In the article "Marijuana law just creates criminal" by Hakeem Jeffries talks about the how many people in New York were arrested last year for possessing small amounts of marijuana. In which people did not know that the government changed the law concerning marijuana and how much you can possess in the privacy of your pocket in public. The policy that police use called "stop and frisk" is when they stop people, question them, then they are searched or frisked to see if they have the drug on them.
The article is a self-opinion article so most of the quotes are from Jeffries himself. The quote from him that stood out the most to me was "Given the change of law in 1977, had the marijuana remained in the person's pocket, possession would not have been a crime at all." This shows that the government is being unfair in this rule because the people are only doing what the police told them to do but if they hadn't showed them what was in their pocket then they would have never known that they had marijuana.
I think that having or smoking marijuana is wrong. Though to have the police investigate you for something they probably wouldn't have known you had, without knowing that they do this, is just as wrong as having the marijuana. They should have made the law known because it was not right to not inform the people that this law was implemented on them.
This article makes me think that the government can just be really sneaky sometimes. Marijuana is wrong and everything but not telling your people that you implemented a new law is wrong too. Though I also understand there reasons for not telling the public about this law due to they would try and hide the marijuana in a better place whenever they are out in the public. Though i dont understand why people just cant be honest about things. It's a shame really. I really hope that once in a blue moon we can have some honest people with honest answers.
Friday, December 21, 2012
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
More Regulations Against Guns
In the article "Do we have the courage to stop this?" by Nichcolas D. Kristof he speaks of the school shooting in Connecticut and brings up the point " Why cant we regulate guns as seriously as we do cars?" as stated by Kristof. The article brings up the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and how they have so many rules and regulations against ladders. Though they don't really pay attention to the limitation of rules and regulations on firearms. Ladders do kill about 300 Americans a year. Though guns can kill up to 30,000 Americans a year.
Kristof includes quotes from facebookers, the president and including from himself. One quote that stood out to me though was from one on of his facebook followers that said "It is more difficult to adopt a pet than it is to buy a gun." This shows that there is some really access to guns out there and that the facebooker was trying to get the point across that its so difficult to do everything else in America except being able to buy a gun.
I think the situation in Connecticut was absolutely horrible and I agree with everyone that is saying that we need to have more regulations on guns. There could be multiple reasons that we do not have rules against guns but all I know is one thing. Guns are killers. I wish the government, president, and everyone else who makes rules in America that guns are killers and that they are so easy to access. Violence with guns need to stop so there needs to be more rules against them to stop all the gun violence from happening.
This article makes me think that the government and other people who handle rules and regulations are quite stubborn when it comes to the well being of others. Isn't that their job though? To focus on the well being of others? By not making as many rules and regulations as they have against cars, they are not seeing clearly what is going on in the nation they live in. I hope that in the very near future they will make more rules and regulations against guns and they will stop turning a blind eye to the things that are dangerous and really matter.
Kristof includes quotes from facebookers, the president and including from himself. One quote that stood out to me though was from one on of his facebook followers that said "It is more difficult to adopt a pet than it is to buy a gun." This shows that there is some really access to guns out there and that the facebooker was trying to get the point across that its so difficult to do everything else in America except being able to buy a gun.
I think the situation in Connecticut was absolutely horrible and I agree with everyone that is saying that we need to have more regulations on guns. There could be multiple reasons that we do not have rules against guns but all I know is one thing. Guns are killers. I wish the government, president, and everyone else who makes rules in America that guns are killers and that they are so easy to access. Violence with guns need to stop so there needs to be more rules against them to stop all the gun violence from happening.
This article makes me think that the government and other people who handle rules and regulations are quite stubborn when it comes to the well being of others. Isn't that their job though? To focus on the well being of others? By not making as many rules and regulations as they have against cars, they are not seeing clearly what is going on in the nation they live in. I hope that in the very near future they will make more rules and regulations against guns and they will stop turning a blind eye to the things that are dangerous and really matter.
Ki-Suck Han Killed by a Q Train
In the article "Man pushed to death on subway tracks" by James Barron on NYTimes.com, he tells us of the crime of a New Yorker waiting for his train and how he had been pushed in to the subway tracks by a fellow new yorker. It is said that the victim was identified as Ki-Suck Han and was struck by a southbound Q train in the 49th street station.
The article includes quotes from witnesses, police, and onlookers. One of the quotes that stood out to me from the article was when a witness to the accident said "As`he attempted to climb out of the well, he was struck by the train and got wedged between the platform and the train car." This is basically saying that every witness there just watched him die. Nobody there even moved to try and help him up onto the platform to safety.
I think that this situation is absolutely horrible and that there need to be multiple consequences for the person who did it. I understand that he may be a mental patient but he is also an american just like the rest of and has to suffer the consequences that we all have to suffer. Equal rights includes equal consequences between the rest of us.
This article reminds me of a time when I saw a man run over a deer in the road and then the man stayed in the car looking at the deer but didnt call animal control an ambulance or anything or anything he just sat in his car looking at it. I think it was wrong for him to sit there staring at the deer that he just ran over so my mom and I had to call someone to come pick up the deer. Both of these talk of people standing by doing nothing to help someone/something. In the future people should start to muster up more courage to save anothers life.
The article includes quotes from witnesses, police, and onlookers. One of the quotes that stood out to me from the article was when a witness to the accident said "As`he attempted to climb out of the well, he was struck by the train and got wedged between the platform and the train car." This is basically saying that every witness there just watched him die. Nobody there even moved to try and help him up onto the platform to safety.
I think that this situation is absolutely horrible and that there need to be multiple consequences for the person who did it. I understand that he may be a mental patient but he is also an american just like the rest of and has to suffer the consequences that we all have to suffer. Equal rights includes equal consequences between the rest of us.
This article reminds me of a time when I saw a man run over a deer in the road and then the man stayed in the car looking at the deer but didnt call animal control an ambulance or anything or anything he just sat in his car looking at it. I think it was wrong for him to sit there staring at the deer that he just ran over so my mom and I had to call someone to come pick up the deer. Both of these talk of people standing by doing nothing to help someone/something. In the future people should start to muster up more courage to save anothers life.
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