Once people decide to make a change, they want it to happen now. A young woman who is tired of coping with long hair hanging down to her armpits goes to a stylist and with a few snips of the scissors, she emerges with a chin-length bob.
We have an upcoming wedding in our family. I received an invitation to a shower for the bride-to-be. The young woman, whom I haven’t met, is registered at Target. I checked the store’s website, found her preferences, chose and ordered a gift for pickup in Machesney Park, which is about twenty miles away. By the time I’d showered and dressed, I had an email that it was waiting. The counter was right inside the doors. Within another hour my shopping was done and I was back home. A gift bag for the bulky item made wrapping easy.
We are acquiring the habit of solving problems quickly. Some believe that if our Congress would pass the necessary legislation, some of our societal problems would be ended. If only it was that easy. People flaunt the existing laws.
Since Moses came down from Mt. Sinai bearing stone tablets etched with the Ten Commandments including, “Thou shalt not kill,” homicide has been outlawed, but that hasn’t eliminated the crime. According to the FBI, there were 21,570 murders in 2020.
There are numerous rules controlling drugs, but in 2021 more than 106,000 persons died from drug-involved overdose according to the National Center for Health Statics at the CDC.
The National Highway Traffic Administration estimates that the number of fatalities for 2021 will be 42,915 people. Speeding is one of the major risky behaviors involved in car crashes although all roads have speed limits ranging from 70 mph on divided, four-lane highways to 25 mph on village streets.
How do you think we can fix our societal problems?