Vetrans Day Blog

What are my thoughts on murder charges during a war? I feel that unless you see something that could be a direct threat or see a sign or symbol that could be a threatening group seeking to do harm to you or your comrades, you have no right to harm someone. But on the other hand, people like me would not know how to react until we have been in there shoes or been there. Civilians cannot speak out about instants like this because they have no idea what this individuals have seen from gunfights to bombs blowing people to pieces right in front of them, all you are thinking about is survival.

When all of our servicemen come back from there will be people waiting to protest them because they want peace, when in reality, they have no idea what they are yelling about. They think they are doing well for countries and people, but in reality, this men and women just got done seeing some of the worst images that people could imagine. These people risked their lives to make sure other people of the earth are kept safe, the last thing they need or want is to be protested. This is where the quote "Citizenship is a duty, not a privilege" comes into play. The protesters or the American soldiers should be ashamed to protest our own troops. Our soldiers have given us freedom as citizens for over 200 years. If anything our troops need support coming back from war.

Racism

Article I

After reading the first article, and seeing all the main points on whether or not racism is a universal idea or a western idea, I have come to the conclusion that it became a larger controversy shortly before and during the periods or African slaves in America. Before in ancient cultures, all people of all colors could be slaves and there was no racism involved in the determining factor who was, or who became a slave. Slaves were used for trading, bargaining, and also sometimes used as a currency. The term racism evolved from the fact that Great Britain used slaves as a trading tool to America, and only the black people were slaves and no other races were. In my personal opinion I believe that racism is a western idea because it started with the African people being used as slaves. Based on their skin tone, which could be due to the evolution of cultures and people as a whole. As it stated in the article, the term “slave” is branched off of Slav which is a group of lighter skin toned people. Over the years random groups would be selected for slavery, and specifically in the most recent years the African people. People that think racism has always been in this world are semi-right, but it has been on small scale levels, there have always been races of people that are inferior to other races. There are certain traits of individuals and people in general that make it difficult to avoid being judgmental towards groups of people.

Article II

This article states that all people are racist, and even though we do not like to think we are, we all have a voice in the back of our head that judges people that look different from us. As much as I would like to deny this, I cannot. I feel terrible about it but there are stories that you hear about people getting beat to death in inner city ghettos, and I bet the first thing that come to you is a group of black gangsters. And when I would tell you there are illegal immigrants all over the place in the southern states of the America, at least 90% of people would think Mexicans right away, but there could be people of races trying to cross the border, it is just all of the prejudices that we create in our heads. And there are also positive prejudices in the United States too, or generalizations like white people can’t jump, or all Asian people are geniuses. Racism can also be contributed to isolation of different races. Like in larger cities there are black neighborhoods, China town, and suburbs which usually consist of white people. With the separation of people throughout the world and all the different division of people, racism will be around until all of the world become a melting pot and all people look the same because they have children together to make a one race society and you cannot tell the difference because everyone has the same skin tone.

Article III

Racism still exists in the United States, and our country is still suffering from the fallout of slavery and the Jim Crow laws. The separation of races in our larger cities is more than noticeable. Our society has created racism and racial problems. One of the worst things for fueling racial problems has become the mass media. With the growth of the media, it is easier for people to hear heinous acts of terrorism due to racial difference. Like a white cop shooting a black teenager, even if the teenager was a major threat to the police officer. The major stories like this make it all the easier for people to become racist and form opinions on a race as a whole. The article states that all people should be judged on what kind of people they are and if it comes to a job setting, what kind of work they perform. That is the ideal way of thinking, but no matter what, there will always be racism. It is a part of vocabulary now, and as long as the media stays at the strength it is at its present state, racism will be around. It is so simple for people to turn on a television, or open up a computer and see a racially motivated story. Our society started out with racism since the beginning, and overtime the strength of it has grown and became a major downfall for our society.

Conclusion

I believe that racism is a Western concept because in times before there was slavery but it did not matter what your skin tone was or what you did, if you were a slave you were a slave and you would be sold and traded among people. Racism is a byproduct of the media. The media can blow up a racial story all over the country with the push of a button and all of the sudden it will start racial controversy all over the United States. Racism was started in Great Britain when they used African people to trade with and gain goods for their own benefit instead of selling slaves of their own people like it was done in ancient times, if it was not for the British racism may not have become as popular as it is today. I believe that because the mass media became such a major part of our society, it grew in every part of the world. Due to this reality, yes racism is everywhere because it makes top stories for news and it allows networks to receive the best rating and they could care less about the fallout that it could cause in towns like Ferguson where they twisted the story for dramatic effect and all of the people of the community were outraged and started to destroy the community because of the bad choices and actions of a couple individuals in on moment on one day.

Welfare

Truths	Myths
People live the same length of time	Children have improved nutrition
Welfare could make people lazy	Welfare makes people more motivated
Many democrats don’t support it	Democrats are the only supporters or welfare
Can’t afford shot or medical expenses	Long life because better medical care
People on welfare don’t have a lot of money	People with welfare have a lot of money
They are more likely to behave badly on welfare	They use the money for good
Could have a job but not enough income	Won’t have a job with welfare
People use it for what they want	People use it for necessities

 

Reagan claimed that the Government spending was out of control and without the lowering of government spending we will never progress as a country. He stated that is a necessity for American Economy to have a larger sum of money to create more opportunities to become prosperous. After a tax cut there was promising signs that it could be better in the future. Some of the decisions that he was making at the time to make it better in the future could be affecting the governmental flow. Because he believed that government spending was too high. Reagan cut down the budget which could possibly affect some of the roads or government lands because the budget is not as great.

I like Clinton’s bill because it limits the number of people that use the welfare program and do not work because it is free income. And it also limits the number of years you can receive money from welfare programs which will also save the government a good amount of money. And Clinton’s plan also states that you must have a job or be employed in order to receive government money. This prevents people from milking the system and helps people to get on their feet instead of just using that money.

Civilizations

2)      The savage will take over the civil part of us, because the nature of the human is to survive. If there is a threat or an opportunity to survive you will take it. Savagery is based on instincts and if you let your instincts take over, the savagery will overpower the civil nature and you would do things that you otherwise would not do. The savagery is in all of us and as soon as there are no laws are rules the savage will come out, instincts will kick in and you will do absolutely anything to stay alive and survive. The beast and savage is in all of us and we will not know what the feeling of going into survival mode would be until we are put in a situation when it would be necessary. It is impossible to know how the body and mind would react no matter who it is, and being on the island in Lord of the Flies you would have to factor in the thirst and hunger that these growing children were experiencing.

3)      I think that society controls people but in return people also control society, because without people there would be no society and it would be complete anarchy. Without the society to the people it would be reckless and no one would be able to control themselves or other people. There would be no morals or no way to know what is right or wrong. So for humans to survive we need society, it keeps everybody sane and in line. And without society it would be one big world of Lord of the Flies and eventually we would kill off our own race because we have such a jealous nature and always trying to be better than the next person.

28th Amendment

If you are convicted of 1^st or 2^nd degree Murder, you shall be put to death by firing squad. If you are convicted of 3^rd degree murder, life in prison with solitary confinement. If you are convicted of 4^th degree murder, 25 to life with chance of parole. If you are convicted of manslaughter or vehicular homicide, 10 to 25 years in federal prison.

If you could describe the game in one word, what would it be? Confusing

What did you expect at the beginning of the game? It to be fun.

When did you realize that something was wrong? When Wendy was yelling at me.

How did you deal with it? Threw cards at her

How did not being able to speak contribute to what you were feeling? It frustrated us even more

 Is my title above appropriate for the game of "culture."  Why or why not? Yes, because it shows what little communication and rules and laws are different.

 Is a universal language and set of customs necessary for world peace and harmony? Yes.

 What can a simple card game teach us about our culture? It is all different in many ways.

Afghanistan

I believe that what those soldiers are doing to those young boys in Afghanistan is completely unacceptable and it is completely unreasonable to continue to let it occur. For the American people nothing is more precious than the younger generation. If the troops overseas would put themselves in the position of the boys that have fallen victim to these heinous and vicious sexual acts being performed on them. And how would those boys react to hearing that armed troops knew it was going on and refused to do anything or even worse got orders to stay away from the situation? We are supposed to serve and protect all people and protecting the youth of the world is where we should start.

The sociological imagination I would like to see the boys saved from the situation and if it continues to happen and our own troops are attacked and killed for helping their country for the actions of the troops. If our troops start to fall victim to the Afghanistan troops, the American soldiers should be pulled out and returned home. If they want to keep their terroristic sexual actions, they should have their country punished for the traditions that have started and we shouldn’t risk the lives of our troops if it doesn’t affect Americans in any way.