It is a common fact that enlisting in the service for some people will build up their confidence and maturity, but there should be a positive progression in these soldiers and officers. I believe that the officers did know many of the things going on where they were stationed but failed to do anything. I think they feel that it was fine to kill as long as no one finds out. This could have been stopped if the officers were stricter with the soldiers and knew where the soldiers were at all times. Many of the soldiers feel that they hold so much power since they are armed with weapons and invading other countries. With that mentality, the soldiers in this article feel that killing others is something that displays their “manliness,” and their strength. This article should be a wakeup call for not only the people enlisted, but also the government in creating harsher punishments instead of a slap on the wrist.
This article is very disturbing to the extent that the soldiers went. There are absolutely no excuses in killing the innocent civilians and inappropriately “playing” with them and taking pictures. Smoking marijuana and getting drunk every night is another thing that looks bad too. This is going to give a negative image to United States citizens. Although the army does great things for our country, it is these instances that are reported in the news and gives false impressions. It also makes it look like soldiers waste their time. They need to realize that they are in another country and should have respect for it. The war is something serious and puts a lot of stress on the soldiers, which is understandable, but they should not be there if they cannot carry out their duties properly. Even though they are searching for the Taliban, it does not give them the freedom to kill people who appear to be innocent. These soldiers represent the United States and should be reprimanded from their duty. There needs to be a strict screening test for citizens trying to become soldiers so cases like these do not happen.
People in this society question what is considered a man and a woman. Many people do not accept or think it is moral to get a sex change, but it is whatever the transgender feels right to them to what they should be considered. Once you identify as being the particular sex of choice, I feel that transgender should not be an option since you are picking either male or female. This man seems to be in the lower class and is struggling to make ends meet with his son. All of the surgeries he had done probably cost him his living expenses. He should not be judged on his character, but his job performance is what really counts. As more of these taboo issues appear in the news and people see it more often, it will subside. I think this is a great case for activists and people who are prochoice because this will send signals to readers that the United States still is having unequal treatments. With time to come in the future, transgender will be more accepting and will not be an issue.
This is a pretty difficult, but interesting case. I did not really understand why they fired Mr. Devoureau because it said there are discrimination laws in New Jersey that ban discrimination of gender identity, but that law must have been instated after he was fired. I feel like gender identity should not have played a role in this job, especially for just monitoring urine sampling. Society is becoming more accepting with homosexuality and I think transgender is just a little behind that. The sociology with being transgendered is that, like it was stated, this man did everything that boys did when he was young; and although many girls will have a low percentage of being transgendered, this guy had the mindset of being a boy and changed. I think that being a transgender was not a choice, but it was in his biology that he was supposed to be a man in the first place and it should not be his fault to be blamed. Mr. Devoureau did nothing that would affect the job position so there should not have been any discrepancy.
I would like to know what kind of living situation this man was in before he was put in prison. Was he financially stable or was he on the verge of debt? Who had any influence on him to do the act that he did? What kind of area did this guy live in? He did quote “Seeing videos, movies and television shows gave me this false impression. Watching how women in those environments accepted the treatment given to them by men only added fuel to the fire.” His surrounding area where he lived probably gave him the impression that women were supposed to be treated unkindly with the media playing a role too. Murder must have been the reason why he is in prison given the limited circumstances, so he must have had some sociological force that has driven him to do his act. I find it really interesting in reading how this man came up with all the ways that a woman should be treated. He must have had some kind of therapist to get him to where he is now, which is a big change for the better. I think he finally has come to terms to what he has done and wants to put everything behind him in the past. He needs to find things that will keep him busy; otherwise, he is going to have a miserable life.
As soon as I began reading this post, I immediately assumed that this man had done harm or offended a girl that he might have been in a relationship with at one point in which got him into prison. It always seems to be the case for all the prisoners that serve time to finally figure out their wrongdoings, seek out religion, and end up wanting forgiveness. Readers can tell that this must have been sincere from the story he wrote. He knows how a man should treat a woman, but did not see that in the past. I feel bad for the guy because he knows what he did was wrong, but rules are rules, and even he probably knows that he should be in prison and remain there for a long time.
Religion is not practiced as much as it was a couple generations ago. Many people back then went to a religious school where there was at least one religious class that nuns taught. Religious schools now are still educating students, but the costs to attend are high and many people are not in great financial stability at this time. Spirituality is a different topic, but it may last longer since more people could relate to it more. Mathematical models might be helpful to hypothesize, but I would think a trend in survey responses would give researchers an idea, although it would be difficult to do. It will take a long time for religion to completely go extinct, which I do not see that ever happening. The bible will always be reproduced for consumers to purchase and churches will still house many elder people who feel that church is a necessity at their age. I think God will always be someone who many people will hold onto as the creator of Earth, but the role of practicing religion will surely decline because future generation will not have the same relationship as previous generations had with religion. The factor of shear laziness to learn about religion might also account for the uses to decline.
It really is difficult to say how religion will play out in the future. This article does bring up some valid points. As the future progresses, religion can only remain the same or decrease in practicing or believing in some part of it. Religion will never increase in practice. For example, the only way religion will be passed on is from religious parents teaching their children about it or a local Sunday school. The children will most likely consider themselves as having some kind of religion, but as time carries on, there will probably be children who will grow and might end up not believing in a religion. The next possible generation of those children will have a higher chance to not have a religion due to their parents not having a particular one; this is if another unaffiliated person is married to one of these children.
The family must have had money because the father had a sports car and an airplane, but he decided to get his child hand me down clothes and ripped socks. Usually people with money are more likely to have normal lives compared to people who are on the verge of getting kicked out of their home for not paying bills. All the memories imprinted onto and throughout the prisoner’s life that they could not live normal lives. Prison might have been the best choice in their life so that they do not have to worry about anyone else but themselves. The prisoner found God while in prison and seems to have been coping with everything better and is not going to commit suicide, although the memories still are haunting. All the fear and anxiety just kept building up inside through the years and it finally hit the prisoner to go as far as killing the parents. The prisoner was on a path to doing something to this degree due to neglect and abuse.
This article is very powerful in the sense that the audience get to hear about the unfair life of a prisoner who is portrayed as condescending by their family. The prisoner is always living in fear due to beatings and rapes in their childhood. This is one case that I feel that the prisoner does not deserve his punishment. The whole story is very peculiar because the prisoner was the only child that received harsh treatment and even the siblings taunted the prisoner. The prisoner even said that the parents were normal outside the house, but were very manipulative. There seemed to be no logical explanation to why the parents were so threatening to their child and must have had some kind of neurological problem. They even knew that their child might try to kill them one day; the prisoner would have a higher chance of killing them due to all their inflicting pain inside. It is even more surprising that the people around the prisoner did not see anything wrong with the picture and did nothing to help the situation.
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