Blog Prompt: Why Are We At War
In the Book, “Why Are We At War” Norman Mailer points out several points. The one point that jumps out at me and commands my attention is where he points out in the book that America, as a whole , was blinded by the need to avenge September 11, that we let our president, George W. Bush lead us into a war with Iraq. He then pointed out that although Saddam was a evil man he did not cause the attacks on our twin towers. I agree with this statement whole heartedly, because Saddam was so worried about dominating his country that I do not think he was brave enough cause such a disaster. It was done by someone that truly hates America with all of his might and wishes nothing more but to tear it down . Osma Bin Ladin loathes America I think that our President George bush knew that . This is why I feel that we are in this war with Iraq to try gain total control of the world.
Just because we run our lives here in the US a certain way, does not give us the right to force anyone else to live like we do. America seems like a Big Bully. Its like we are going into someone else’s backyard and telling them how to live, this is why they are not taking it so well. I have been over there and from what I have seen people in Iraq live awful. The funny thing is that they didn’t know that they were living in a bad condition until we forced our ideas. Then I think that if America was so humane then why should America just stop at Iraq why isn’t the U.S. trying to save Africa from itself . To me, the reason is because Africa does not have anything the that U.S. can to gain from as far as Natural Resources. I want to help Iraq, but I can’t help but feel like we got plenty problems here in America that needs just as much attention as Iraq. I want to help just not at the expense of America’s blood being shed. Especially when it all boils down to just plain old greed masked by a concept of rehabilitation.
Monday, July 9, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
Mr. and Mrs. Evil
Blog Prompt: The Alligator River Story
This short story is much like what many people in society deal with everyday. One of the important points to this story is to decide what is important and how you handle your problems or situations that arise in life. Do you profit or reap the benefits at the expense of someone else or do you try to do what is right and accept whatever consequences may arise. I will give my rating for each of the characters and try to explain why each received their particular score.
Abigail would be given a score of 3. She had the right intentions but used the wrong methods to obtain her goal. Like any woman, Abigail had a desire to see her man. After going to Sinbad, she decided to seek help elsewhere. Sometimes our friends will give us advice that we can ponder over and in some cases, it will help us to make our decisions. That was to no avail. The friend she sought help from had no advice whatsoever, therefore, Abigail, in her mind had nothing to weigh out. She decided that a little extra pleasure was worth what she considered to be the greater pleasure, which would be Gregory. Also how could she love Gregory so passionately at one moment and laugh so uncaringly when he is brutally beaten. Does love only last for a moment?
Gregory would be given a score of 4. First of all, he was the “man”. He should have been trying to get to Abigail and not the other way around. I can imagine him feeling betrayed, knowing that another man has sampled what he considers to be only for him. Even though he was upset, he could have handled things differently by telling Abigail to give him some time to deal with what she had done. Instead, he treats her as if she is trash and discards her.
Ivan would be given a 2.5. If you are truly a friend there are sometimes when you must speak your opinion even if it causes a strain on the friendship. I believe if Ivan had just told Abigail to think about what she was considering doing and to consider what was more important. Keeping herself true to Gregory or using whatever means necessary to see Gregory. Ivan could have told her to consider how Gregory would feel and his possible reactions.
Sinbad would be given a score of 4.5. He is the lowest, nastiest scum off the bottom of my shoe. He obviously had been eying Abigail and wanted a piece of action to start with and used this situation to his advantage. He is like some men of today, and when we look at him, he is the only one who benefited from this situation. To bad he did not fall out of the boat.
Slug would be given a score of 5. How do you just take what someone tells you and walk into a situation where you could have been the one to get beaten down. I believe Slug did this for Abigail, because he wanted her just like Sinbad. The only difference between Sinbad and Slug was that Sinbad did not mind just coming out and asking for some sex, but Slug it seemed, wanted to be identified as her protector or hero and hopefully she would reward him with a piece of the pie
This short story is much like what many people in society deal with everyday. One of the important points to this story is to decide what is important and how you handle your problems or situations that arise in life. Do you profit or reap the benefits at the expense of someone else or do you try to do what is right and accept whatever consequences may arise. I will give my rating for each of the characters and try to explain why each received their particular score.
Abigail would be given a score of 3. She had the right intentions but used the wrong methods to obtain her goal. Like any woman, Abigail had a desire to see her man. After going to Sinbad, she decided to seek help elsewhere. Sometimes our friends will give us advice that we can ponder over and in some cases, it will help us to make our decisions. That was to no avail. The friend she sought help from had no advice whatsoever, therefore, Abigail, in her mind had nothing to weigh out. She decided that a little extra pleasure was worth what she considered to be the greater pleasure, which would be Gregory. Also how could she love Gregory so passionately at one moment and laugh so uncaringly when he is brutally beaten. Does love only last for a moment?
Gregory would be given a score of 4. First of all, he was the “man”. He should have been trying to get to Abigail and not the other way around. I can imagine him feeling betrayed, knowing that another man has sampled what he considers to be only for him. Even though he was upset, he could have handled things differently by telling Abigail to give him some time to deal with what she had done. Instead, he treats her as if she is trash and discards her.
Ivan would be given a 2.5. If you are truly a friend there are sometimes when you must speak your opinion even if it causes a strain on the friendship. I believe if Ivan had just told Abigail to think about what she was considering doing and to consider what was more important. Keeping herself true to Gregory or using whatever means necessary to see Gregory. Ivan could have told her to consider how Gregory would feel and his possible reactions.
Sinbad would be given a score of 4.5. He is the lowest, nastiest scum off the bottom of my shoe. He obviously had been eying Abigail and wanted a piece of action to start with and used this situation to his advantage. He is like some men of today, and when we look at him, he is the only one who benefited from this situation. To bad he did not fall out of the boat.
Slug would be given a score of 5. How do you just take what someone tells you and walk into a situation where you could have been the one to get beaten down. I believe Slug did this for Abigail, because he wanted her just like Sinbad. The only difference between Sinbad and Slug was that Sinbad did not mind just coming out and asking for some sex, but Slug it seemed, wanted to be identified as her protector or hero and hopefully she would reward him with a piece of the pie
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