at some point in american history, did we let government take away parent(s)' rights and responsibility? setting the standard age for being able to drink alcohol for instance. that's not a great example, but one nonetheless. I am reading a book about the medieval times and a seven year old girl runs up to her dad to ask if she could have a sip of his beer. as a father, he gets to tell her, "only a sip or she'll fall in ditch (i'm paraphrasing), but the point is, he gets to teach her what is right and wrong, not the state or the nation's government.

governments and people in power often get to a point where they (with exceptions), think they should have more power and more control, but a small government can't manage the control of millions of families and when parents lost control, we made room for moral chaos. just a thought.

i don't remember where i heard this, maybe from a tv commercial or from "he is just not that into you": "a wasted love story." it's just intrigues me for whatever reason. I kind of like the poetic justice that it brings to relationships that don't work. anyway, i'd actually like to talk more about the movie. my friend Eric says that he caught himself getting angry at the narrator of the story because the guy was giving away all of his secrets (e.g. on how to casually say goodbye to a girl you don't want to see again). Are there some universal truths to that book/movie? I was hoping for a philosophical, perhaps miserable ending, but it was another romantic comedy...i guess because we ultimately want a happy ending (and that ending, i'm sure of, is at least in heaven).