To Kill or Not to Kill. That is the Question.

Guilty


I must disagree with Mr. Gilbert’s disicion to end his wife’s life because of her diabiliting disease. Who are we as humans to decide who gets to live and who gets to die?. When you kill someone, not matter how you may you do it or for whatever reason you may have, you are still takeing their life, which is still a crime in the United States. I believe that Alzheimers patients should be valued and upheld for what they are going dealing with. I know I would not have the courage to go through what they live through everyday of their lives. Alzheimers patients should be studied so we can learn more from there disease to better accomdate them and help them and to hopefully cure that horrible disease one day. I did not mean for them to be studied like little lab rats running around in a maze somewhere, but hopefully, you know what I mean by that. Im not trying to question the fact of whether or not if he loved his wife but I believe Mr. Gilbert should have gotten his wife the proper help that she needed, instead of him decideing to end her life. There were plenty of things Mr. Gilbert could have done instead of killing his wife. There are well trained doctors in the United States who are trained to deal with that disease.


In my opoion, the jury who decided Mr.Gilberts fate did the right thing in sentenceing him to life. Anybody who murders another person and calls it a so called “mercy killing” or Euthanasia, should be thrown away in jail for life. When you kill someone out of mercy, how are you showing them mercy by causeing them more pain?. Our laws in the U.S. are built to deal with clear cut cases dealing with crimes, not the gray areas that nobody tends to think about. When I think about how our laws are built to deal with crimes like these, I would like to quote Totse.com when it talked about euthanasia. If you look at the end of the webpage it stated, “ The “but” is the problem”.

We all scream for Oil!

Mailer 2


One of the main reasons Mailer suggest that we are trying to become an empire is to control oil. If we can control oil, we can basically control the rest of the world. Oil is something almost every known country in the world needs or wants. If we can control the region, which would be the Middle East, that exports and imports the most oil out of any other country in the world, then we basically have the world by the balls. The United States currently consumes 19.5 million barrels, or 26% of daily global oil consumption. The U.S. has to import 9.8 million barrels a day, or more than half the oil we, as in the U.S., actually consume. The surest way for the U.S. to sustain its overwhelming dependence upon oil is to control the sixty-seven percent of the world’s oil proven oil reserves that lie below the sands of the Persian Gulf (56).

I must say that I agree with Mailer that Bush is trying to make American become some super Empire. I must disagree with Mailer, however, when he said that war is in the American mythology. In all of the past wars, I felt like we always had a reason to go to war. Now don’t get me wrong, I believe we have every right to be at war now, but I do feel we are in the wrong place. Anybody who happens to watch the news regularly, can plainly see that we all the stuff going on the in the world, we are actually on our way to becoming an Empire and we starting with the Middle East. That goes back to what I was saying earlier, The Middle East has oil and we want it bad. If we can control there oil then we have oil to power to cars, machines, tanks, airplanes, ships, etc. This will ultimately give us the power to take over the rest of the world.

Mailer said that most Americans, especially the flag conservatives, love war. I disagree with that. I would say that I am a flag conservative, and will say that I do feel that war is necessary sometimes; I do not love it by any means. If you disagree with what I said that Is fine, everybody is entitled to there own opinions but we really should open our eyes as to what is happening around us.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend

Mailer





WARNING!!: I had serious writers block on this assignment, but I did my best. Sorry i did not end it well. I couldn't think of a good ending.


The question, "Why are we at War?", is a very good question to ask during modern day society. The book, "Why are we at War?", is unlike any book i have read or seen, as a matter of fact. It written as part conversion between Mailer and Mr. Dotson Rader and part as an actually book is written. Although, I did not agree with all the points Mailer discussed in his book, he did bring up some good point, however. Any one who has or had a chance to read this book, can tell that he has passion for not only September 11th, but for politics as well.
One of the many points that he wrote about, that i agree'd with was when he talked about Saddam Hussein strung out the weapons inspection between 1991-1998. Im sure we can all agree that Saddam is right up there with Adolf Hitler on a list of the worlds most hated men. I mean, after all, Saddam did murder tens of thousands of his fellow Iraqi people. Mailer stated that Saddam had the idea that if we, as in the United States, Great Britain, etc., let him string out the inspections, in return, he would not sell his nuclear weapons and ideas to Osama Binladen. I feel like either way, if had been given the oppertunity, Saddam would have sold his nuclear weapons and secerts in return for a hefty price. As i stated earlier, Saddam killed his own people, so what is it to him, if he sells a couple of a nuclear weapons here and there.
The view he discussed about how President Bush was trying to turn the United States into a "Empire", Im going to have to agree and disagree with that. At the beginning of this war, I believed we were doing the right thing, and i still do to this day but how can you not help that Bush is getting a little "war happy", if thats the word for it. I do believe, that with the recently developments with Iran and North Korea, Bush is willing to strectch our resources and go to war with country worth fighting. I don't believe, however, that Bush is trying to take over the world and turn us into a "Empire". I don't believe that is even remotely possible to do, being that a president is only office for four to eight years.
Mailer raised a good question in his book, though. He asked, "Why do Muslims hate us?". Some of the possible answers he gave was that he could be over envy, or even how they were raised. If you watch the news you can see radical Muslim parents raising their children to hate us, even when the children really don't have a reason to hate us at all. I have heard that people who practice true Islamic faith and not the radical form of it, are taught not to hate, just a like a person of Christain faith is taught. .

Stupid Boy

Alligator River Story


I think that this story says that some people will do anything for the one that they love. In the beginning, Abigail loved Gregory so much that she gave up the one thing most precious to a woman, her virginity. If Ivan was a true friend to Abigail, he would have helped her in her time of need. It wasn’t right of Sinbad to take advantage of her when she was trying to get to Gregory across the river. It is pretty low of a man to do that to a poor, helpless girl like that. If Gregory was anything of a man and truly loved Abigail, He would have listened to her when she tried to explain her self to him. Instead of giving up and watching Gregory get beat up by Slug, Abigail should have kept pleading her case to Gregory till he started to believe her.

I am going to start with the lowest of the low and then work my way up from there. I would have to give a five to Sinbad because he took advantage of Abigail in her time of need and forced her to have sexual intercourse with him against her will. The fourth position would have to be deemed upon Abigail because she gave up on trying to plead her case with Gregory and instead got Slug to brutality beat him up. Next on the list would have to be Gregory. If he truly loved Abigail, he would have listened to her while she explained herself to him and not walked away from her when she needed him the most. The next to last position would have to go to Slug. Even though him and Abigail are friends, it was still not his place to get involved in something that is going on between Gregory and her. The number one spot goes to Ivan. The story really didn’t say much about him though. He did push Abigail away when tried to tell him what all was going on between her and Sinbad. I gave him the number one spot though because I feel that after what Abigail, Sinbad, Slug, and Gregory did, he did not seem like such a bad guy after all.

We are all Humans

I will warn you before you read this. This is probally the lamest blog entry I have ever written. The topic was good but I got a serious case of writers block so please be easy on me. Thank You



Human Rights V. Majority Rule



The attempt to abolish one’s right to a decent job based on there sexual preference is both morally and ethically wrong. If a person can perform their job to the best of there ability, regardless of the fact that if there gay or bisexual or straight, I say let them keep there job. I mean from the way I stand morally on this subject, Everybody has the right to a good paying job in America, which is also the so-called "Land of Oppertunity". The only stipulation to them being openly gay in the work force, is the whole sexual harassment deal. They would have to really watch there backs day to day. Someone who just happens to be anti-gay, could make up some horrible lie and say that the person who happens to be gay, did something to them inappropriately and could get them fired for no good reason. When Communities get in a uproar over a teacher being openly gay, I say that if they aren’t touching the kids in a inappropriately way and there a great teacher, then I see nothing wrong with them teaching our kids or even being role models for them. Whether the kids get taught by gay person or a straight person, the knowledge that goes into there heads is still the same no matter what.

When the people who are for Human Rights clash with people who are for the will of the Majority, a lot of feelings can get hurt over the subject of people being openly gay in the work force. The people for Human Rights will argue that anybody of any sexual preference, who can do there job to the best of there ability deserves to keep it. The people who happen to be for the will of the majority, will argue the saying, “The needs of the many override the needs of the few”. For whichever one, the person who reads this, may be with, just keep in mind that we not only have rights but the majority of us are humans too.

Hijack: A State of Fear

Hijack!

It takes nothing less of pure bravery for someone to be able to make the ultimate decision over whether or not a group of people live. I believe for any person, of any stature, to make that choice, they would have to have been in a similar situation. I have not been in that situation before, so I would not be able to make a level-headed decision. If anybody with a conscience, had to make that choice in there life-time, there will always be some morality involved. As your sitting there making that big decision, you tend to start thinking about the fact that, all those people all have hopes, dreams, ambitions, kids, family, thoughts, etcetera. Now here you are, your forced to make a choice of, do I really want to take away fifty, or a hundred, or whatever the case maybe, lives?. Do I really want to risk all those lives, just because some little punks made the mistake of hijacking a plane?.

The over all jist of the current U.S. Foreign Policy towards terrorism, is that, we do not negotiate or strike any deals with terrorist or countries that deal with them, we also make them pay for the wrong that they have done, we also apply pressure to any country that supports or works with terrorist, and we also bolster the counterterrorism capabilities of countries that work with the U.S. and need help. There are a few points that I uncovered in the Policy, that I disagree with. I believe, that if innocent lives are at stake, then under special circumstances, we could begin to negotiate with them on some level. I think another problem with the U.S. Foreign Policy towards terrorism, is that, if we had to do bilateral talks with another country regarding terrorist activities, it would be very hard to do so. There are so many rules and regulations out there, that we would have to follow before we could begin to do anything. By the time, we finally came to a decision on what to do, the terrorist would have already fled the country.

Good and Evil

Right or Wrong

Different society’s all across the world, have different views of what is considered right and what is wrong in there cultures. Take this for example, while a good majority of our society today considers incest to be taboo and wrong. I have heard that people who live deep in the Tennessee mountains think that incest is ok and tend to practice it regularly. Most people are able to come to the realization of what is right and wrong through how they were raised, some through there closest friends, and others by learning from there own mistakes. I was raised on a good, solid Christian background so that is were I get most of my moral heading on being able to tell the difference between right and wrong. I have also had my fair share of learning from my mistakes. So in actuality, the realization of what is right and wrong, is up to the person who is making that decision.


If had to classify myself as either a moral relativist or a moral absolutist. It would have to be an moral absolutist. Wikipedia defines moral absolutism as “the belief that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged, and certain actions are considered right and wrong, devoid the context of the act”. Since I have a Christian background, I also believe that any acts we commit can be judged by God whenever we die. In a sense, in that definition, the absolute standards that they are talking about could be coming from the Bible from a Christians point of view. They are also certain acts that can be considered right or wrong no matter what it is. Take for example, some one who commits murder, even if it is in self defense, it is still considered murder. Whether or not that person is convicted in a court of law, is up to the jury who happens to be in that case. Moral absolutist also believe that morals are inherent in the laws of the universe, the nature of humanity, the will of God, or some other source. I, too, believe that any morals that a child may get when they are growing up come from parent and the rules that they have. A big part of were children get there morals also comes from whether or not they go to church.

From What I See

Topic: Perception


The world is full of different people, so everybody is going to have a different view or perception on how things are. I really don’t see how Gorgias and Socrates both said that objective perception is both impossible and very unlikely. If you have any kind of thought process going on, then you have a perception on things. Whether it be objective or subjective, or whatever the case may be. I must say, I agree with Socrates though. He was right when he said that only when we can know ourselves and where we are most likely to distort data, only then can we be able to tell what is the truth and what is a lie. I believe that goes along with the saying, “Don’t believe everything you hear”. If you believe everything you hear, then you can’t tell what is the truth and what is a lie, like Socrates was saying.
I believe that subjectivies, biases, prejudices are all the same thing in a way. The definions for all three of those words talk about one’s opinion on things, whether it be good or bad. Some of mine are, say take for example, if I see someone walking down the street who happens to be wearing all black. I tend to think that they are all suicidal and everything, even though that may not always be the case. Some of my tastes are say, a good movies that touches your heart, and also having a good close friend, just to name a few. What one may have as tastes, can also define who they are as a person. Somewhat like a window into there soul.
All four of those words both have the greatest possibility distorting ones perception on things. Someone who is racist has a such a great distortion of perception against the black community, it is truly sad. It could for, take for example, just one bad run in with a black person and it throws off there whole perception of black people. It is sad to see that some place are like that. Someone who has a certain taste for things also has a distorted perception on trying things new.

All about Jesse

My names Jesse Suggs. I've lived in Byron,Georgia all my life. I went to Peach County High School for four years. I've been to almost every state in the SouthEast (It isn't a lot but hey). I got saved when i was 13. In my life on this earth, I have learned that should believe half of what you see and none of what you hear. One of my passions in life, besides God of course, is FireFighting. My good friend, Josh, got me into about 4 years ago, when he joined the Houston County Fire Dept. I tried out for Peach County Fire Dept. but failed and I guess my pride got the best of me and I gave up on it for a little while. Then this past July, I started Rookie School, which is FireFighting School, and I was lucky enough to pass so here I am today.