cash. People are doing drugs all over the world, and a huge number of men are crawling into a bottle of Jack Daniels or Jim Beam every night after work because they can't figure out what's missing in their life. Pre-marital and extra marital sex is business as usual for some people. Men are killing other men. Men are selling women into sex slavery. Pornography is a billion dollar a year industry.
You've been told about how bad the economy is and why certain people are to blame. Homosexuals are being oppressed in their quest to be married and play house as if they were "just like heterosexuals" and, of course, someone other than them is to blame. You've been told that the earth is dying a horrific anti-environment and non-eco friendly death, and we're all to blame.
So while we're playing the "name the problem and place the blame game," I thought I'd just go nuts this week. Let's go over the world's problems.
I'll start with something simple like divorce. The divorce rates in America, Canada, Australia, the UK, and even Japan (27%) are outrageous. The United States currently has 12.9 million single parents, and 10.4 million of them are women. Where'd all the men go? Canada is asking the same thing. In Canada, 50% of kids from divorced families will never see their father again. Then there's the male incarceration numbers...holy schnikes. I don't have room in this column for all these statistics in front of me.
Let me break it down quick: the environment is in bad shape. The national debt is more than $11 trillion. The whole world's economy is pretty much as bad as ours-unless your name is China. There are men raping women all over the world. Men don't seem to know whether they're supposed have to sex with one woman, two women or if they should be having sex with women at all.
Some men are having sex with animals, little children, other men, and even inanimate objects. People are marrying inanimate objects. People are marrying multiple people at once. Men are marrying other men and women are marrying their "butch" or their "fem."
People are scamming other people. CEOs are giving themselves a ton of cash. People are doing drugs all over the world, and a huge number of men are crawling into a bottle of Jack Daniels or Jim Beam every night after work because they can't figure out what's missing in their life. Pre-marital and extra marital sex is business as usual for some people. Men are killing other men. Men are selling women into sex slavery. Pornography is a billion dollar a year industry.
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Margie
posted 4/03/09 @ 2:58 PM CST
Excellent article!!!!! You are right on target with what you said. It is somebody's fault - and the somebody is US. The problem doesn't start with the economy, global warming, lack of healthcare, lack of services or freebies - THE PROBLEM IS SIN! I am always amazed that people choose to ignore the obvious, but that is the problem. (Continued…)
David
posted 4/03/09 @ 4:29 PM CST
Where are you getting these numbers? No sources, huh? Oh oh! I can make up things too! Did you know, that 73% of Australian children are raised by kangaroos? In addition, when the male kangaroo beats his wife to death and the child I sent to an orphanage, it will probably be adopted by a homosexual dingo. (Continued…)
Margie
posted 4/03/09 @ 6:30 PM CST
David, perhaps when you ask the author where he is getting his numbers from, you should wait for a reply rather than saying ridiculous things that make you look like an idiot. (Continued…)
YAY FOR FREEDOM OF CHOICE
posted 4/04/09 @ 2:37 PM CST
Not everyone likes to have fake statistics shoved down their throats. And not everyone believes that gays, divorce, and abortion make our world suck. (Continued…)
Student Reader
posted 4/05/09 @ 8:28 AM CST
This makes the Oracle look terrible. It's a struggling publication as is. Perhaps the communications program offers no classes in editorial writing? This is certainly not one. (Continued…)
John Norse
posted 4/05/09 @ 11:31 PM CST
Let's not dodge "Student reader's" point, whether attributed to a name or not. And let's certainly not do so by making him/her seem feeble in his stances because he/she didn't use a real name. (Continued…)
TheNightWatchman23
Alumni Reader
posted 4/06/09 @ 7:31 PM CST
Nate,
While I can respect "freedom of the press" and all that goes with it I think your points would have been more impactful had you backed it up with some hard evidence. (Continued…)
Steve!
posted 4/07/09 @ 12:04 AM CST
Wow. I didn't realize that the Oracle was an evangelical paper... Neat. I guess you learn something new every day, or at least I do. It seems, Mr. Xanders, that you only learn something new once weekly on your Sabbath, or maybe nightly when you're all snuggled up giddy with glee and watching Bill O'riely or discussing new ways to convert the world to your religion. (Continued…)
Michael Vigeant
posted 4/07/09 @ 11:50 PM CST
WOW I feel guilty being a man in a good marriage with two good kids that I don't beat. All I got out of that article was that the problems of the world are squarely on the mans shoulders and he can do no right. (Continued…)
Margie
posted 4/08/09 @ 12:26 AM CST
Nathan, I appreciate your article and I appreciate that you stand up for what you believe. Personally, I do not understand the attacks on your journalism skills. (Continued…)
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