So very life alteringly important question for you all:
if aliens were to invade the world, what would you do? who would you say goodbye to, or would you assume they were friendly? Taking your actions into account in a crisis situation allows us to see deeper into our own character. So take a moment. what would you do?
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Improving the Worse
How do you ease the tension in a world that is so willing to take the law into their own hand? How does one fix a society where distinct classes are constantly put against each other?
Can it even be done?
With few simple changes, it can be. In a town such as Maycomb, part of the problem is the class distinction between the whites. There are people like the Ewells, who take their relief for granted and don't try to help them selves, and others like the Cunninghams, who try to make the best of what they are being given. Yes, this funding should be continued! However, restrictions should apply... With a small portion of the 1000$ budget, provide incentive to those families who try to help themselves. Families that are trying to work, and have shown clear effort to progress their economic and financial standing should be rewarded. On the other hand, those families that do nothing with their money, and make no effort to survive until their next relief check should be given the bare minimum amount that their social security provides for them. This will provide incentive to those who need to work harder to provide for them selves, and reward those who manage to do so, while not completely leaving those in truly awful financial standing without hope or help. They key to this endeavor is motivation.
The other major part of the problem is uniting all the classes, white and colored. One way to unite a people is to give them a common goal to achieve. With the remaining part of the budget, Maycomb will institute a donation program for another town/ area that is in need of help. The location of this other town is keep. By having the donations sent another town, it promotes the sense of prosperity within the town itself. People begin to think their town is doing better than others in the area, which then in turn will promote the spending within their town itself. by organizing the citizens into specific committees, groups will be formed to collect clothing, food, arms, and other supplies that may people are in dire need for in neighboring areas. by including all populations in these committees it gives everyone a sense of belonging which will unite them in their goal. The funding its self will be used to provide relief for the businesses that willingly help provide the goods to the project to compensate for lost profits. Portions will also go to the transportation of the donations and the safety of those who work on or transport the projects. The last great portion of the 1000$ fund will go to purchasing lost resources from the other towns, such as food and clothing. this will finalize the revitalization of other towns,(in the communities mind by bolstering their economy) and provide a physical reward to all who had worked on the donation efforts themselves.
Now think about it-
How do you fix that which is seemingly set in stone?
By providing incentive and motivation, rather than using force.
Can it even be done?
With few simple changes, it can be. In a town such as Maycomb, part of the problem is the class distinction between the whites. There are people like the Ewells, who take their relief for granted and don't try to help them selves, and others like the Cunninghams, who try to make the best of what they are being given. Yes, this funding should be continued! However, restrictions should apply... With a small portion of the 1000$ budget, provide incentive to those families who try to help themselves. Families that are trying to work, and have shown clear effort to progress their economic and financial standing should be rewarded. On the other hand, those families that do nothing with their money, and make no effort to survive until their next relief check should be given the bare minimum amount that their social security provides for them. This will provide incentive to those who need to work harder to provide for them selves, and reward those who manage to do so, while not completely leaving those in truly awful financial standing without hope or help. They key to this endeavor is motivation.
The other major part of the problem is uniting all the classes, white and colored. One way to unite a people is to give them a common goal to achieve. With the remaining part of the budget, Maycomb will institute a donation program for another town/ area that is in need of help. The location of this other town is keep. By having the donations sent another town, it promotes the sense of prosperity within the town itself. People begin to think their town is doing better than others in the area, which then in turn will promote the spending within their town itself. by organizing the citizens into specific committees, groups will be formed to collect clothing, food, arms, and other supplies that may people are in dire need for in neighboring areas. by including all populations in these committees it gives everyone a sense of belonging which will unite them in their goal. The funding its self will be used to provide relief for the businesses that willingly help provide the goods to the project to compensate for lost profits. Portions will also go to the transportation of the donations and the safety of those who work on or transport the projects. The last great portion of the 1000$ fund will go to purchasing lost resources from the other towns, such as food and clothing. this will finalize the revitalization of other towns,(in the communities mind by bolstering their economy) and provide a physical reward to all who had worked on the donation efforts themselves.
Now think about it-
How do you fix that which is seemingly set in stone?
By providing incentive and motivation, rather than using force.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Choice
Tom Robinson tries to flee from jail, and is shot in the back 17 times as he tries to escape. Rewind. Robinson was a black man living in Maycomb county AL during the 1930's. He had his own family, a job, and children. He was accused of raping white girl Miss Mayella Ewell, and after being tried by a white jury, was found guilty. He awaited his court appeal and then faced penalties of death. Why did he flee, a man with only one good arm, trying to climb over a wall to freedom with armed guards waiting above like silent birds of prey? Did he really have any other option?
At this point in history, blacks are heavily discriminated against, especially in the deep south. Males especially were viewed as sexual predators. A well built man like Tom Robinson walked into his own hearing as a dead man, with a wild chance of being resurrected. For a jury to have reversed its claim, would have been a miracle. Not only would the jury have been going against a white woman’ cries, they would be turning against all the expectations and societal positions that had been placed upon the south by generations worth of racial discrimination.
Robinson was well aware that the cards weren't stacked in his favor. He had gone all in; he still had the appeal, but had virtually zero chance of coming out of it with a pardon. His family was suffering along with the highs and lows of his case, and he knew when left to the legal system he could not survive. Could anyone blame him for taking his life into his own hands? What other choice did he really have? He could die in the hands of the court, wait for his appeal and get lynched in the meantime, or he could try and escape and get shot down in the process.
A man like Robinson could not, and would not be content to sit around and wait for his death to arrive, at whatever time was deemed fit by the public. No- he chose to end his life on his own terms, when he was ready, and in a way, threw it back in the systems faces. he let the public see a brutal murder, and ended his own suffering in the most noble way he could, a desperate bid for his freedom.
Because in real life, which would you choose? Its not really much of a choice... Would you sit and wait for you own death? Or would you walk straight to it with as much dignity as you could muster, and never let them know they had won. Because they wont have- you wont give them the satisfaction of killing you.
At this point in history, blacks are heavily discriminated against, especially in the deep south. Males especially were viewed as sexual predators. A well built man like Tom Robinson walked into his own hearing as a dead man, with a wild chance of being resurrected. For a jury to have reversed its claim, would have been a miracle. Not only would the jury have been going against a white woman’ cries, they would be turning against all the expectations and societal positions that had been placed upon the south by generations worth of racial discrimination.
Robinson was well aware that the cards weren't stacked in his favor. He had gone all in; he still had the appeal, but had virtually zero chance of coming out of it with a pardon. His family was suffering along with the highs and lows of his case, and he knew when left to the legal system he could not survive. Could anyone blame him for taking his life into his own hands? What other choice did he really have? He could die in the hands of the court, wait for his appeal and get lynched in the meantime, or he could try and escape and get shot down in the process.
A man like Robinson could not, and would not be content to sit around and wait for his death to arrive, at whatever time was deemed fit by the public. No- he chose to end his life on his own terms, when he was ready, and in a way, threw it back in the systems faces. he let the public see a brutal murder, and ended his own suffering in the most noble way he could, a desperate bid for his freedom.
Because in real life, which would you choose? Its not really much of a choice... Would you sit and wait for you own death? Or would you walk straight to it with as much dignity as you could muster, and never let them know they had won. Because they wont have- you wont give them the satisfaction of killing you.
MCR CONCERT!!!
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amazing news!!!!!!!!!
MCR is Going on a us tour!!!!!!!!!
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Monday, December 13, 2010
OMG! ITS COLD! (finally!)
well I thought I might just take the time to say: Why on earth do bus drivers drop people off as far as possible from the actual stop? Do they enjoy watching people suffer thought the miserable wind to get to the building for as long as possible? Or is this some bus driver code of ethics?file:///Users/kyle/Desktop/images.jpeg
Friday, November 12, 2010
IMPORTANT UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!
10 DAYS UNTILL NEW MCR ALBUM IS REALEASED!!!!!!
DANGER DAYS: THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABUOLUS KILLJOYS
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DANGER DAYS: THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABUOLUS KILLJOYS
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Monday, November 8, 2010
Information: a Network
With the millions of ways of communication with other people available today, the method that is the oldest and most common during the time period of Jacobs' and many other slaves is now rendered useless with our new faster methods of communication across the country in matters of minutes.
The letter.
Dead.
Extinct.
When we think of the time it takes to send, receive, and respond to a letter we realize that there is more than plenty enough time to lay a trap for a slave. When Jacobs talks of, "receiving this brief letter from Ms. Bruce" the reader realizes how much room for action the time it takes to send a letter allows(206). If the slaves of the time period were aided with modern methods of communication, the more efficient methods theoretically could have created an entire network of information to aid slaves going undetected in their escape, like the Under Ground Railroad, but with more people across the country connected and so much more efficient methods of communication that a slave could have left the state days before the master arrived looking for her there. when several people, "came to inquire about (Jacobs)" living with the Bruces, she narrowly avoids being caught there and being brought back to slavery under the fugitive slave law(202). If she had been at home she would have certainly been brought back against her will. Yet if she had been aided by modern communication, she would not have had to worry about the risk of being found at her house. She simply would be forewarned of peoples' inquiring about her house and would have known not to arrive back at the Bruces' house or would have gone into hiding, depending on the case. With modern technology at their aid, the slaves of the past would have avoided detection and many more would have escaped. The very same ones that were killed in their attempts to escape. The same ones that would have become the societal leaders of today.
The letter.
Dead.
Extinct.
When we think of the time it takes to send, receive, and respond to a letter we realize that there is more than plenty enough time to lay a trap for a slave. When Jacobs talks of, "receiving this brief letter from Ms. Bruce" the reader realizes how much room for action the time it takes to send a letter allows(206). If the slaves of the time period were aided with modern methods of communication, the more efficient methods theoretically could have created an entire network of information to aid slaves going undetected in their escape, like the Under Ground Railroad, but with more people across the country connected and so much more efficient methods of communication that a slave could have left the state days before the master arrived looking for her there. when several people, "came to inquire about (Jacobs)" living with the Bruces, she narrowly avoids being caught there and being brought back to slavery under the fugitive slave law(202). If she had been at home she would have certainly been brought back against her will. Yet if she had been aided by modern communication, she would not have had to worry about the risk of being found at her house. She simply would be forewarned of peoples' inquiring about her house and would have known not to arrive back at the Bruces' house or would have gone into hiding, depending on the case. With modern technology at their aid, the slaves of the past would have avoided detection and many more would have escaped. The very same ones that were killed in their attempts to escape. The same ones that would have become the societal leaders of today.
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