To actually hear in class this week that every single person in the room knows someone who has been sexually abused or has sexually abused someone was absolutely foundation shaking. It is honestly one of the most horrifying statistics that I have ever heard in my life. It definitely worries me to know that It almost a fact that I know someone, possibly in my family, who has been sexually abused in their life or has sexually abused someone else throughout their life. My first thoughts are of concern and sympathy for anyone I know who has been abused in their life. I wish that it was a topic that they wouldn't feel too embarrassed about or ashamed of to talk to me about it if it would make them feel better and I could help them get the help they need. Sam was right when he said that the biggest impact we can have as individuals on this situation is to not be afraid to talk about it. I would want someone close to me to not be afraid to mention an incident of sexual abuse simply because its a taboo subject in our culture. On the other hand of this question it also paralysis me with fear to know that there is also a strong chance that I know someone or am related to someone who has sexually abused children. There are hardly any things in the world that a person can do that I think are more horrific and immoral than sexually abusing a child. Again with this situation though I really feel like the best way to deal with situation is to be able to talk about it. If we aren't willing to talk about child sexual abuse and recognize it as a real problem in our society, our neighborhood, maybe even our home then we are only continuing to give pedophiles exactly what they want, silence. By talking about this issue we can empower victims to not be afraid to stand up and bring their attackers to justice. Also we are allowing for people who may feel this compulsion to be sexual with young children to seek help. This way its not some taboo in the shadows subject. It can become a mental disorder or trauma recognized by us all as something that needs to and can be fixed within a person instead of simply ignoring the problem hoping it will go away until a young child is sexually abused. Going back to the main question I am not worried that this issue will spiral out of control. In my honest opinion it has obviously already spiraled out of control. By making a real effort though to not ignore the blatant signs of child sexual abuse and not being afraid to face this horrific act as a whole I think we will begin to take the steps as a society that will lead to this issue being brought out in the pubic and dealt with at the source, mainly dealing instantly with someone when they first begin to feel this compulsion to be sexual with kids.

Part 3: We then are forced to be constantly struggling against one another to be like them and on top of this society when in reality we should all unite for a new society that puts us ALL in a favorable position not just a FEW of us. For us as a generation to really join together in a movement we would need to first come to disillusionment with the society that we currently live in. As a WORLD we would need to say “We’re sick of this system, it doesn’t work for ENOUGH people and we are ALL dedicated to developing a new system that will work for everyone equitably without a single group of people sacrificing more than the rest of us”. On top of that we would need to tear down our labels and boarders. To truly join together in a world movement we would have to stop acknowledging our difference and start admiring our similarities. We all desire the pursuit of happiness, to be loved and love, and true autonomy. To start a world movement we would have to realize that no one’s “better” than anyone else and at the end of the days we all want the same thing.

Part 2: Then instead of overlooking or accepting that minor differing detail people then often choose to make it the center point of their debate against the other’s ideologies and completely losses sight of how similar their ideologies truly are. This is the main reason why I truly do not think that a worldwide movement has any chance of occurring within our generation. The society we live in has conditioned us to fear the other, when really we should be intellectually curious towards the other. By telling us to fear the other the powers that be in our society are able to keep us all separated and arguing over our differences instead of uniting through our similarities. I believe this is because the powers that be in our society don’t want to lose that power and will do whatever it takes to maintain it. This is done mostly by forcing us to focus on false realities like money, social status, and even physical appearance. By playing into this designed system we’re allowing those with money and social status to stay above us.

Part 1: I believe that there are indeed many factors that would have to fall into place in order for our generation to join together in a worldwide movement together. We live in an extremely diverse world with many different opinions, beliefs, and idea that create and develop our lives as we go throughout them. The biggest factor in my opinion that needs to take place in order for my generation to join together in a worldwide movement would be for all of us to grow the hell up. Our entire society spends way too much time debate over all of our differences. People get hung up over differences in religion, politics, philosophy, and culture when they should really be focusing on the similarities. People often overlook the common themes of their beliefs and ideologies when comparing theirs with those of over people and instead get caught up on one minor detail that is different than their own.

The debate over whether immigrants who come to the United States of America should have to speak English is a highly sensitive and divided subject. Many people feel that if one is going to immigrate to the United States of America than they absolutely must learn to speak English since it is the primary language of use here. Other people feel that it is not essential to learn English for an immigrant to come to the United States of America and make a living as well as become immersed in our culture. I suppose that if the debate is over whether immigrants to the United States HAVE to learn English when they immigrate here than I am on the no they don't have to side. The first fact that I will point out to anyone who says that they absolutely MUST learn to speak English is that we don't have a single law or ordinance in our country declaring a national language of America, unlike most other countries in the World who do have national languages, so there is no law saying they MUST learn English. Secondly I would point out, what does it matter? It doesn't seem like a big deal to me if someone does not speak your language, even if they live on the same street as you. Different languages are like different vocabularies, they add class, culture, and a more words to our society and make us better as a group for knowing them. Although I could see being annoyed with a customer who can not speak English its doesn't mean that person HAS to learn the language. A simple solution to that problem would be taking a deep breath and being patient with the person while trying to establish a means of communication beyond verbal call and response. If you don't have that patience then you can always establish a policy in your business that you do not serve customers who cannot speak English, of course this is at the risk of alienating all of your non-English speaking customers. You could also take the intelligent proactive root and improve your own vocabulary and knowledge by choosing to learn the secondary language being used in your community. At the very least we can be tolerable of those who do not speak English and do our best to communicate on their level. It must be much more frustrating to be the one speaking a language the majority of your community does not speak on a daily basis than to have to interact with non-English speakers from time to time in the most mundane situations. I'm sure most immigrants who can't speak great English are well on their way to learning. Why wouldn't you want to be? Imagine yourself in another country for an extended period of time. You would want to learn the local language. To fit in, to order food, pick up chicks, and even just communicate with your co-workers and neighbors. Most immigrants I'm sure feel the same way you would in a foreign country. Even if they don't want to make an effort to learn English it doesn't mean they should have to. This is the United States a country founded on freedom, most importantly freedom of speech, and yes that includes all spoken word NOT JUST ENGLISH.

The issue of not allowing certain people to join a specific club based on opposing ideologies is certainly an interesting and difficult one. It seems wrong to exclude an individual from a club just because some of their points of view may be different than that of the majority of the club. On the other hand it also seems strange that a particular individual would want to join an organization if their purpose or beliefs were in direct opposition to the individual's beliefs. I feel that what is really important with this issue is on what ground's is the group denying people's ability to join and if a group denying membership to specific individuals should the school still be funding that group? I personally do not feel that any group no matter what they stand for should exclude any individual from being able to join regardless what that person is or their beliefs. If you were a Christian study group why wouldn't you want none-Christians to join? It would seem like a great opportunity to share you ideas about faith and life with someone who has different ideas about faith and life. You might even learn some things from that person's beliefs, who knows maybe you even bring them into your faith through the interaction. However I do believe that if a person joined your group and their differing ideology was hurting your group and creating conflict while destroying the original purpose of a group then they should obviously be able to kick that member out. Things get complicated though when it goes beyond just differing ideologies and becomes a matter purely based on the individual's differences from the group and not how their differences are negatively impacting the group. When a Christian legal society, I don't know how being christian has anything to do with the United States legal system, doesn't allow Jewish individuals to join simply based on their religious background then this becomes discrimination. When a group is openly discriminating like this I think that at that point the university should not be funding the group. I feel that if a University is going to fund a group then the group must be easily accessible to all student's regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, or political belief. That is the main issue. That all student's must have equal access since they all pay tuition and all are students of the university. If Penn State were to adopt a policy like that of Arizona State I think most student's would be outraged. The only student's who wouldn't would be those so full of hate that they wish to exclude specific individuals from within their group. The world is a huge place with tons of different people, beliefs, and ideas out their. The only way to learn to live with it all is by embracing it all and to exclude any one person or idea from your group simply because its a little different than your own is nothing but stupidity and ignorance.

I absolutely do not think that if someone is hanging out with a race that is not primarily their own that that person should be considered a poser. Although race is very prevalent in our culture in in the United States of America I do not think that it is anywhere near the biggest factor in deciding who you hang out with. Just because someone hangs out with a group of people who are not that same race as that person's it should not instantly be seen as posing. People form relationships primarily through common ideals and shared interests. They don't make that decision strictly based on skin color. It may just so happen that a person from one race has the same interest in music, ideas, and view of the world and the people around them as a group of people who are a different race. This person may then choose to spend their time with them because they feel comfortable and have a shared ideal with that group. Just because the members of this group are a different race then the individual doesn't mean they should not hang out or get to know each other. Just because the individual is a different race than the group doesn't mean his posing or simply looking to be different. It just means that they relate to that group of people and enjoy spending their time with them. A person's skin color has absolutely nothing to do with their personality. Although I would also argue that a person's skin color may affect their personality in how they view the world through their personal experiences and tribulations skin color does not determine what a person is "like". I think its wrong to think someone is posing when they hang out with a group that is primarily made up of a race other than their own. Its true that some people will hang out with a group that is not made up primarily of their race just to "pose". Either they are trying to prove something to themselves of something to other people but I feel that when someone hangs out with any group for these motives they often don't last long. People eventually realize your being fact or that your motives for knowing them are not strictly natural. That is why I feel like the vast majority of people who hang out with racial groups that are not primarily their own are not posing. If they were or are posing they will eventually be called out by the group as a whole. I really do feel like people gravitate towards other groups of peoples strictly based on ideology and a sense of common ground not people's skin color.

First off I would like to start by saying that I personally love the fact that women, sometimes, when they go out wear high heels and sacrifice their comfort for the sake of looking attractive. As a man I really do appreciate the level of sacrifice that some woman put themselves through to appear "sexy". To me it is amazing that girls are able to walk around up and down hills and all night long in uncomfortable malevolent foot wear known as "high heels". On top of that it also blows my mind that woman will sometimes choose to wear very short skirts and halter tops in sub freezing temperatures. I really feel with Sam on this one that it is a truly unappreciated real life example of the human mind overcoming bodily discomfort in a very inner happiness kind of way. With that being said, I mostly feel that a lot of what goes into how girls feel they should or need to dress comes down to what and how their culture and society tells them they should dress. It all comes down to what is popular and make you a more desirable person to interact with. That is pretty much what everyone is going for, whether they really think about it on a conscious level or not, when they get dress in the morning each day. Since we live in a male oriented world that has mostly male political leaders, and mostly male corporate executives, and even a higher percentage of male celebrities (including sports professionals) it seriously impacts what our culture defines as "most desirable". As everyone whose over the age of fifteen has figured out, guys are on average pretty obsessed with sex, but then again who isn't from time to time? Since its mostly men in the power positions to be making advertisement, sales, and popular culture decisions we tend to get more of a male ideal from fashion, culture, and even politics. Since these factors effect everybody's life everyday at all moments of your life many woman are brought up and conditioned to view these categories from a more male centered point of view. As opposed to if they were given a much more equally male and female centered view. Because of these factors I feel that many girls are brought up with the idea that short skirts and high heels are the most desirable look, because society establishes it in them from a young age and all throughout their lives on television, in movies, fashion, and even watching their older sisters get ready to go out. Guys think it looks sexier for a girl to be wearing heels that pump up here booty and short skirts that don't force them to have leave much to the imagination. So since guys control these mediums of influence in society they put it out there that these clothing items look better than just "unsexy" jeans and a T-Shirt. I personally love a girl in jeans and a T-Shirt sometimes it says a whole lot more about her personality than just some generic heels and a white skirt. This influence on society and the media is also exactly why I feel like its the norm for guys to wear comfortable cloths. If woman influenced these mediums don't you think guys might be wearing tight short pants and muscle shirts and girls would be wearing sweats and T-shirts?

I personally do not feel that if I was a different race that it would have changed my decision when it comes to using illicit drugs. To me a person is mainly influenced whether or not to participate in the use of illicit drugs based on their environment and personality. I do not think that race has anything to do with ones choice to use illicit drugs. If you live in a neighborhood where most of the adults are illicit drug users you are much more likely to be comfortable with the use of illicit drugs and more likely to participate in using illicit drugs. The same goes for if you grow up and your closest group of friends use a specific illicit drug or multiple illicit drugs you will probably be more likely to participate in the use of those drugs than if none of your friends did them. Also I believe that personality comes into play heavily as well when it comes to whether or not one is prone to using illicit drugs or not. Some peoples genetics are just programed to be more prone to using and experiencing illicit drugs. This is what for me personally explains why environment is not the only factor that will make someone prone to the use of illicit drugs. How else would you explain the kid who grows up in a low income high crime neighbor who never touches a single illicit drug in their life. Even though many of the adults in their life are illicit drug users and the sales of illicit drugs is as common as pizza shops. Or what about the kid who becomes a drug addict and grows up in a high income neighborhood with no drug trafficking and almost no adults who openly use illicit drugs influencing their lives. For some people the urge to use illicit drugs simply exists within their core genetic traits and they can't help but be attracted to the idea of their use. Growing up I have personally witnessed it. Not just with illicit drugs but all drugs including alcohol. My friends and I all went to the same school our whole lives, hung out in the same neighbors, and got into doing the same kind of "drugs" at the same time. However only one of my friends became an alcoholic and needed to receive help. There was just something in his DNA that made him crave and need alcohol on a physical and emotional level that was much greater than myself or any of my friends. Even though we had all gone to the same school and grown up in the same neighborhood and even used the same drugs it was only our friend whose family had a history of alcoholism that became addicted. This is one reason I really feel like personality plays such a big factor in your attraction to specific illicit drugs. Throughout my life I've done a few "illicit" drugs with a lot of different races. To me its about where your from and who your are not what race you are that determines your likelihood to participate in illicit drugs.

I believe one hundred percent that the United States government was aware of the planed Al-Qaeda attack for September 11th 2001. I however am not convinced that the United States planed the attack in anyway or were in communication with Al-Qaeda at anytime. When you look at a lot of the hard evidence around September 11th 2001 it is at least enough to raise an eye brow or two at some of the facts. The most convincing piece of evidence for me in the September 11th 2001 terrorist attacks was the way that the World Trade Centers fell. When you watch the footage of each tower falling they collapse completely inward and fall vertically with hardly any tilting to the side one way or the other. The footage always reveals that as you see the towers collapse you also see an explosion from each floor one after the other in a progressive order. When compared with footage of a planned skyscraper implosion they look almost nearly identical. On top of the raw footage of the towers collapsing their is also statements from New York City firemen who report hearing multiple explosions while attempting to battle against the flaming inferno during its collapse. On top of the New York City firefighters accounts are the accounts of the citizens who were below the towers as the collapse who reported hearing multiple explosions from the World Trade Center. On top of the fact that people reported hearing multiple explosions within the World Trade Centers their is also the fact that NASA has reported that it would be impossible for the jet fuel of a commercial airliner to melt the metal support beams of the World Trade Centers. This means that their had to have been assistance in the demolition of the World Trade Center's collapse. I am not at all certain of why the powers that be allowed this horrific event to occur or the motives behind allowing hundreds of innocent Americans to die for the sake of power and profit. I believe that the United States government knew an attack on American soil was coming from Al-Qaeda on September 11th 2001. They allowed the the World Trade Centers to be hit and collapse by safely detonating and demolishing them with implosive bombs that had already been planted in the building to insure the safest collapse possible. I also believe we launched a missile into the pentagon and claimed it was another commercial airliner, when none of those facts add up, but that's a completely different point of the same argument. I totally believe that airline security has been seriously cranked up since 9/11 ever time I have been to the airport in the last 10 years it has been the most intense and excruciatingly long winded and secure screening process I have ever been through in my life. The first comparison I ever got between American airport security and another country's was when I went to the Dominican Republic. It was a total joke compared to American airport security. United States airport security will always be raised since the events that occurred on 9/11 whether these occurrences were within our control or not.