Climate Change

No, I'm not talking about what the mainstream media and the liberal left are labelling as "Climate Change". That may become a topic for a future post (you can probably already figure what my opinion is on that).

What I'm talking about is a "change in climate" that involves people and not the "climate environment".

On April 2, 2025, 17-year-old Austin Metcalf, a high school student, was fatally stabbed while attending a high school track meet in Frisco, Texas, United States. A 17-year-old School student from another high school was arrested in connection with the stabbing and charged with first-degree murder. I think that the mainstream media is trying to blame the stabbing on the young man who was killed.

I saw this photo on my Facebook feed this morning:

Terrence K Williams posted on Facebook this morning, "Let’s say Austin was a Bully. Kids fight at school all the time. We have all come across bullies, but you don’t stab another kid at school." 

When I was in high school, this kind of thing was unheard of. There were fights among students. I sadly must confess that I remember being in a fight behind the barns (a "temporary" classroom structure that was around for decades) with another student. I don't even remember what the fight was about now, but do remember that we became friends, and later a fellow brother in Christ. But I do not remember any reports of stabbings, or even shootings at schools. And I can remember seeing gun racks in pickup trucks that had guns in them in the parking lot. And I believe that I remember seeing some students carrying knives (sheathed of course). But again, no stabbings or shootings. Only occasional black eyes, bruises and loose or missing teeth.

And here is where the "climate change" comes into play.  Today, you hear about such things every single day! And the incidents are much more violent, with serious injuries and even death. Why? What has changed between then and now?

Well, I may not have the answers to those questions, but I do have some ideas about contributing factors. Note that this is not something that has just happened suddenly. It has been slowly developing over the span of many years.

1. An abandonment of morality. For the longest time, there were things that were not done, not said and not discussed. Today, nothing is taboo.  Everything is openly done, said and discussed. And it almost seems that most of it is being endorsed, recommended and even forced.
2. A decline in the respect for authority. You just never talked back to your parents, your teachers, the school administrators and police officers. If you did that to your parents, you got a switch or a belt. If you did that to your teachers or school administrators, they all had paddles that they were not afraid to use (you probably created them in shop class for the teachers). And if you did that to a police officer, you were likely taken downtown in a police car.
3. A decline in the respect for life. People used to care about life. Abortions may have been performed, but you really didn't hear a lot about it. When you had an argument with another individual, you didn't pick up a knife or a gun. At the most, you might have a fight.
4. The failure of those in political positions, in legislative positions and in judicial positions to actually act in accordance with the position to which they were elected or appointed. Sheriffs, mayors, governors, and presidents decided which laws were to be enforced and which were to be ignored. Law enforcement officers were prohibited from enforcing the law. Legislators spend more time 
5. The failure of "mainstream media" to actually just report the news. They are more commentators than journalists. I just can't out of my mind the picture of the "reporter" covering a riot.  He was standing in front of an area of the city that was aflame, and people were breaking store windows and looting the stores. His comment was that this was "mostly peaceful." Actual facts are no longer important.

These are but just a few of possible causes. But there are actually two which may just be the basis for all of the above that I did not mention: Parents not raising their kids (and not being responsible for them), and religion being removed from the lives of both adults and kids.