Zeitoun Blog 3 pg. 195

This book is amazing. It keeps me reading so much but Im reading it now out of curiousity of the where abouts of Zeitoun. Im taking this whole book in but to see how damaged his family is by this is horrifying and sad. To see people all over the world all sad and griefing already for one man is eye opening because if this is happening for one man, this is happening all over the world for all the individuals lost and not found. To see how the lost of they're father affects the kids alot too. The one girls hair was falling out because she was so worried about her dad. His wife has more white hairs on her head now than ever! Its really sad and I hope he lives because I want to see his story plus I dont want to see his family getting used to living without him. He did so much for them and was a great father, I hope he still lives.

Zeitoun Blog 2 pg. 135

At this point of the book the disaster already took place and the crimes are now starting to happen within the city of New Orleans. Despite all of the crimes and the excuses to get out of the city, Zeitoun stays though. Its amazing to me that a guy would stay and help people it just inspires me to do the same thing (not wade through water and help people but to help people in general). Its really great to see that there were people like this in the city and to hear this perspective. Its totally different than any other thing i have heard or seen. Like the videos we watched in class, those people were scared and seemed defensless against the theifs and such dwelling in the city's aftermath but Zeitoun was a champion within it all. It gave him a purpose in such a dire time. So far this book is awsome and I cant wait to read the rest so Im going to read more for my next entry!

1st Post on Zeitoun pg. 65

So far I'm impressed by the books way of telling a story in detail and the way it paints a picture so you can see what the setting is during the time. The writing is easy to read but at this point of the book I am really intrigued by the Islamic religion. Many of the things Kathy was explaining she had found out about Islam after reading books from her friend Yuko I hadn't known myself. I like the way how the Islamic religion aknowledges the other books written by Judaism, Christianity and there was another one called Psalms. They consider the fourth book the Qur'an the center of they're beliefs but I like the fact that it see's other religions books as factual and true. I also read during these pages that Kathy has been through many experiences being harassed about her religion and clothing which bothered me because even her family did it. I like the way Zeitoun explains that no one in the news that is brought up because they killed a bunch of people or stole or any offence has they're religion stated in the news unless they are Muslim. They dont bring up Christian peoples religion up when they kill people and make an offence but when an Islamic person makes and offence it hits the fornt of the news because they believe in Islam. It doesn't make sense that people do that and try to point out others and discriminate even in this day and age. I mean after 9-11 iIcould see how it is hard for some people to forgive but that could've been anybody in those planes piloting them. Those terrorrists percieved the Qur'an in a different way which anybody could do to a religion. Look at the KKK they were strong Christians but they interpreted things differently than what was actually told in the Bible. Its really ridiculous how Muslims are pointed out for the smallest things and that they have to feel scared and alone in this country.

Zeitoun

I think this is a great book. As I read more I'll let my followers know alittle more about it each time I blog. Thanks.

Abortion Blog People

Willie Bast

Abortion

1.    The quick facts on the National right to life web page are convincing because of the studies they have done as well as they’re information they give out. I didn’t know the baby’s heart starts to beat at 22 days or so that is pretty crazy because that could be a determining factor on when an abortion is legal. If the baby’s heart is beating does it feel the pain? They also point on the website that many people don’t know the procedures of the surgery when applying for an abortion. Weird thinking that they don’t know what happens and just want to do it being ignorant about what they are putting themselves through. On the website that is pro-choice they confront many of the ideas of the National rights to life by saying the crisis centers intentionally lead woman away from abortion and are extremely biased. It’s just a disguise which to me I find interesting because to me that’s like fooling the customer and when the customer is looking for an abortion and asks where she can have this procedure performed the people in the crisis centers don’t give any information leading the woman to clinics or where she could find help. It’s simply misleading which is unfair. There are refusal clauses too on the website stating that pharmacies can decline people of birth control because that pharmacy disapproves birth control pills. That’s just crazy to me because the people working in the pharmacy are supposed to help the customer out and shouldn’t be able to decide if they as a pharmacy are against it or not. That’s also unfair because the woman has to look somewhere else then and what if there isn’t a pharmacy within a driving distance or other transportation way? I don’t think they should stop abortions overall that’s just crazy and this would be a step towards that. I think both are convincing if you read the pages shown on the websites but I would have to say I think the pro-choice website would be winning because they’re website looks more official, clean and more reliable than that of the other source. But winning would probably be the pro-life movement. They just keep pushing the issue forward in court and seeing where the line is on abortion until they can’t go any further and the pro-choice movement has little power if any to stop decisions in court like that from prevailing.

2.    I being a 17 year old I think it’s important to have the sexual education because then I have more of an understanding of my body and woman’s and how it happens.  I mean people can be uneducated and think that they can get away without using a condom and such because they “pull out” or other things and I think kids need to be informed on what does and what doesn’t prevent pregnancies. Parents should have no say in this I think because the parents can dictate the future of their child and I think the child should be the one to decide what she wants to do with her body and what can be also the healthier thing at this age. They shouldn’t have a choice because it’s not the parents body. Does the kid ever have to consent to any of the parents medical problems? No. Then why should the parents have a choice if they should have a grandchild or not? They kid could be ignorant and immature. Not ready for the challenges of having a child.

3.    I think the father should be notified that she is pregnant and that she is going to have an abortion but the father should have no decision because it’s not his body that is bearing the child. The wish to have the child lies in the mother. If the mother did not want to have a kid and the father did and the consent of the father was needed for an abortion that would not be fair. The father should think about that before he impregnates her because he should know he will have no choice.

4.    Illinois does not cover many people insurance wise with they’re abortions which isn’t that bad its just many mothers in my view will need the help to raise the kid and being insured would help. I also don’t like how certain services can be refused by Illinois to woman who want abortions. Laws such as these I honestly don’t think are fair because the pro-life movement is singling out abortion from other procedures which to me is unfair compared to other procedures. If we are able to pick on one we should be able to pick on all of them then.

Death penalty blog #3

1)      The guilt phase trial and the pre-trial can protect the defendant the most. I think people can be wrongly convicted or persecuted because a “witness” or  informants can say things and blame people who have no connecion with the crime whatsoever and the police use the information given to them if they cant find anything else on the case as they’re base of the case which I think can be misleading. I think the defendant is protected to a certain degree. Evidence from the crime scene or such doesn’t always point to the right person so they blame someone. I think the police should look more thoroughly into cases to make sure the defendant is guilty without a doubt.

2)      I would say the lethal injections are the most humane of the executions. All of them besides the lethal injections are inhumane because there can be mistakes in all of them that can lead to either severe pain or slowly dying from the execution. Even though the lethal injections can have mistakes too it still is the most humane because the inmate dies peacfully in they’re sleep.

3)      Lots of inhumane ways of execution still exist to me I find weird because its a “cruel and unusual” punishment. The penalty is used a lot more than I actually thought and knew. This changed the perspective of which I see it because I see numbers on the states now rather then just hearing numbers. This helped me a lot because im a very visual person and it helps me understand the significance of the numbers of killed people and death row inmates. Texas and California have a lot of death penalties which I quite understand why but would like to know. It is equal I think I mean a lot of killed inmates and death row inmates are white and there are about the same amount of blacks as whites.

4)      The facts are staring at me and I have the same response as the one before this. It doesn’t really help it says and race whise I think its pretty fair from what the statistics show. The public doesn’t really think it helps stop homocides but approves of it. It has an unbiased opinion from what Ive seen of the statistics but it lets you see both sides of the story really by showing everything involved with the cases as a majority.

The Death Penalty

I think Clifford Boggess should have been sentenced to the death penalty because not only did he kill one person but he killed two and it shows how he is willing to kill someone again if he ‘has’ to. Also as his uncle said the man was a lier and you couldn’t tell when he was being real with you and when he was putting on a show. The guy simply couldn’t be trusted. To put this guy prison for life would just be too much money and prison should be for the people who haven’t done such offensess such as killing. But if a person is put in prison after killing multiples peoples it has to be shown that this person has made a change mentally and can see what they did wrong. With Clifford he showed that but it couldn’t be determined if this was all an act or not. Not only that but he had drawn pictures of the prison wall inside one of his paintings hidden. Why it was hidden we don’t know but the fact that he was trying to hide it and get it past security is suspicious. The fact is people can be given a second chance, its just he blew it with the painting and hes not really a trust worthy person. I believe he isn’t because before his death he stopped talking to a good friend because she didn’t believe in what he was doing with his money after his death. He friended random people who were of his religion and change to catholisism. He did it abruptly which to me makes his actions and behaviors seem a little weird to me.

Its hard to say if Clifford changed or not. He did paint and he became a christian but did he really believe in his religion or was it a hoax everyone to give him a life sentence? We wont knot now especially since he is dead but I don’t think he changed really because once you have that mentallity at such a young age and then in teenage years stay the same its hard to change from that because that’s the concrete of your life. When you’re a teenager that’s where you begin to shape your personality and habbits and such. He killed people and the mentallity behind to me didn’t change. I could see him doing it again.

I don’t believe he should have been killed just because the families wanted him dead. That’s not the right reason that’s just revenge and killing a person for those reasons is just stooping down to the criminals level. None the less he was killed but after he was dead it actually did help Liza Hazleworth feel better but that still doesn’t not make it right to kill someone for revenge. They should be judged if they are to be killed from they’re crimes and the changes the person has made.