Cyber Wars

In the article Cyber War by Patricia Smith it talks about people all over the world like China, the U.S, and Iran and those being hacked or doing the hacking from computers. China is trying to steal our Government secrets. Also since we buy oil from Saudi Arabia the U.S. believes that Iran is responsible for the cyber-attack on Saudi Aramco. I think all this cyber stuff everyone is doing is very pointless because if the U.S. leaves China alone and they just stick to buying there items I think everything will be ok, and the same thing in Iran if everybody just lets everyone be the own independent country I think the world would be a better place because 9/11 is over and the U.S are still trying to kill people they think are terrorist, but probably really have no idea and it is causing people in the U.S to lose people they love because everyone wants to go to war and war leads to death. These cyber wars could lead to real wars and that would be just since less killing. Every time the U.S. does something to another country they either go to war or attempt to attack back and that’s just making a lot of enemies for nothing. A quote from the text states “There are lots of targets in the U.S. where they could do the same thing. The attacks were intended to say: “If you mess with us, you can expect retaliation.’” This quote that there is someone else thinking the same thing because if you mess with someone they are going to want to retaliate not just let it happen.

Sugar Wars

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In the article Sugar Wars by Veronica Majerol she talks about how when you buy sodas today like 2000’s it can be whatever ounce you want like 42 OZ. or more, but back in the 20’s the most you could get was 6.5 ounces in a bottle. Today in New York the article says half of the adults in New York are obese or over weight, and that could link to heart dieses. Philadelphia and several California cities are talking about taxing there sugary drinks. I don’t think they should do this because if people want to drink something they’re going to drink it anyway, but it is a pretty smart idea. They Mayor who is taking effect on this are New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and he is being mocked by a beverage industry ad calling him a nanny. I believe they’re calling him a nanny because usually old people try to tell you what to do and how to do things and that is what he is doing trying to ban something from people who are young and above age who are old enough to make their own decisions. A quote from “If people want to drink 24 ounces, it’s their decision” I think this quote makes since but it should just apply to people over 16 and over because people really under that age don’t really have a decision if you’re old enough to drive you should be old enough to make the decision whether you want to drink soda or not.

Valentines Day

                In the article ‘historically incorrect canoodling’ it talks about how people are the most romantic on valentine’s day and any other time everyone is just trying to have sex hooking up at clubs. Also it talked about how back in the day like before 1800 people married for a person’s wealth or they had arranged marriages and today people marry for love, the marriages are freely chosen, and there are a lot more divorces today. I think that not too long ago was really the best marriages because people were really in love like the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s. It was bad back in the day, but it got better and worse because people are still just marrying for money and now everyone is just having sex. It’s ironic because back in the day they thought it was a sin to have sex unless you were trying to reproduce, you could not do it for pleasure. And in the article it says back then a virgin woman was ranked the highest and that concept still exist in a way today because virgin girls are hard to find these days and that’s really what everyone wants most of the time. Nobody wants a girl everybody then had already unless they are just trying to have sex. At least that my opinion on that topic. Valentines Day is the only day most people get romantic and go out with someone they love.

a right to jeer

In the article ‘A Right To Jeer’ by Alessandra Potenza it talks about people at game specifically basketball and the people there making comments in the stands and people making signs. In the article it says “Last February, at a north Carolina state men’s basketball game against Florida State, two former players seated in the stands Tom Gugliotta and Chris Corchiani, were ejected from the arena for loudly and bitterly protesting the referee’s calls.” It also said that some people in the stands said they didn’t use any threatening words so in my opinion what could they possibly said to get these two men kicked out of a game. I think they were probably saying he wasn’t doing his job right and tell him he was making bad calls and he got irritated or offended and told them he wanted them out, but in the first amendment it does say free of speech so the two former players could really say whatever they wanted to. Also in some universities they are saying that they don’t want signs to be put up at games to me that’s just dumb because why can’t people put up signs it makes no since it’s what a person is rooting for or what they believe that’s like saying people can’t wear different jerseys to games to express what they like if a person likes something or wants to do something the only person that should be able to change those thing are you and god.