Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Torture is not affective!!!

The Washington Post reports: Persons being held in the CIA interrogation center at Bagram air base who refuse to cooperate, "are sometimes kept standing or kneeling for hours in black hoods or spray-painted goggles, according to intelligence specialists familiar with CIA interrogation methods. At times they are held in awkward, painful positions and deprived of sleep with a 24-hour bombardment of lights- subject to what are known as 'stress and duress' techniques." This according to http://www.counterpunch.org/hrw05042004.html. Have you ever stop to think that "intense interrogation techniques" are not effective or necessary for the United States? In my opinion every suspect that has commited a crime should be punished, but intese interrogation techniques are not effective. After the tragic disaster of 9/11, some people in the CIA decided to torture all al Qaeda people that tried to attempt terrorism in the United States. After couple years later George .W. Bush decided to investigate those from the CIA. The tourtures were not effective because those that were torture did not say the real names of those that are planing a terrorism against the United States.
If a criminal is about to be torture to say the truth obviously they are going to say anything to get of the torture. I am against torture because what other torture can their be than the one to stay in jail for the rest of a perons life. I also think torture should not be used in the United States. All crimials are actually torture being alive with the conceous of had killed alot of people. All those tools are not useful, their are many other things that students, and poor people need than to be spending money in torture tools. "We are land of the free" this is a quote that is used in United States, is it really true? if this true why is the CIA using torture. Well, people that have broken the law have to be punish.
In conclusion, intense intorigation techniques is not an effective way to take out truth from someone. There are other important things, like a way to stop terrorism, students that are in bad steps and criminals that are out of prison. The United State is "land of the free" than it should be equal and not to kill or torture anyone. There is no other tourture then to be an entire life in prison and with fault.

Monday, April 6, 2009

Discrimination in schools

Have you heard the phrase " Children imitate what adults do."? You might be thinking what does this phrase have to do with the topic, well it does have to do alot. Parents are like teachers to their children. Every children wants to be just like their parents. If a parent discriminates they will as well because children think its good since parents do it why wont they. Their are alot of cases of discriminations in elementary schools and more in Jr high and of course high schools. These cases are sometimes tragic and most of the time are lamented. In most commen cases a riot takes place, just because parents never tought their teens not to discriminate.
The definition of "riot" a noisy, violent public disorder caused by a group or crowd of persons. The cause of this is because of diffrences of cultures, color of skin, diffrences of gangs, religion and many other reasons. Riots have a long history and started with politics. Apparently, it seem that teens have been influenced by grown ups. Is it hate actions or discrimintion against? Bottles, rocks and fists flew during lunchtime Friday at Fontana High School. Students poured out of classrooms when they said a fire alarm rang around noon. They then saw what they described as a racial or gang-related riot erupting among about 500 students on the quad of the campus near Citrus Avenue. This according to http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2006/10/500_riot_at_fon.php. In my point of view its discrimination, because when a conflicts start between two people that are diffrent the other teens will fight with people that are diffrent from them. For example if an african-american and a hispanic start a fight all african-americans and hispanics will start a riot. My friend was in high school and was coming out of class and she saw alot of people fighting "it was all fast and I was scared because one african american teen came close to me but my freind stood in front of me so my friend got hit" My freind expirience a riot. She is not a discriminator but was going to be hit just because she is hispanic. How can elemantary children discriminate? In many ways for example if a child sees that one of their classmate is obese the child may make fun of, or bully the obese classmate.
Children do not discriminate against just because, children discriminate because they thimk is funny. Parents have not tought them that this acction hurts others feelings. In conclusion, children do not have fault for discriminating against, parents should teach their children not to look at the diffrences of other people(raice, culture, language, etc.). If parents do not teach their children against discrimination. This way alot riots can be stopped. Children are smart and grown ups are rolemodels.