Didion describes that the act of marrying in Las Vegas is more of a fun and party type of ordeal, instead of something that is supposed to be more sacred, special, and have alot more meaning. What happens in Vegas, does not "connect" with real life, that the pastor marries people like cattle within five minutes.
What kind of marriage is that? Your supposed to remember the moment, as it is something that comes in your life, to be remembered forever.
You can't just "time" a marriage, your supposed to be enveloped within every second of the process.
Yeah, the marriage is pretty absurd in Vegas.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Why Don't We Complain
This was a interesting article. I believe we don't complain due to the fact that sometimes we feel it's awkward, unethical or will cause some type of chaos or panic.
We don't complain sometimes about work ethics or the type of treatment we get at work. Other times, we don't complain about how we have to do something a certain way. Usually to get something right you have to complain to get it your way or do it yourself.
If we don't complain we assume that everyone is happy, we are content about how the pollution is, and the traffic and the no jobs situation.
We REALLY need to complain ALOT more, to get things done right the FIRST time, and to have more job opportunities that can help STIMULATE back the local surrounding communities.
We don't complain sometimes about work ethics or the type of treatment we get at work. Other times, we don't complain about how we have to do something a certain way. Usually to get something right you have to complain to get it your way or do it yourself.
If we don't complain we assume that everyone is happy, we are content about how the pollution is, and the traffic and the no jobs situation.
We REALLY need to complain ALOT more, to get things done right the FIRST time, and to have more job opportunities that can help STIMULATE back the local surrounding communities.
Logical Fallacy Examples
I really loved this post in which I described logical fallacies or a incorrect reasoning in assuming a statement.
This was a really creative post in which we described hasty generalization, bandwagon, and false authority.
Bandwagon is when everyone jumps one thing because it's so popular and they think it's good because everyone's doing it when they don't even know when it is.
False authority is like going to someone for help in computer repair and they do not know so much about the thing I am asking them.
Hasty Generalization is almost like stereotyping. When you see a person partying all the time, you think that all people party all the time.
This was a really creative post in which we described hasty generalization, bandwagon, and false authority.
Bandwagon is when everyone jumps one thing because it's so popular and they think it's good because everyone's doing it when they don't even know when it is.
False authority is like going to someone for help in computer repair and they do not know so much about the thing I am asking them.
Hasty Generalization is almost like stereotyping. When you see a person partying all the time, you think that all people party all the time.
Private Property as an Allusion for Empire
In the essay "My Wood", he states what type of impact someone gets from owning a house, a piece of land, or property. He says it makes him feel heavy to own it, and man with weight want larger property, and to have servants, and take care of the property and them.
E.M. Forster describes how selfish we are when we want something or have something and all we want to do is keep it to ourselves and let no one else come into contact with it.
When we own a piece of land or property, we can easily turn very selfish with it.
He states we are very materialistic and carnal, and how to manage our materialism and carnality properly where we have a desire for ownership.
He really goes on about how we feel like we have our own empire, our own kingdom, and we get greedy, and to get more of what he already has.
Lie Detector
Lewis Thomas' perspective is something I totally agree with. Human beings cannot tell a lie without giving some type of red alarm or smoke alarm inside of the head. This triggers nerve impulses to shock really fast all around the body fast.
A lie detector machine can pick this up, which can sense changes in the electrical impulses of the skin, or the brain, and a meter graphing it in real time on a piece of graph paper.
A lie detector machine can detect all the change's in a human body such as pulse, blood rate, blood pressure, sweat, brain activity, and see if it spikes at certain intervals and when asked certain questions.
When we lie we sometimes try to hide it because we know what we did is wrong and we think we can hide it by not saying it, but we phyiscally display it.
A lie detector machine can pick this up, which can sense changes in the electrical impulses of the skin, or the brain, and a meter graphing it in real time on a piece of graph paper.
A lie detector machine can detect all the change's in a human body such as pulse, blood rate, blood pressure, sweat, brain activity, and see if it spikes at certain intervals and when asked certain questions.
When we lie we sometimes try to hide it because we know what we did is wrong and we think we can hide it by not saying it, but we phyiscally display it.
Youth of Today
Richard Rodriguez, says how kids these days are not like the other generations. The richest people sell Nikes to the youths to entice them. Some teenagers do not have reliable parents. Some parents are on crack, and who get pregnant so young. TV is influencing much of a kid's behavior these days, to see how music is, and that influences them.
American parents say their children grow up too quickly, who won't leave home, and that they invent their own tongue so adult's can't understand what they are saying.
Kid's are getting influenced by all these rockstars now, and also by rappers, which is just as bad, maybe even worse than rappers. It's turning them into something they are not, and when they become adult's they are not going to be as respectable and as normal as the previous generation was.
It's just a fad kid's go through but I blame TV, Media, Propaganda, Music, Internet, all this nonsense which filters in kid's head and doesn't let them think for themselves with a clear mind.
American parents say their children grow up too quickly, who won't leave home, and that they invent their own tongue so adult's can't understand what they are saying.
Kid's are getting influenced by all these rockstars now, and also by rappers, which is just as bad, maybe even worse than rappers. It's turning them into something they are not, and when they become adult's they are not going to be as respectable and as normal as the previous generation was.
It's just a fad kid's go through but I blame TV, Media, Propaganda, Music, Internet, all this nonsense which filters in kid's head and doesn't let them think for themselves with a clear mind.
Affirmative Action in 2009
Shelby Steele's perspective was really interesting. He said how it is for something to try to correct a wrong in the past, but it can do more harm then good.
He goes on to state how hes a university professer, and his kids are middle class, and not on welfare.
I really enjoy how deeply he goes on to state his opinion, and how he feels about such a controversial issue. Affirmative Action was supposed to allow minorities and women to work in a place that doesn't hire them. Thus, increasing diversification inside a certain workplace.
He goes on to state how hes a university professer, and his kids are middle class, and not on welfare.
I really enjoy how deeply he goes on to state his opinion, and how he feels about such a controversial issue. Affirmative Action was supposed to allow minorities and women to work in a place that doesn't hire them. Thus, increasing diversification inside a certain workplace.
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