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Are we Witnessing the Death of Modesty?
CDS ^ | 2/25/2010 | Jennifer Hartline

Posted on 02/25/2010 11:10:42 AM PST by ezfindit

Every time I walk through the mall I feel this stab of pain in my gut. It also happens in Target, Wal-Mart, the doctor’s office, the grocery store; it even happens in church. I don’t need medication for this pain. It’s not a disease – it’s grief. I’m mourning the death of modesty.

Last week I read the most perfect definition of modesty on the website for the Archdiocese of Washington. Msgr. Charles Pope wrote that “modesty is reverence for mystery.” I can’t imagine a better way to define it. And sadly, in our culture, the mystery is GONE. And with it has gone all reverence, dignity, and respect.

I’m just so sick of seeing women “on display” everywhere I go. It’s inescapable and it’s gotten trashy. I feel sorry for men today – at least the men who are attempting to be gentlemen. Men are visual creatures by design, and now the poor guys can hardly raise their eyes off their shoes without being confronted by half-naked women they’re then not supposed to look at. It’s more than inconsiderate; it’s irresponsible and disrespectful.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: catholic; christianity; conservatism; modesty; morality
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To: ezfindit
Ignorance and Vice

"It is high Time for the people of this country to declare, whether they will be freemen or slaves? It is an important question which ought to be decided. It concerns us more that anything in this life. The Salvation of our souls is interested in this event. For wherever tyranny is established immorality of every kind comes in like a torrent. It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in a country where virtue and knowledge prevail. The religion and public liberty of a people are intimately connected; their interests are interwoven, they cannot subsist separately; therefore they rise and fall together. For this reason, it is always observable, that those who are combined to destroy the people's liberties, practice every art to poison their morals. How greatly then does it concern us, at all events, to put a stop to the progress of tyranny." --

Samuel Adams


81 posted on 02/25/2010 1:00:35 PM PST by itsahoot (Each generation takes to excess, what the previous generation accepted in moderation.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

Wow. Just... Wow.


82 posted on 02/25/2010 1:07:53 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

>>>Don’t worry, if what I’ve heard about the 1970s is true, things are already improving.<<<

I was a teenager and young adult in that era, and to say that it resembled an old-fashioned Roman orgy isn’t far from the truth. Glad I managed to get out without any STDs and with only a tinge of regret.


83 posted on 02/25/2010 1:12:02 PM PST by redpoll
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To: mbarker12474

Damn. Now I have to wash my eyes out....with bleach!


84 posted on 02/25/2010 1:44:57 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.)
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To: ezfindit

Modesty died a loooong tme ago.


85 posted on 02/25/2010 1:59:33 PM PST by Chickensoup (We have the government we deserve. Is our government our traitor?)
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To: Bobkk47

86 posted on 02/25/2010 2:49:59 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.<)
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To: Bobkk47

how much was the doctor’s bill to fix your eyes after?


87 posted on 02/25/2010 3:06:33 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: Dem Guard

Hough is usually pronounced Huff. I have known people who spelled their names that way.


88 posted on 02/25/2010 3:31:23 PM PST by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a leftist is like trying to catch sunshine in a fish net at midnight.)
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To: ezfindit

Too subtle for this lowly one.

I thought it was a pastor casting out the tobacco demon.


89 posted on 02/25/2010 4:04:25 PM PST by sinanju
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To: TaxRelief
“hough” in NC is usually pronounced “huff”. Very odd.

"Huff High School" is not a terrific concept, either!

90 posted on 02/25/2010 4:38:36 PM PST by Tax-chick (Cheeseburgers, parrots, volcanos, boats, rum, kittens, machine guns ...)
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To: ClearCase_guy

“Why does anyone pay attention to these people?”

Well, the father of lies is clearly a very skilled liar.


91 posted on 02/25/2010 7:33:16 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: RipSawyer

Perhaps so, but these parents weren’t objecting to Huff High I can assure you.


92 posted on 02/25/2010 8:08:12 PM PST by Dem Guard
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

Thanks for the book suggestion.


93 posted on 02/25/2010 8:25:32 PM PST by ezfindit (ConservativeDatingSite.com - The Right Place for Conservative Singles)
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To: grey_whiskers

Great poster! LOL :)


94 posted on 02/25/2010 8:26:06 PM PST by ezfindit (ConservativeDatingSite.com - The Right Place for Conservative Singles)
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To: Tax-chick
"Huff High School" is not a terrific concept, either!

Are kids still huffing? I thought all these offspring of late baby boomers are just smoking pot with their parents. :D

95 posted on 02/26/2010 6:13:19 AM PST by TaxRelief (I am demoting "Global Warming" from 'theory' to 'deliberate falsehood'.)
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To: CORedneck
That should be for the bedroom.
[ SNIP - butt crack showing of woman walking down the street ]

Agreed. Preferably, my bedroom.

96 posted on 02/26/2010 6:14:36 AM PST by mbarker12474 (If thine enemy offend thee, give his childe a drum.)
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To: T Minus Four

The Dean of Furman University stands out in the field at the start of a football game chanting FU! FU! FU!


97 posted on 02/26/2010 6:15:19 AM PST by TaxRelief (I am demoting "Global Warming" from 'theory' to 'deliberate falsehood'.)
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To: TaxRelief

98 posted on 02/26/2010 6:19:11 AM PST by paulycy (Demand Constitutionality.)
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To: TaxRelief

I don’t know, actually. Bill says none of his friends inhales solvents. He seems to be suggesting that some smoke pot, though.


99 posted on 02/26/2010 6:24:08 AM PST by Tax-chick (Cheeseburgers, parrots, volcanos, boats, rum, kittens, machine guns ...)
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To: TaxRelief

I think it’s a German pronunciation from the early Moravian influence.


100 posted on 02/26/2010 6:52:44 AM PST by Rebelbase
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