Talking about Freedom

On September 27th our class discussed the case of State v Mann. Some arguments from the side of the state was: mann should be charged more due to the fact that he did not shoot Lydia morally and she was not his “property”. Had she died, the State argued that Mann should face charges of murder. Also, shooting someone else’s property is a form of vandalism and the gunshot prohibits Lydia from working to her full potential when back with her original owner. Arguments from the side of Mann were that: by law, slaveholders could be fined for not stopping runaways. Mann did hire Lydia so he had full control of her at the time. Baseline, Mann shot property therefore he cannot be charged with any type of murder. Obviously it is hard for anyone in today's world to be able to put themselves in the shoes of Mann and argue a very obscure argument. It is also hard to realize that these kinds of issues were "resolved" around the time my parents were born and growing up. While all laws ...

 Christopher Carbone, titled his article,  Which Confederate statues were removed? A runninglist.   Just the title itself made me question the entire article. Has this really got so out of hand that there is enough conflict to make a list out of it? The article lists places like Texas, Florida, New York, California, etc... as states quickening to remove all statues. Carbone writes, "Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh told reporters she wanted to move “quickly and quietly” to take down four Confederate statues or monuments". While I am not sure how I feel entirely about this situation, I do know that it is not helping our nation any. For some, these statues express a very key moment in this nations history and to other it represents a figure of hate a racial segregation. Personally, I feel they should be left up because they have been there for so long already and people need to learn how to accept that everything is not perfectly suited to them. 

Every Sunday, football takes the main stage. While the action still remains on the field, the story lines come from the sidelines. Starting with Colin Kapernick of the San Francisco 49ers, players began to knell during the singing of the National Anthem to protest what they felt was wrong, socially, in the United States. While I do feel like he has every right to do so, I feel that kneeling during the National Anthem is wrong. With members of my family serving in the military and a deeply rooted love for my country, I feel that kneeling during this time is down right disrespectful. Being that he is an NFL player, he has so many other platforms in which he can express his views and I think it would ease a lot of tension if the players did their protesting in another manner other than kneeling for our National Anthem.

The author of this article,  Nicole Gaouette, writes, " United States has to act as if North Korea is on the verge of being able to strike it with a missile and act accordingly". The very thought of this should send a chill down the spines of all American's. With a threat like this one and the rise of nuclear warfare, this is not a good sign for the world. My personal opinion is that we all should prepare ourselves because there are too many ego's in power for something drastic not to happen.  http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/19/politics/north-korea-officials-mash-up/index.html