As the younger generations grow more familiar with video games, their efforts to sustain face to face relationships will deteriorate. We are in essence, transitioning from a physical to technological based society with all interactions being that of virtual experiences. Through this unfamiliar process there is a vague line of reality, meaning that our youth often gets caught up in the fictitious parts of video games and as a direct result we have the capabilities to make concerning connections from violent video games to real life scenarios. This problem becomes drastically amplified when these unrestrained video games have superior detail and connection to current world events, such as war or popular prejudices. All this being said, video games provide an outlet to the younger generations and help relieve their need for violence. It is only when people’s relationship to this form of technology succeeds that of the real world that an unavoidable problem arises. Its occurrence is caused from the confusion of what is right and or ethically acceptable, and what is morally wrong. It could be assumed that it is not the video games that spark violence, but rather the people bonding to them. So my question to you is, should there be more restrictions on video games in hopes to prevent this over connection or shall it continue to maintain in that hands of individual parents?
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Within the last couple of months he have found that there are 545 children under the U.S. Government's custody. Some news sites like NBC News state that this is an act of "government sanctioned child abuse", children being kept in cages for the last three years unable to find their parents, because of Trump's action. Trump's actions were that three years ago he started a zero tolerance policy that separated children from the people crossing the border with them until tried by a jury, but some of the children still have not reunited with their parents. However, some sites like Politico say that it is hard to find these parents because the children did not come with them and some parents don't even want them back. While unclear on the morality of the separation it is also unclear to how well these children are living, some live in with sponsors or relatives, in hotels paid for by government or in onsite cages. Trump however at the second presidential debate pointed the finger of the cages on to the Obama administration. At the debate both parties (Biden's and Trumps's) were able to address the situation. After watching the video of the debate and seeing the vast different stories on both sides do you think that Trumps actions were just. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/lawyers-say-they-can-t-find-parents-545-migrant-children-n1244066
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/lawyers-say-they-can-t-find-parents-545-migrant-children-n1244066 With the resources and easy accessibility of a post secondary education that we have today, it is common to see many high school graduates expand their knowledge and choose a career path through college. Unfortunately, the student debt crisis that we face right now is causing an exceedingly growing number of young generation students to turn their heads at furthering their education past high school. On average, Americans will spend over $26,000 per year on university level schooling. By the end of a four year general degree program, students of above average income families will need to pay off more then $40,000 in student loans. As of 2011, the student loan debt in America surpassed the nation’s credit card debit and continues to grow annually, leaving many young adults in life altering financial situations. In a day and age where education is so important, is it fair to expect students to make an investment that may help them succeed career wise, but leave them struggling to pay off debt for the rest of their life?
https://www.morningsidecenter.org/teachable-moment/lessons/student-debt-crisis https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/27/your-money/student-debt-what-to-do.html As the 2020 Presidential Election Day approaches, voters all across the country already have, or will cast their vote for who they think deserves to be the President. All of them believe their vote will decide which candidate will win, and to a degree it does, but in reality it is the Electoral College votes that decide who will lead our country. Since the Electoral College delegates vote is based on their states majority decision, in an all or nothing vote (excluding Maine and Nebraska) a sizable amount of the population in each state is left with their vote being meaningless each year. In Idaho this may seem insignificant, for example if one party had 1000 more votes and received all four Electoral College votes, but in California, the difference of one vote can grant one party all 55 electoral college votes in that state. Although this system was implemented in order to balance out the votes across the country to prevent states with bigger populations from drowning out all other small ones, it is questionable whether or not it is truly benefiting our country. With all this is mind, should the United States continue the use of or abolish the Electoral College?Recently our United States Supreme court has lost one of it's members, Ruth Bator. The current U.S. president Donald Trump and the Republican party was quick to make a new nomination because of the election closing in soon. The Democratic party wants to wait until the election is over to select a new nomination so that the people have a say in whether it's from the Democratic or Republican party. Donald Trump as a nomination in place, Amy Coney Barrett. Barrett's confirmation process will take up to about two months. If Barrett makes it through the confirmation stage and takes the place of Ruth Bator, would this have been a good decision for the United States?
Greetings, and welcome to Pacebook! I want to begin our blogging experience by continuing to get to know one another a little bit better. As you have likely noticed, I am drawing on Dr. Who quite a bit for its connection to literature (the ability of books to transport you through time and space, like a TARDIS, for you Whovians). However, the same is probably equally true for all art, especially music. As a musician, I am naturally drawn to the parallels between music and literature, which was actually the focal part of my Master's Thesis (reading the "jazz novel" as a model for more egalitarian communication in a post-national world). Music also seems to have special ties to memory, though, in a way that transcends language, and a simple few bars from a song can trigger very specific memories. So, I want you to think of a song that serves as a TARDIS for you and transports you to another time and place. One song (of many) that functions as a TARDIS for me is "One Tin Soldier" by The Original Castle (and more famously performed by Coven). More accurately, however, it was performed by my dad, and I didn't actually hear the original until years later. It is a protest song that talks about greed and how it corrupts people and is the root cause behind many (if not all) wars. More than that, though, the song tells a story which is delivered quite skillfully and with ample amounts of development and irony. Actually, the song has many parallels to "The Pardoner's Tale" from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, which we will be looking at later in the year, but of course I didn't know that at the time; I simply enjoyed the melody, the moral, and the complexities of the song. It is the first "favorite song" I remember having, and the first song I recall attempting to write was a very close imitation of "One Tin Soldier." Hearing it now takes me back to sitting at my father's feet in our old house when I was four or five years old, although I don't think the studio version is as good (the flute part is a little cheesy, really). While it's not a song I listen to very often, it does evoke many memories when I do, and it has certainly had a profound influence on me, both as a person and as a lover of stories. If you've never heard it, here is the original by The Original Castle: Now, I want to hear from you. What is a song that takes you back to another time and place? Explain in detail, and include a link to YouTube, so we can all listen to it as well, please. I look forward to hearing your stories!
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