SHORT COMMUNICATION 309
Sad Story-Tragic Ending
By
Roger Behra
There is a mode of behavior going on America that has become entrenched over a long period of time, and it has become very harmful to America´s culture. People of all ages and walks of life are participants. The mode of behavior has increased and multiplied greatly over the past three decades. You have to ask yourself if you are part of this debilitating cultural effect: the averted behavior syndrome.
The averted behavior syndrome contains three parts: averted eyes, averted hearing, and averted speaking. All three are alive, present, and working well in America´s modern culture.
Let´s begin with averted eyes syndrome. Here is an example of how it works. A man was out walking on a hot summer night at a midnight in the downtown area of a big city. As he was passing past a large business he heard groans and saw a woman being raped in the dark entrance to the business. Instead of coming to aid of the woman he looked the other way and hurried quickly past and away from the area. He pretended like it was not happening. Since this was before cell phones, he notified no one.
Another part of the averted behavior syndrome is averted hearing that is easy to practice. People hear about the plans to commit immoral or inappropriate behavior and they let it happen without getting involved to stop it. Murders and others physical harm takes place because of this syndrome. It is common.
The third part of averted behavior syndrome is averted attention. People simply do not want to take the time to get involved, so inappropriate and immoral behavior just takes it´s toll. All levels of society are guilty of this syndrome.
In all fairness it must be mentioned that there are some external social pressures that aid the adverted behavior syndrome. That is unfortunate but a really. No one wants to be on records as a witness. That can lead to be involved in court trails, missed work time, and visits to a lawyer´s office more than once. There is always the threat of retaliation and harassment. Always use careful discretion.
The answer to remedying the averted behavior syndrome rests with each individual. It is personal and one´s contribution to the culture.
We always have to be honest with ourselves, or else we are like the three monkeys who practiced the averted behavior syndrome as they sat side-by-side. One monkey decides not to see and evil and covers his eyes. The second monkey decides not to hear and evil covers his ears. The third monkey decides not to speak any evil and covers his mouth. The people who practice the averted behavior syndrome are like the three monkeys. Don´t be monkey. Don´t practice the averted behavior syndrome.
R. B.
3-29-12