Interesting take on things, Hurt. I agree that we have lost our sense of what's important in life. I don't know if it's the consumer ethic -- you are what you own, or simply moral decay and the fall of society.
In feudal society when young men were encouraged to do heroic deeds to win the favor of a highborn lady, they say society encouraged this to keep the younger sons who had no inheritances busy so they did not rob and pillage the countryside. Today, we sent our kids to college to keep them out of trouble. The focus on the emotional affair was to protect society from wayward youth. Now we have married men and women doing it and jeopardizing the functioning of the family unit.
