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.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
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.
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.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
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.
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.
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
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.
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