Come on...EVERYBODY does it!

A few months ago, the apartment building which my wife and I live in was purchased by a large corporation. Since this "change of hands" several changes have happened with regard to what is and is not allowed within our building. One of those changes was that satellites were no longer allowed. This was an unfortunate change for us because we had enjoyed Bell Expressvu up to this point...but since we didn't have much of a choice, we switched over to Roger's Digital Cable.

So far I haven't been extremely impressed with our cable, but in Roger's defence we did choose to go with one of the cheaper packages. Unfortunately, the channel selection is pretty minimal...and I find myself watching things that I normally wouldn't bother with.

One of those shows is "MTV Hacked"...which I guess is basically just an MTV type news/talk show thing. Usually this is on during the lunch hour and I use this show as my commercial show during the Price is Right (yes...I watch the Price is Right). Anyway...I say all this to get to what I really wanted to talk about.

Yesterday on the show the two hosts (a male and a female) were discussing some of the breaking news. One of the stories was about the 4 women who were fired from their job for "gossiping" about their boss. Most of you have probably heard about this...but the thing that really caught my attention was that the argument set forth by the female host as to why their actions were okay was that "everyone does it".

First off, in all honesty, I would agree that far too many people DO gossip...and whether it was appropriate to fire someone over it is not for me to decide, but what makes me laugh is how we justify actions based on the status quo. _________ is okay now because everyone does it. And you can fit just about anything in there....gossiping, lying, cheating, etc.

At what point do you limit that argument? When do we finally stop and say..."Hey, society is going downhill...and just because everyone is doing something, doesn't mean it is the right thing to do"...does it?

For instance, we're hearing alot about school shootings lately...how many of those happen before some teenager can argue that it's okay because it's what everyone is doing. "Yeah...I shot 14 teenagers...but they picked on me...and that's how the status quo deals with bullies, so it's okay."