Double Standards

This blog is somewhat different but I need some help in understanding double standards. I guess I have lived long enough now that I can actually look back and forward with perspective (my bias). So here we go. Help me understand the following:

  1. How is it the exercise instructor is not in shape and yet leads a class to get in shape? (Thank God my spin insructor-Bonki- is not anything near that).
  2. How is it that Roger Clemens can be tried for lying and it's a felony; but when Congress lies to us, they call it a decision in our best interest, when it's really politics?
  3. How is it that when I disagree with someone's point of view I become their adversary? It can be anything from getting a raise or promotion to having a different point of view on male/female issues, black/white, war/peace, God/aethist?
  4. How is it a leader can say one thing, but at the same time not walk the walk? For example, get caught up in managing and not leading?
  5. How is it in public schools we cannot pray, but teach creationism?
  6. How is it we can burn the American flag and it is justified by the first amendment?
  7. How is it parents criticize teachers unmercifully for giving honest feedback when teachers spend 8 hours a day with their child and the parents might spend 4?

I guess I'm not in touch anymore...

rb

On another note I want to say thanks to Karrie who has been my assistant for the last two years (she leaves to have their second child). At the same time welcome to Leslie who already is doing a remarkable job.

And finally check out the new book from my assistant several years ago, Cindy Beall.

Healing Your Marriage When Trust Is Broken:  Finding Forgiveness and Restoration

Posted on Mon, July 18, 2011 by Ron Beasley filed under

3 comments (Add your own)

1. Jim Mays wrote:
Dr. Ron -- very well said and I feel the same way about these type of double standards. What is wrong with integrity an dhonesty?

Wed, July 20, 2011 @ 8:15 AM

2. Kelly North wrote:
I have dealt with a lot of double standards working for DPS, it’s one of the top reasons I have been having trouble getting out of bed and going to work. I was listening to Chuck Swindol on my way back from Houston yesterday and he was talking about when life is not fair (double standards); teaching from 1 Peter 3:8-17, Chuck gave me some insight in to this and I see where it could be a blessing; also Andy Stanley made a comment in a sermon of his I was watching, Life isn’t fair, unless you’re the one getting the better deal. It really boils down to what perspective you use, God's or yours.

Wed, July 20, 2011 @ 1:21 PM

3. Mone Haen wrote:
1. I'm not sure but that might be a Texas thing. Here in California, the exercise instructors are in ridiculously good shape. They wouldn't make it in the business if not.
2. RC is a baseball player lying under oath about performance enhancing drugs. Congress has lied and keeps some information from the public in order to preserve the security of the country. Would you truly want an open-book government where all of our military secrets were available to all of us including those seeking to hurt the US?
3. Clearly I disagree with you but don't consider you my adversary. Am I yours? Debate is healthy.
4. Circumstance often calls for flexibility. For example, sometimes people need to be managed and not just lead.
5. Are you ok with your child praying in school to Allah, Buddha or Ganesha or is prayer to your god the only pray that should be allowed in school? Furthermore, if you want your child to pray in school, there are quite a few private schools that allow and encourage prayer.
6. We can burn the American flag BECAUSE of the First Amendment. In many other countries, you'd be stoned to death in public for the same offense. You're welcome to move there if you'd prefer that line of thinking.
7. I agree with you 100% on this. Educators have thankless jobs and some parents don't do enough to educate their own children.

Thu, July 21, 2011 @ 12:32 PM

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