Blog # 6 Abortion Claim

My claim is why is why do some people think that abortion is not immoral.
In my opinion abortion is immoral. Since life beings at conception abortion is liken to be murder as it is the act of taking human life. Abortion is in direct defiance of the commonly accepted idea of the sanctity of human life. I feel that abortions are just selfish, cruel, and just plain wrong. I could not imagine living with the guilt of taking another's life, especially the life of some thing that I created. I can understand that having a baby might ruin someone's life or so they may think but what about the life that you are ruining, when they have an abortion. In a way, it is taking away a piece of them, an apiece that they will never be able to get back.

Blog # 7 Reading

I Think I handle opposition in a diverse ways. It really depends on the problem or situation I’m faced with at that present time or moment. I have been faced with a certain situation involving racism like in the story The Fourth of July. I would have to say, its not easy dealing with such ignorant thing like that. I know it went on in the 40’s, But in this day in time it does still exists. I came from a very small town call Jasper Texas. It not as bad but you can catch little racial things here and there. Sometime you just have to be the bigger person and just walk away. So I can relate to the story when they were told they couldn’t eat in the ice cream shop and they just acted like it really wasn’t really big deal even though they were infuriated about it. Its good they kept to themselves, they did not need any trouble. T best thing they could have done was to go on about their business. With me growing up in jasper, that is what I would have done under the circumstances. Another state of affairs that seems to come to mind, an additional story called Handling Room 15. This story is concerning a woman who volunteers for a home that has severely retarded children. However, going into this situation she thinks she could handle anything that comes to. She realizes that it was not that easy to handle a job like after spending a couple of hours in a room with a child named Daniel. Daniel had developed feelings for her and the feeling he had, not once he had for anybody else. The staff in the home had encouraged her to come back because Daniel had never become close to anyone before. As the day went on she tried to convince herself to come back to visit. As time went on she never came back. If I was in her shoes, I would have probably went back to see the guy just because of he was different the rest of us. Even thought some things in life are hard to deal with it is best to stand up and face it. There will always come a time where things may seem impossible or it may feel like you would want to walk away. The best thing to do is do is handle things the best way can and what you feel is right and go for it.

Blog #4 Porn On Airplanes

I do not share the views that this is always appropriate, depending on the context of the sexuality. But to say that seeing sexual activities on an air plane doesn't sit well with me at all. This can do harm to children mentally and emotionally, especially younger children, it is completely ignorant. It can sometimes have similar effects as harassment does on young, malleable minds. I believe that pornography should be restricted on airplanes, especially because not all people share the same views on pornography. Just because you paid for the seat that doesn't mean that you have the right to subject people to illicit content.As for what can be deemed inappropriate...I think airlines would be safe if they stick to the same guidelines that workplaces. I fear that there will be lawsuits to arise if airplanes allow pornography. Parents and concerned citizens may feel that their rights are violated due to this. If airlines are to allow this type of movies, they will need to have signed permission slips from each flyer along with the staff aboard the plane. This would add to the paperwork for the airline, and also decrease the number of people who choose to fly.

Blog #2 Black Man and Public Space

I personally think the author is giving off in the story is that he was trying to be at first was acting like he was a criminal when he says "My first victim was a woman--white, well-dressed, probably in her late twenties." Then again i think he was being rational because most people feel threatened when they are the only person on the street seeing there is a person that looks scary to you. Everybody has that feeling once in a while to make then feel insecure.I also think the authors purpose of the story is to inform his readers about how he never felt that feeling of not being satisfactory in the eyes of the public.I think his audience was for both for blacks and whites. He wants both races to know his feelings on the situation. He wants his point of view to be seen in order for the reader's to fully understand the feelings he felt. In some cases it is not as easy to say the words than it is to read the words. He wants the reader to understand the dangers that he faced in life only because of the color of his skin and not by his deliberate actions.

blog #3 teen pregnancy

Blog #1 Teen Pregnancy

Teen pregnacy is so important me because teen pregnancy is a reality. The presence of teen pregnancy affects me due to the fact I have a teenage brother. If the realization of teen pregnancy continues to go unnoticed it may have a dramtic effect on the U.S. population. Addtitionally the high-school drop out rates may signficantly increase. Thus less students teenagers will not enroll in college and futher their education. It is natural to feel sorry for these teenagers it is wrong to consider them victims based on the lifestyle choices they made. The time when families would sit around dinner tables and discuss their days has slowly faded into the background. They have been replaced by sitting in front of the television, to eating on the run. Thus leaving time for life lessons and conversations in the past. Children are less likely to talk to their parents about personal situations that may arise in their adolescent lives. This makes sexual abuse and safe sex education difficult to talk about, from parent to child and child to parent. Even in schools where sex education is taught, many parents disagree with informing children to the consequences of sex. I am interested by the publicity and television shows dedicated to advertise teen pregnancy. Whatever the case, teen pregnancy rates have continued to rise.