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DAYLIGHT SAVINGS CRIME
I don’t like daylight savings time! The very audacity of human beings
stealing an hour out of a day at a time of their choosing is shocking to
me. Who do we think we are, trying to re-arrange the schedule of time
established by the Creator in the beginning?
Some conservative Christian groups get very upset when the "theory
of evolution" is mentioned. Where are they – and their protests –
when engulfed by the fact of daylight savings time? I’ve not yet seen
any public demonstrations against this subtle but present threat to the
time schedules to which we all are so addicted! It’s downright
un-American, I tell you!
I have no doubt that Daylight Savings Time is the result of a powerful
but silent conspiracy by some secret chronological enemy of our
"American way of life." What else but the threat of national
destruction could motivate our entire nation to change its clocks, not
once, but twice each year?
Another demoralizing technique of this "daylight savings time
conspiracy" is forcing all of us to get out of bed in the dark. It
takes my body months to make that adjustment and, by the time I’m
finally in sync with the clock, it’s time to go back on God’s time
again!
Arising before morning light seems to me to be highly disrespectful of
the Sun, our Great and Gracious Giver of Daylight. For years, I’ve
resisted giving offense to the sun by not getting out of bed before it
rises. Then, every March, daylight savings time requires it! I often
wonder what great disasters lie ahead for humankind if the sun ever tires
of our annual disrespect and refuses to shine. Eternal darkness? Global
warming? Perpetual political in-fighting? It sends chills up my back even
when the temperature is in the 90's!
Some have argued that daylight savings time makes it safer for the
children who have to walk home after school. Well, what about their walk
to school in the morning in the darkness? If they can carry a flashlight
one way, why can’t they carry one the other way?
Other people defend daylight savings time by saying how much they enjoy
the long, sunlit summer evenings. Perhaps, but those who make backyard
grills, leisure equipment, gas stations and oil companies are the ones who
really benefit from this re-arrangement of time! Whatever its
recreational, political or economic benefits, I consider Daylight Savings
Time an unnecessary nuisance – or worse. And I don’t like it!
17Mar2008 - mshr
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