history

As we do projects based on historical events, especially american wars, it gets me thinking about how anything will ever stop. When will the last war be? When will guns and bombs be unesecary? Never is what i believe, and that coerrlates to my belief in self destruction. I believe feuds created amongst all countries will end up in a nuclear war, completly innihlating the world as we know it. A meteor made the dinosaurs extinct, we r going to exterminate ourselves. The strive for world peace is an unrealistic one. Human aggression and anger can never be quarentined, its just a matter of time until we ruin ourselves in my opinion.

False promises

All we know is, Craig's opening line from today's news conference at which he -- again, and repeatedly -- denied that he's gay will surely make the late-night comedy rounds. Craig's opener: "Thank you for coming out today."-Mary Ann Akers writes on the controversy over the incident with Senator Craig. All over the news is the incident in which Senator Craig was caught in a bathroom in an airport, a notorious gay pick up spot, Craig was caught hinting towards a police officer that he wanted to partake in gay activity. Now, my point is that no matter how many marches are held, no matter how many laws are passed, prejudices will forever remain as long as we live The way people conduct prejudice today is merely a silenced version of the past. Beliefs of parents are passed down to their children who will continue to pass it to their own children. Just because slavery is abolished and there arent as many open displays of prejudice, it still remains. My example is the Craig case. What does it matter if hes gay? Why is it such a bad thing for his career? The answers simple, some prejudice people would rather vote for a straight senator than a gay one no matter what. The fact he was caught attempting to pick up a guy in a bathroom should not matter. Bill Clinton had multiple affairs yet they were straight, so it makes it okay. If the senator was seen going into a hotel room with some other women, no one would think twice its the fact he was picking up a guy is what stirred everything up.

Mistakes

As i was reading the crucible and thinking about all the outrageous reasons people have been killed throughout the history of this world, it got me thinking. The mistakes of the Holocaust and all other genocides shape the world we live in today. But similar to the debate on memory erasing, id like to suggest the Pros/cons of a time machine. If someone could go back in time to stop or lessen horrific events, would/should it be allowed? I think that there is no way it should be allowed. In other posts ive backed up opinions by saying everyhing happens for a reason, and horrific events are no exception. I think everything thats happened up until now, and everything that will continue to happen is based on fate. That said, mistakes as outrageous as accusing someone as having the devil in them, or being a witch, shape the world we live in today and should not be messed with. If you dont agree, watch the Back to the Future movies and see what a time machine could do..

Be Good, Smile Pretty

The movie we watched in class was very intersting and really got me thinking. I thought about the memories podcast, and that memories get worse/ less accurate as time goes on. When i was watching the movie, it was obvious that the memories of Dons death never was just forgotten, it never got easy. 30 years later the grief the mom endures is still just as great if not greater than it was before. Another thing wiht the movie is that the impact of war on families is not always documented in such a way. Seeing the impact of one person towards his family puts in persective the millions of people that have been killed in wars, and the seemingly ungratefulness towards the gift of life all humans disrespect