? I guess it was just interesting to take it from the prisoner’s point of view because it’s really easy to see and side with the victim. Going back to how I said that I just assume that these murderers are different and must have something mentally ill wrong with them or be heartless…because all you see through the media is the bad. I’m sure that most of them have done something good and great with their lives and have helped someone. Or maybe they were always messed up..and being in prison has helped them change and want them to do everything possible to try to undo what they have already done (and what can’t be undone.) So maybe that’s why they want to donate to charities and help other people out. It may help them mentally to know that they were different before..and they messed up before..but now they are better people. This may help them live their everyday life knowing that they have changed and have done other good deeds for other people..even if it is just a simple task of listening to an inmate’s problems and being there for them..or giving away their phone time to an inmate who wants to have more time to talk to their daughter on the phone on her birthday.

And you always hear stories of people getting away with things and then doing it again (like sex offenders and prob murderers too if they somehow got off the hook the first time). There also are the feelings of the family and friends of the person who has been killed, and they most likely want the person locked away forever or have the death penalty just to have justice served.
It’s kind of crazy..that I read that letter..and felt bad for him. Like I want to free him right now. I guess I just always assumed that these people are different..and heartless.. but really maybe they aren’t..maybe it was just a mistake..But at the same time.. I’m thinking..he’s a murderer...right? But what is the definition of a murderer? All you have to do is kill once and you are (like punching the guy at the bar for threatening you ..and then he dies..and it was a mistake..but you’re a murderer)? Or is a murderer someone who continues to kill..or would if they could…or isn’t that a serial killer?

I really did enjoy reading that. It was cool to see the view of an inmate because usually you only hear what the media has to say…or once they are locked up you don’t hear anything and can make up what they are going through in your own mind. To me, I was always relieved to hear someone was locked up. This is mostly because I hate the death penalty but do not want these people on the streets if they have caused harm to someone. And that’s the problem. I’m sure there are people who have committed crimes who really aren’t mentally ill and out to hurt everyone or other people (even though I know that there are people like that and they deserve to be locked up)..but what happens is..if you murder someone..we can’t just say “oh that was just a mistake he or she won’t do it again.” ..and then let him or her back in our society..because if it does happen again…it could have been prevented.

?” Which leads me to a question. I know that there has to be slaves around the world who are working for other kinds of foods like say, probably bananas. Am I going to stop eating bananas too? Or every other kind of foods that slaves are forced to work and get? And then food aside, what about all of the material things that have been made by slaves? How can you tell if it has been made from slaves? Let’s say there was a way and they put a sticker on everything that was made by a slave (which they would never do, but stick with me on this one). Do you think there would be so many stickers that people would still buy the products? And would stopping buying the products really solve the problem of slavery? Like if no one bought chocolate, and chocolate business’ all shut down, would those slaves be free? Or would they try to find something else for them to work on? It’s sad but these are questions I have in my head. I wish that slavery would go away. It’s so terrible and disturbing. And I feel really guilty about still wanting to eat chocolate.

Or they really didn’t care at all and ate it. I know that I am not going to stop eating chocolate. However, there was no way I was going to eat that last piece of chocolate. “Eating the Slave’s flesh.” Wow. And then being able to pop that last piece of chocolate in your mouth after he said that, and after Sam restated the quote. It just doesn’t make any sense that someone would want to still eat it. Just like it doesn’t make sense that I am sitting here typing to you that I am going to continue to eat chocolate after I know that slaves have been tortured over creating chocolate. It makes me feel like a terrible person. But then what would I tell everyone? “I stopped eating chocolate because slaves are beaten and worked to death over it every day?”

Yeah, I agree, I was not able to eat the piece of chocolate after watching that video. And I LOVE Chocolate. Like it’s bad, it’s my drug. I eat chocolate every day. That’s so unhealthy and a lot of chocolate. But like I said, I’m addicted. And then to hear that these slaves who are forced to get the coca beans haven’t even tasted what it’s like to eat a piece of chocolate, was really disturbing. I felt so selfish. But at the same time, I wanted to say, “I’m never eating chocolate again.” But I can’t. I mean..I could..if I really tried. But I want to be able to eat chocolate..and it sounds selfish, but it’s the truth. I think the people who were able to eat the chocolate in class where either trying to act “cool” and were trying to be funny and ate it.

However, I really hope that they will ban all games that have to do with rape, especially where the only way to win, is to rape. I can picture little boys now saying “Yes! Yes! I raped her! I won!” It’s also sad that you can download this game on the Internet. I’m not going to lie, I’m a little bit curious to see this game and how bad it really is. But I’m not going to download it (ha), but I’m still curious to see what little boys in Japan are playing. Once something is on the Internet, it’s hard to get rid of, so I’m sure even if they banned this video game from the stores, people will still be able to find it online.

I actually have had an incident where a guy was stalking me while I was driving and drove over the curb just to take the same exit as me and got out of his car at the next light and tried to get me to get out of my car. I had to call the police and it was really scary. So any video game that encourages that type of behavior or rape, I’m not a supporter of. The last thing we need is more rapists in the world. But then again, we also don’t want killers as well. And I am a supporter of the games that kill. So really it doesn’t make sense that I would be totally against the raping games. Because if I’m not supporting the raping games, then I shouldn’t support the killing games a well. It’s weird how some cultures except some stuff and think it’s totally normal and others find it offending. I’m sure there are a lot of things that we do and have in the US that Japan does not agree on.

Ok this is interesting. It’s scary that they would create a video game where the only way to win is to rape the girls. And it’s also scary that there is more than one of this type of video game meaning that in Japan, it’s probably normal. However, I wonder how mad everyone would be from the US if there were a lot of games like this out and we were used to it. It seems ok to have a bunch of killing games that we let our children play. It goes back to the one question that everyone argues about. If your kids play a killing video game, will they grow up and think its ok to kill? Just like would these people who play this raping game think it’s ok to rape women? To me, this is a scary game. Every girl has a fear of getting raped or being attacked. Wherever I go, I always have to be couscous of my surroundings and we learn to not trust people. It’s kind of sad.

To me, it was similar to not really getting say..captin crunch cereal..but a knock off version. I am not black, but I was taught that being blond hair blue eyed (something you can’t control) was better to be. In second grade, I was scouted out for acting. I was sent into New York to meet with a Manager and audition for her. After I was done auditioning, she told me that my “look” wasn’t in. And that being blonde hair and blue eyed was in. I will never forget that she told me the only thing I could do is an Olive Garden commercial. Of course telling a young kid this is going to hurt them. I remember crying and asking my mom why I looked the way I do. It is definitely society and it is sad that it is affecting these young children.