maturity?
I agree with you that respect, growth, change, convenience and safety are good things. #1- Respect
''I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend your right to say it.?”~Patrick Henry I respect that you have opinions and I respect that you want to voice them. I also appreciate the same courtesy extended to me in return.
#2 ?– Growth
When it comes to growth, humanity stands on shaky ground. Physical growth killed the native peoples, animals and plants of this very state, and it continues to do so today. Emotional growth, on the other hand, is always productive. It shows that we are becoming better people. Foxfield should grow emotionally and recognize that the current governmental situation is not in our best interests.
#3 ?– Change
Change is essential, especially in governmental situations. The Bill of Rights would not exist had people not recognized the need to modify the Constitution. The true essence of the Constitution is still there, it?’s just been altered. Foxfield is in a state of constant change, and that?’s great, as long as we stay true to the original principles of the town. And yes, this town does have problems and needs change to amend those problems.
#4 ?– Convenience
It is convenient to have a car to get me to school, it is convenient to have the grocery store at Arapahoe Crossings and it is convenient to have this website to voice my concerns. But convenience isn?’t always what is best for someone. I don?’t particularly feel that the convenience of having a movie theatre so close outweighs the irritation at being trampled by rowdy high-school students every time I want to see a movie and very slightly avoiding accidents when they speed out of the parking lot. While Kohl?’s is close I don?’t enjoy the fact that it uses slave labor in Nicaragua so people can get a t-shirt at low cost. I like my french fries readily available, but I don?’t like that McDonald?’s is cutting down the rainforests so someone can have a Big Mac. Before we do something because it is convenient, we should think about what we are sacrificing for that convenience.
#5- Safety
Safety is very nice. A great man once said that freedom from fear is one of the most basic freedoms humans should receive. We deserve to be safe. I 100% agree. But I honestly do not understand what that has to do with Foxfield. I do not feel unsafe when I drive down the roads, science has not proven that dust from dirt roads is unsafe, and if anything, I feel much more safe when I go to bed at night in Foxfield than when I sleep over at my best friend?’s house in Denver.
Foxfield is not perfect. Perfection does not exist. I agree that Foxfield has problems that need to be addressed. Obviously people would not be seriously considering un-incorporation if everything was hunky-dory here. But we can not solve the complex problems occurring in Foxfield with the simple answer ?“Let?’s un-incorporate?”. Foxfield?’s problems can be solved, we just have to think about it and change our words into actions. Let?’s all work together to make Foxfield a better place, and not divide into the pro-Foxfield and anti-Foxfield, pro-paved roads, anti-paved roads, teenagers, adults, mature, immature. It?’s not as if our problems are so bad we need to split ourselves as if we are living in Northern Ireland.
By A 16-year-old Long Time Resident
I agree with you that respect, growth, change, convenience and safety are good things. #1- Respect
''I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend your right to say it.?”~Patrick Henry I respect that you have opinions and I respect that you want to voice them. I also appreciate the same courtesy extended to me in return.
#2 ?– Growth
When it comes to growth, humanity stands on shaky ground. Physical growth killed the native peoples, animals and plants of this very state, and it continues to do so today. Emotional growth, on the other hand, is always productive. It shows that we are becoming better people. Foxfield should grow emotionally and recognize that the current governmental situation is not in our best interests.
#3 ?– Change
Change is essential, especially in governmental situations. The Bill of Rights would not exist had people not recognized the need to modify the Constitution. The true essence of the Constitution is still there, it?’s just been altered. Foxfield is in a state of constant change, and that?’s great, as long as we stay true to the original principles of the town. And yes, this town does have problems and needs change to amend those problems.
#4 ?– Convenience
It is convenient to have a car to get me to school, it is convenient to have the grocery store at Arapahoe Crossings and it is convenient to have this website to voice my concerns. But convenience isn?’t always what is best for someone. I don?’t particularly feel that the convenience of having a movie theatre so close outweighs the irritation at being trampled by rowdy high-school students every time I want to see a movie and very slightly avoiding accidents when they speed out of the parking lot. While Kohl?’s is close I don?’t enjoy the fact that it uses slave labor in Nicaragua so people can get a t-shirt at low cost. I like my french fries readily available, but I don?’t like that McDonald?’s is cutting down the rainforests so someone can have a Big Mac. Before we do something because it is convenient, we should think about what we are sacrificing for that convenience.
#5- Safety
Safety is very nice. A great man once said that freedom from fear is one of the most basic freedoms humans should receive. We deserve to be safe. I 100% agree. But I honestly do not understand what that has to do with Foxfield. I do not feel unsafe when I drive down the roads, science has not proven that dust from dirt roads is unsafe, and if anything, I feel much more safe when I go to bed at night in Foxfield than when I sleep over at my best friend?’s house in Denver.
Foxfield is not perfect. Perfection does not exist. I agree that Foxfield has problems that need to be addressed. Obviously people would not be seriously considering un-incorporation if everything was hunky-dory here. But we can not solve the complex problems occurring in Foxfield with the simple answer ?“Let?’s un-incorporate?”. Foxfield?’s problems can be solved, we just have to think about it and change our words into actions. Let?’s all work together to make Foxfield a better place, and not divide into the pro-Foxfield and anti-Foxfield, pro-paved roads, anti-paved roads, teenagers, adults, mature, immature. It?’s not as if our problems are so bad we need to split ourselves as if we are living in Northern Ireland.
By A 16-year-old Long Time Resident
