Blog #7

1. I feel like the ads have gone a bit too far. The text and images the ads presented in the video were a little too much to show. I feel like these ads are offensive to those who have been able to start a family at a younger age because lets face it having a kid a young age is not something new anymore. Many people do have kids are a young age and manage to raise a good family. Stereotype is presented because they make it seem like every young couple's who have babies are eventually going to fail. If that was the case then everyone would fail and everyone would fall under this stereotype because marriages fall apart no matter how old these couple's are.

2. I feel like they are effective because the messages are pretty straight forward. The messages presented in the ads were like a smack in the face with statistics and text that were a little harsh. I feel like the creators of the ads took all the lines of a Maury show but i know it was done to serve a specific reason and that's to stop teen pregnancy.

3. I most certainly feel like the ads are biased. Even though they say is it to prevent teen pregnancy, the ads should target everyone not just teens. Like i stated before, if i was to throw numbers on how many couples split because their love in marriage is no longer there, i don't think there would be a huge difference. People of all ages split and there are parents who abandon their kids because they want nothing to do with them or they don't have the money to financially support them. Ads should target everyone, not just teens. That's why i feel like these ads were stereotypical because they need to target everyone not just teens.

4. I like the fact that the ads are there and they are straight forward. It makes me think about things and makes me glad that i am not stuck in a situation like that. Thanks to ads like those, it has helped me keep my head on my shoulders. However, i feel like the ads were a little too much. When i was growing up, the ads were different. They sent a clear message without the stereotype and it helped me. The ads presented now in days are a little too much and offensive especially for teens.

Blog #6

What if we lived in a hate-free world? How different would everything be? How many more lives would we have in this world? Are all questions i ask myself regarding this bigotry. It is unbelievable how someone who, as a result of the prejudices,  treats other people with hatred, contempt, and intolerance on the basis of a person's race, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, language, socioeconomic status and many other. How can someone have the ability to hurt someone? The relationship between cyber-bullying and bigotry clearly indicated that there are many different ways of hurting someone. Sometimes to hurt someone, it is not necessary to be directly in front of the person to physically harm them. A home was a place of shelter, a safe place for you to come and forget about any problems, however, people are still being attacked cybernetically. Everyone needs to show love, stop hating on people because there is something in particular about that person. Our actions causes many ripple effects and if we avoid hurting people, then we can stop this domino effect.

Smoker's Rights

1. The topic of this article is smokers.

2. The article states that there are a lot of problems being caused by people who do smoke. The government is mandating banning anyone from smoking inside their homes due to safety issues. New laws regarding the banning of smoking inside their homes are causing people to be upset.  

3. The article states that the 20% of people who do smoke are getting upset with the fact that there are laws being mandated which prevents them from smoking in their home. The rest of the 80% who do not smoke are either trying to find ways to live in a smoke-free zone or are uniting with the government to ban smoking in most condos or apartments.  Experts are also saying that there are no safe levels of second hand smoking which can be harmful and hazardous to the elderly and especially to infants.

4. In my opinion, this law is too unconstitutional. People should be allowed to smoke in their homes if they please. It is with no doubts that exposing you’re children through second hand smoking is not good, however there are many ways to smoke without exposing your children. I believe that they are being discriminated because it is a violation of their rights. Banning someone from smoking in their home is “an intrusion of privacy” as stated in the book.

5. I believe the government is slowly trying to invade more and more every day. The whole scandal with cell phones and computers being tapped in to listen and see our conversations is ridiculous. Now the government wants to even limit where people are allowed to smoke is pretty ridiculous. The government does not understand that their actions lead to a domino effect. As stated in the book, “if smokers are banned from apartments and condos, parks, and other public spaces, the only space left for them to smoke will be single-family homes, a place where children reside. The next we are going to see is how to protect children from repertory problems in home.” All of this causes a domino effect which causes more political disturbance.