Legally right vs. morally wrong
Having lived in Centre County when I was growing up we were taught that morals were a good thing. These past few years I have found that it is fine to move money that was donated for a veterans’ cause to another project. I have found it is also OK to not lower the flag to half-staff when the rest of the nation is doing so. I have found that it is OK to put veterans and non-veterans names on a monument in whatever category you please and even go so low as not give any distinction to Vietnam veterans.
The latest demonstration of no sympathy toward others is when I asked the classmates in charge to reschedule our monthly “get togethers” to the evenings or weekends so more could attend (some of my classmates still are working), I was told that the classmates in attendance do not want to reschedule. So much for doing what is good for the majority. All these things may be legal but when did we throw our basic morals out the window?
People used to care about others feelings, the flag and even their fellow classmates; not any more. Just because something is legal doesn’t mean it is the right thing to do! How much lower can people go?
Jim Hironimus, White Hall, Md.
This story was originally published January 15, 2018 at 7:40 PM with the headline "Legally right vs. morally wrong."