ounding some politician. Noteven the president is immune to scandal. Because of this, it is easy to seehow most citizens would agree that a politician is one of the worst peoplethey would want deciding what morals to teach their children. Moreover,seeing how Townsend refers back to the 1830s to provide backing to hertheory that values inculcation works, we can also look back at history notmore than even fifty years ago to the days of McCarthyism in the UnitedStates, and we would see Townsend labeled as a communist. This idea ofvalues inculcation would be seen as a communist idea by Townsend to havethe government force the all of the nations citizens to assimilate into thegovernments own system of beliefs, and it would be struck down with theblink of an eye.The great pride that this country has about being the land of the freecannot and should not be put into question. Using public education to force asystem of morals and values on students is not the answer. That will only makepeople more hostile and wary towards the government. People in power need torealize they have a great influence on the people of this country. If people likeKathleen Kennedy Townsend want to change the morals and values of its youth,they should take a good look in the mirror and think very hard about the oldsaying, Actions speak louder than words. Because in a time where the mostpowerful man, and leader of this nation, the President of the United States, sayshe guarantees no new taxes, and turns around and creates several new ones, orwhen he flat out says he did not have an affair with a White House intern, andthen has to make a public apology about lying about it, it is evident that eventhe very basic moral of truth has been lost by the most influential man in thecountry. It is up to these influential people, to take a stand, be role models, andset good examples for their youth if they truly do want to change their moralsand values....
