Show 5 S 4 ta ar F ye y E ideas from other editors rf EDITORIAL entitled the A parable of 0 the runt which appeared in the new castle cour ier times new castle indiana carries a message that is worthy of consideration throughout the nation it reads once upon a time in a neighborhood not tar far from here there was a runt who liked to play ball with the other fellows on the corner lot he was perhaps a year or so younger his short legs carry him so fast around the bases d and 1 d his arms were not so long in r reaching a c l for the balls now there was nothing wrong with hl his vocal facilities and he complained long and loud to the other boys that he was being treated unfairly he kept at them until they finally agreed that he should have four strikes at bat as a sort of handicap well the summer passed and other summers came and went and the runt grew into a big strapping 6 tooter footer hi his arms and legs were as long as the other boys and he could hit the ball as well as any of them but do you think he would give up his four strikes at bat no sir that was his by right he Is ii a grown man now the comer lot has a building on it and there arent any more ball games there but hes still demanding tour four strikes at bat iles hes a businessman who seeks special privilege from the legislature hes a laborer who wants pay for days he work hes a farmer who takes government checks tor for k things he raise lite life is just a big lollipop all privileges and no responsibilities like the runt we forget that tor for every privilege somebody must assume a responsibility A home in which everybody likes to eat but nobody wants to work Is headed for financial and moral bankruptcy so is such a nation only as we render services and accept responsibility in our home are we entitled to its privileges and it is the same in any gr group cup the place where we work the community in which we live and the world at large it about time we began to appreciate the things that other folks do for us the teacher who endures and inspires our children the boss who spends a lot of sleepless nights making the businesses go that provides us with a good job the employed who is proud of 0 his work and sees it through the wife who puts up with ill all our little peculiarities and binds our wounds at the end of a discouraging day a god who pours out his mercy beyond anything we deserve only as we are thankful for all that is done for us and accept our responsibilities shall we overcome the childish notion that we are entitled to four strikes at bat and stand before god and our own conscience as a man in all that the word implies from the canton independent sentinel canton pa life has no secrets that a teenager cant read about in some of the magazines offered for sale |