Thursday, April 22, 2010

Stop the bulling!!

What is it that causes someone to want to bully another? Is it because of the way you look?whether your fat, skinny, round, purple, red, yellow, or is it your family status? Like whether your rich, poor or religious? Or could it be, a way to make a person fell better; a way to allow a person to hate their life less by making someone else feel miserable? Bulling is well known around the world, especially in schools. It is something that the community is trying to stop, because even such a small word can cause a person a lot of pain. In an special article, "School taught me how to cry and how to run really fast" by Emily Goldin, we see just a small part of what happens to young person thats has been bullied.

"I have learned how to cry silently in the bathroom, and how to run really fast." Emily Goldin at the age of 16 years old who has wrote an article talking about the days she has been bullied. Since the age of 8 years old, she has experienced things like death threats on her locker, name calling, and maybe even more. "But why should a child be called fat, ugly, a whore, a slut?" Things like this is outrageous, and very disgusting! Little kids at the age of 8 shouldn't even know what the word a slut is, or what the word means! Schools now a days are trying to stop this kind of behavior but Emily's private school didn't even bother to look into this because some of their students parents SPONSORED them! Emily is a religious person who was brought up on good way, but she had to taint that just to at least stand up to her bullies, and it didn't even work.

Bulling is something that is very hard to handle, and even teachers today don't always seem to understand. Not all the time can you go up and say to a person that you are being bullied, because it could just become even more horrific. Other bully related incidents have occurred, worst then Emily story. Some bulling have become so bad that suicide was their only way out, and that is one thing that should never be an option. Other situations that have ended with another persons death are not always caused by suicide but by the bullies offence. Like pushing someone and having them hit the back of their head on the edge of a stage. In my opinion bulling is a way that helps a person hate their life less, by making someone else hate theirs. Even this, or for a different reason is a filthy way to hurt a person. Its a disgusting thing to do, as a person guilty pleasure! So what is it that causes a person to bully another?


Sunday, April 4, 2010

Freedom of Speech, and limits?

In the Constitution of Canada's charter of rights and freedom, section 3.6 states that we have a freedom of thought,belief, and opinion. Without thought we would not be where we are today as a multicultural society. Different people's thought's and opinion went so far, that today woman are able to vote. Different people, of different backgrounds, religion, and color are able to come together in a peaceful assemble, and not be discouraged. Everyones opinion is unique, and special, that without different opinions we wouldn't have; computers, cars, iPod's, cellphones, and all the other gizmo's that we all love so much. The question is whether freedom of speech should be limited?

People have the right to freedom of speech, and the way you use that speech is up to you. But violating that law you can make all the difference in someone else's life. You can hurt people with the language that is spoken, you can turn a peaceful assemble into a slaughter house, and you would be the blame! Someone is saying that woman shouldn't be able to vote, even though this comment is made by a woman. In my opinion I think this comment is complete bull! Woman being able to vote, gives us woman a sense of power, and a sense of being equal to men. It gives us a sense of just. and equalization. Having that been taken away, then what do we have? But if freedom of speech were to be limited, then you are taking away our rights. A wise man said that if you were to take away our freedom of speech then it would be like a military state, where you are controlled. And we would not want that because, everyone has a hard time with listening and following other's orders (you know your one of them).

People should realize just how powerful freedom of speech is! It could turn out to be something good, or something the complete opposite. But in my own opinion i do think freedom of speech should be limited, but only when it comes to being racist, prejudice, and another 'ist's, that would cause murders, suicides, and violence. That being said, nothing other should change because if we didn't have such aware people we wouldn't know what other beliefs are going on around the world; like the environmentalist for pollution, animal rights groups, UNICEF for donations and helping the poor, and all the other people that care, and have to rally up people just to make the slightest difference! Freedom of speech gives us the chance to know what others think, and gives us the answer or question to, if what we are doing as humans is the right thing! Freedom of speech should be used in a positive way that doesn't make someone what to shoot someone just because of whats being said.