A social experiment gone awry

"In our infinite Wisdom", was my opening line in the 'Being present and accounted for at Village View' posting on this blog. For obvious reasons, I neither demanded nor required that anyone read my opinions. I left that to those who found themselves imbued with a sense of voyeurism similar to that of viewing an auto accident. Cloaked in my opinion and commentary was a community social experiment here at Village View. Unfortunately, it failed on every level and has played itself out to the point of absurdity. I and many others have been reviled and slandered, and the trading in barbed wire kisses through the various responses on this blog have suggested that many of you would have blown up the boat full of convicts in the Dark Knight film of last summer. The unintended anarchy was admirable, nonetheless.

In attempting to foster discourse about issues that, in my opinion, were worth ruminating over initially, I managed to frame it within the context of the school which my children attend. What I found, interestingly enough, was excessive anger, combative behavior, name calling, play yard swearing, threatening sentences, personal attacks, attempts at slander, irritated teachers and heated demands by the principal himself. All have conspired against a willingness on my part to share my opinion about issues for which we all share a common interest. I will be closing down this blog shortly, as the comments have moved in a meaningless direction, not worthy of further acrimony. If one of you prefer to keep it alive, please let me know. The last sentence of the same posting noted above was rather prescient, as I recently reviewed what I wrote. It states, "we may end up failing ourselves, even as we believe we know what is best for our children." In that area, we have done a most effective job.