blog number 9

30 little turtles by Thomas Friedman

The essay 30 little turtles sounds like a cute little essay. A title that would attract a different kind of audience that it was intended for. The essay has little to do with turtles. It was entirely about how outsourcing is a good thing. More specifically, outsourcing to a call centre in India.

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I agree with my self

All of us have listen to talk shows or radio shows at one point or another. Do we listen to them because we agree with them? Have you ever listen to a talk show that you do not agree with?

P.J. O’Rourke writes an essay in which he believes that “Arguing, in the sense of attempting to convince others, seems to have gone out of ( Read more... )

The thesis or central idea of this story is; the thoughts and ideas of kamikaze pilots are the same thoughts and ideas as terrorists and state run soldiers. There is no difference between terrorists and state military operations. However, there is a deference stated above and this  difference is, according to Yuki Tanaka,  is that they are state ( Read more... )

       
       Music evokes some kind of emotion on people. If it is dance music it will get you doing the fist pump. If it is rock it will get you pumped up for something. In fact the US military uses modern rock music in the back ground as solders fight. Why does Music have such an impact on people? All I know is it brings about some emotion. In ( Read more... )

If a culture was trying to impose a change to your values or social structure you probably would be stubborn to conform. Would you fight your hardest to keep your culture? Well, that’s what Taiaiake Alfred is trying to do. Alfred wrote an essay, called “The Ethics of Courage,” to explain possible choices to take in fighting against oppression. “Not ( Read more... )

Freeganism "Dumpster Diving"

Lars Eighner once  was an average employed man who became homeless; He had a job working as a writer in Texas. However, after losing his job Eighner began to " put almost all [his] sporadic income into rent. The necessities of daily life [he] began to extract from Dumpsters." Eighner lost his home and ( Read more... )

Thoughts on “Genetics after Auschwitz” by David Suzuki:

“The best guide we have to help us through the maze of ethical questions that are created by genetic engineering is history; we forget its lesson at the risk of repeating the same mistakes.” David Suzuki makes an excellent point here, that if geneticists forget the past they are bound to ( Read more... )

Have you seen any charitable commercials about Africa since reading "Pandemic' ? Do you view these commercials differently now? Explain:

Thoughts on the "pandemic" by Stephen Lewis.

This speech is certainly a very bold and intellectually persuasive piece. Stephen talks about his experiences he has had in Africa over the last 45 years. The speech starts off with what Africa was like when he first arrived in 1960. He then explains what Africa is like now in present day. The whole point ( Read more... )

Margret Atwood was born in Ottawa and spent time in northern Quebec. Atwood then moved to America where she attended Harvard University.

Letter to America by Margret Atwood

Letter to America is a profound piece of literature that sums up major issues (still) going on with America. This letter also serves ( Read more... )