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From: marswalker108
Date:
Thu Oct 31, 2002 8:51 pm
Subject: Why Isn't SSB a Role Model for Young
People
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I am retired
from teaching young people aged twelve to nineteen
years in
America. Today, when I hear what teenagers talk about to
each
other--the rap music they listen to--the TV and movies they
see-
-the seductive clothes they wear even to school--it is
apparent that
their parents have given up in their endeavor to
influence them. It
seems young people have given up everything
that is noble.
Sixty-one percent of parents rate their
generation as "fair"
or "poor" at raising children according to
a nationwide survey
conducted by Public Agenda, a nonpartisan
think tank. In this
survey, 83 percent of parents said it was
"absolutely essential" to
teach self-control and
self-discipline, but only 34 percent said
they have succeeded in
teaching those values. Ninety-one percent
said it essential to
teach honesty, but only 55 percent said they
have succeeded in
doing so.
Part of the problem are the role models for
teenagers. One can
wonder who in the mass media can young people
look up to who is not
trash. Can we honestly look at anyone who
is well known and who we
can point to and say "be like
that."
This is only one of many examples of incresing evil in
the world.
Again, the big question is: if SSB is a purna avatar,
why has he not
been the catalyst for positive change in the
world? Isn't it pass
time we ask this crucial question. Today in
almost every nation we
see--wars or conflicts, famine, plagues,
economic crises,
catastrophic dissasters, and religious and
civil strife.
When we examine the many promises given
throughout the years by
Sathya Sai Baba regarding his effect on
positive change on this
planet--we can only conclude there are
obvious contradictions in his
many statements. Isn't it pass
time we realize SSB is not who he
claims to be. Is he not a
fraud avatar who has deceived us all!?
Best wishes, Dennis J
Hanisch
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