America's Linen Store: In search of a new moral fabric

Today after work, I was on the metro on the ride home when a younger teenager came onto the train about 3 stops in and proceeded to not only talk on his cell phone but was cursing the entire time. It was so dissapointing to hear this because I knew in the society we live in, you never know what is going to happen to you if you actually complain to a perfect stranger. And this problem is not just on metro trains. People are just getting ruder, more entitled and frankly increasingly becoming focused on the wrong things. And it goes across all socioeconomic classes. Today, people seem to be more focused on new gadgets they can show off as a status symbol in stead of being a good citizen. 2 days ago a 91 year old man was beaten up in northern Detroit during a carjacking and a group of bystanders just stood there and did nothing. How about atleast letting out a scream? Absolutely disgusting.

The other thing I have been noticing is that some people now think that traffic lights just don't mean anything. I have been driving through major intersections (not those ones that are in the nether regions of a neighborhood) and people are just walking like an automobile going 40 miles an hour doesn't bother them at all. It is one of the few times I honk my horn - and my wife can tell you - I rarely honk my car horn!

People need to care less about the car they drive and instead focus on their moral fabric. Otherwise the only Good Samaritans will have been left behind in Samaria.