Private Parts - Part 4

Marian Love of Champlin, Minnesota wrote a Commentary article in the Star Tribune today entitled: "Dignity - Devaluated - for ourselves and others."

She says "Concepts like discretion, personal boundaries, or respect for one's own or another's privacy are simply no longer modeled in popular culture. Young people with ever-greater technological savvy but less impulse control than adults are even more at risk of crossing the eroding lines of propriety."

Cultural phases come and go. The new element today is concentrated electronic information transmission as the face of the market. As the market moves to monetize as much of life as possible the balancing effect of another force is needed. Religion has provided this push back but has been greatly brought into line with market forces. I believe that religion can rise to the challenge as greater realism about how the world works pervades the religious community.