Revisions

The chat room is a good resource to use inside and outside of the classroom. By utilizing a chat room you can talk with lots of different people all at once. The chat room can provide a learning environment outside of the classroom. A lot of classes around campus have the chat rooms set up privately for only the students registered in that class. This is a security device that makes sure people who do not belong to that particular class do not gain access to them. Chat rooms provide a break from the school environment, a stress release, and allow a space to meet new people.


The purpose of canines in the police force is to provide an alternative to excessive and deadly force and they are clearly a more suitable and effective alternative to weapons. In Los Angeles the use of dogs in the police force has been rejected, and the use of weapons is preferred. Dogs at one point served as the preferred alternative to excessive force around housing developments off campus for students attending the University of California Los Angeles. Although suspects have claimed to be badly bitten, these cases are extremely rare compared to the many documented good deeds and rescues involving human lives performed by police canines.

Saving the World

This is how arguments should be made. People that know what they are talking about expressing their opinions in a logical and precise way. Moore just so happens to be a co-founder of Greenpeace and he supports nuclear power. If that doesn't give him credibility I dont know what will. He brings up each and every alternative viewpoint or contradicting statement and manages to shoot them all down with ease. He explains how other methods are unreliable, other targets are more vulnerable to attack, and other materials are just as dangerous. This man knows what he is talking about and gives a great argument. Kitman didnt really do it for me. Maybe because he cant really stand in comparison to talking about power sources to what kind of car to drive. Dont get me wrong, being environmentally friendly is great and all, but finding a new power source to fuel the world seems to be a little more important. And while Kitman may be quite knowledgable about cars, his title isnt nearly as impressive. Either way, he has a great argument about hybrid cars not being exactly what they claim to be, which is just another example of people getting caught up in a good idea. But thats the beauty of capitalism right? being able to be sold anything. Anyway, this Kitman guy points out a bunch of flaws, but doesnt exactly point out how to resolve this issue with an alternative method. But I guess he is doing his part just by informing the public. Overall, these two really new what they were talking about and were quite convincing in the argument of it.

Global Warming

While both Kluger and Lindzen discuss global warming in their articles, they have a very different way of going about it. Kluger seems to think that man is the sole reason for global warming through production of CO2 and all aspects of global warming dangerous derive from that. Basically he thinks that the end of the world will be natural disasters caused by mankind's CO2 production. Lindzen seems to think that the whole idea is overplayed, but then again he seems to have a biased opinion. His work got shot down and now he seems to think that global warming is some big scam and people make it into a bigger deal that it is. To his credit, he does give CO2 some responsibility for environmental damage. I think that Lindzen is just whining and his paper is ineffective because the language and lack of evidence give it less credibility than Kluger gives lots of facts and treats the issue in a more respectful way.

Topic Proposal

Science is moving at an exponential rate. The achievements being made all the time are completely incomparable to those made only a decade ago. But while advancement is always approved of, why has no one stopped to ask if society can handle it? With war and conflict all over the world and politics in shambles it seems as though technology should slow down and wait for people to catch up. Cloning will mean such a huge leap forward and will put so much responsibility in everyone's hands that I dont think we as a people are even close to reaching that goal.

To put this policy into effect, there primarily needs to be legislation banning any and all forms of cloning. Is should also be fed into the media of how cloning is bad. While the majority of people dont like cloning, very few voice their opinion and that could be our downfall. People need to be educated about this before it can be fought. I have plenty of resources that can show this.

Perspective

The three different sides to cloning are that cloning is bad all around, some cloning is acceptable, and cloning as a whole should be accepted. As of now, none of the perspectives are dominant because I tried to keep it unbiased. The one I plan on making dominant is that cloning should be stopped as a whole because science cannot keep continuing at this pace with the world as unstable as it is. The possibility of catastrophe is high. With the right legislation and social acceptance it will eventually work out for the better.

Campus Issues

I think campus issues are extremely small in the scheme of things and I cant think of a topic that actually interests me. But I will stick with parking, for arguements sake. The situation is ridiculous, blah blah blah. There are far too many students that need parking and not enough spaces. There are constantly cars in circulation loosing their spots because so many people need a place to park. It has even come to drastic measures and people are parking in commerical lots off campus such as Food Lion and making the walk. The campus needs to create far more parking spaces and open up some that they have.


* Well the campus is in a city so space is definitely limited to where they can just throw up a random parking garage or lot. And these things take time. The students this year want one overnight and it just cant happen like that. Arent they already building new garages? I am pretty sure they are. Then why is everyone still complaining?

Swearing, The Language of Love

While Achenbach and Reilly have esentially the same message that swear words are becoming too widespread, Reilly is a little girl about it and says we should try and take them out all together while Achenbach says we should preserve the power of the F bomb so that it can be used to its full potential. Achenbach definitely has the right idea. Swear words have power for a reason and we cant just throw them away. If we did, what obsenities would we scream during moments of extreme pain?

Dead People, Again

This may be morbid, but its the only thing I can think about when you say "change perspective." My grandpa died a few months ago. I had always been so conforming in my views on death such as "we need to mourn at the funeral" and "I wish they didnt have to go because I didnt want them to" which is pretty much the mindset of the majority of people. This was until I saw grandpa die. He had a brain tumor and the whole family was at the hospital and everyone was freaking out even though he was definitely old enough to be dying. Then as I watched his body squirm and flail around while he was gasping for air, I realized he looked just like a fish out of water. After he died and I had to go through the funeral proceedings and all the other issues that synonomously come with death, I realized that it is all over done. I mean, what the heck. People die, lets get over it. Every time someone dies its like "I never saw it coming." Of course you saw it coming, you see it every day in the news all the time. Death is in our lives every second and yet people still cant get over it. We need to let the dead be dead.

Review

I already realize that my main goal isnt very specific in the intro paragraph and I could really use more citations throughout the body, so we can skip that. I might not have used enough facts and information either. It might be because there is just so much to say and not enough room to say it.

Dead People

This is going to be touchy, but I dont care anymore. I am tired of people dying and then instantly being put into some throne of glory because they are dead. Just because someone dies it doesnt immediately make them the nicest person ever with the greatest ambitions anyone ever had. For instance, reading the biographies about the six fire victims it said that at least three of them had the biggest heart and was the nicest person, while another combination of three had an amazing life ahead of them. Thats another thing, now that they arent around we can assume their life would have been perfect to ease the minds of others. How do you know? They could have ended up to be homeless or worse, but it doesnt matter, they must have been pretty freaking amazing since they died, right? Dont get me wrong, I think we should say nice stuff about people to help them be remembered, but how about real stuff for a change? I dont want to hear the same vague facts about every single dead person, I want to hear the little trivial facts that made them stand out and hopefully made them a good person. Lets try to liven up the dead.