ERODED VALUES - what an odd world.


Seriously speaking, i hate to sermonize but there're things i see or hear and i begin to wonder if the world is coming to a close or if it's just in an inconvenient down-side up!
There're so many disturbing questions that need serious answers: Why would a woman with 5 children suddenly wake up one morning and decide she married the wrong man? Why would she abandon her children to a terrible fate with a hardly present father in a survival-of-the-fittest environment? What sort of anger or provocation would make a man beat his wife to pulp or even inflict deep cuts only to turn around and rush her to the hospital for treatment?

Why would a young man take his own life because his contemporaries are cruising on jeeps and he's not ? Why would he not be patient yet determined, pragmatic yet optimistic? Why would a teenanged girl engage in prostitution? Why would she say there's no other alternative open to her while alternatives abound? Why would parents expose their underaged children to street dangers by urging them to hawk or earn money by rendering road side services? Why do the govt turn deaf ears to the hues and cries of the electorates ? Why do the govt officials care more about winning the " LOOT" award rather than immortalize their names through high performances? Why? Why? Why? So many questions! So much to sermonize about. Are they listening? Would the news reach someone who needs it?

I was so perturbed going by what greeted me recently at a birthday party i attended in port harcourt. Some 4 beautiful girls walked in,probably in their late teens. And hopefully in higher institutions of learning. All four heated up the red carpet. They were spectacular in their all-white ensemble----white tank tops (that revealed their cleavages ) with shorts that barely covered the backsides completely. Long bare legs were encased in very high-heeled white sandals with straps that criss-crossed and tied at the calves . The only person that didnt turn turn twice to catch a glimpse at these girls had to be those with severe neck sprain.

They looked like international models with the faces of beauty pageants. Initially, i thought they came to perform at the occasion , i could not imagine anyone laeving her home dressed so scantily, yet so loudly except to perform an entertainment role. The four girls sat down. After a while, MC invited the daughter of the celebrant to come out and dance with her father. She came out and her friends joined her. The four near-naked girls also joined her on the dance floor. I asked myself, will I be happy to see any of my sisters (since I'm not married yet) introduce girls dressed so scantily as her friends? Certainly not. Then, these young girls obviously felt they were tough, undisturbed by the societal opinions and totally committed to self indulgence. What they didn't realise was that they had told a big story about the homes they came from, their parentage and values. Also, they have labelled "AVAILABILITY" on their fore heads for all sorts of games.

I don't have any doubts that no woman would gladly introduce any of them to her son as a possible wife. Dressing like cheap call girls, act like holigans or swear like seamen? There is need to examine our conducts and life styles to be sure we reflect exactly the image we want people to know us by. Let us set our priorities right. Behaviour is the mirror in which everyone displays his image. No long thing.

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Hengish said…
There goes my dream of wearing shorts whilst I am in Nigeria.

Hehe
11:32 AM, January 29, 2008
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