Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Trimester Two: Blog #5 (due 1/18 at midnight)
This blog will provide you will another opportunity to practice defining terms. Take a look at Exercise 1 on page 240 in your EAA text. Choose three of the ten italicized terms. Then, follow the book’s directions of discussing the criteria that you might use to define the three italicized terms you chose. When applicable, compare your definitions to your classmates’ definitions. You must go beyond just agreeing with a classmate when defining your list of three terms.
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The three terms that I chose to define are religion, big businesses, and serious literature. First of all a religion can be described as a belief system, or set of values and practices which one follows. An example would be Christianity. However in the context of page 240 the statement is somewhat jeering about what the 1st Amendment upholds. A big business normally has the denotation of a broad corporation engaged in commerce of some sorts. Usually companies such as Microsoft, McDonald's, and General Motors, come to mind. In this scenario, though, the book ironically chooses to depict college sports programs as a highly efficient companies which are worthy of yielding high profits. Finally there is serious literature. The connotations that come with the words "serious literature" include highly educational literature, and/or a piece of in-depth writing. In this case the book uses a graphic novel to describe serious literature, which may be educational and serious, but in a provocative, rated R sort of way. In conclusion, the descriptions the book uses to portray these words are doing so in a mocking manner.
Free speech, serious literature, and big business are the three words I chose for this exercise. Many people use the expression "free speech" in today's world. Sometimes they do have a right of free speech while other times they do not. In the first amendment the right to freedom of speech is talked about. In most cases people do have a right to say what they feel and think and express it that way. In some situations people do not have the freedom of speech if they are in a set institution, such as a school, to say whatever they want. Lindsey hit the topic of serious literature and I agree with her definition about the high educated and could be said as "R" rated in a way. It could relate to someting very emotion or tragic. Big business is the last word that I chose. I think of money and house hold company names when I think of big business. Companies traded in the stock market on Wall Street are usually companies of big business.
Can journalists perform hate crimes on a royal family? Well the task at hand does not have a simple answer because of how the human race defines each of these words. The definition of a journalist is normally looked at as a person who receives or takes in information and then somehow publishes the information to the general public. Exercise number one in the book says that Matt Drudge and Larry Flynt are journalists. This is questionable because Drudge basically showed political humor and gossip and Flynt covered inappropriate areas dealing with woman that went way beyond the boundaries. Journalists cover a wide area of information, but to say that these individuals are journalist is a slap in the face to the journalistic world. Hate crimes are actions by individuals that display an action of hate or disrespect to others’ amendments. This is mostly found in races, sexes, and religions. Burning flags of another country is looked at as a hate crime because they are disrespecting the national flag of another country. When it comes to the definition of a royal family I would disagree with the idea that the Bushes are an example of one. A royal family is a family of superior class that reigns over a kingdom or country. While he is the President, the Bush family is no different than that of any other family in the United States. A country that has a King or Queen would actually have a royal family that passes the power down from generation to generation.
The words I am attempting to define are free speech , marriage , and big business . I'll start with free speech, which I will define as the right to say anything and speak your mind without punishment, even if your remarks are disrespectful or controversial. An example of this would be racism or disagreeing with a person of authority. Now marriage, which I will define as a covenant and legal binding contract that joins to people into one, united item. Will just leave it at that. My definition for big business is a publicly traded company that is controlled by majority stock holders who sit on a board of directors. An example of this would be GM, GE, or an oil company such as Exxon.
The three terms I will define are hate crimes, the royal family, and free speech. First off, a hate crime is any force of violence or act of disrespect against a person of a different sex, race, religion, or just has a different idea or view on life. Of course, many hate crimes come to mind, such as slavery or the Holocaust. But hate crimes could be as simple as bullying the smaller kid or making a "harmless" racial joke against a mexican to make others laugh. although the intention may not be hate, the comments sting the person being ridiculed down to the core. the royal family is one supreme family that has the last and most powerful say in a country. they usually consist of a king, queen, princes, and princesses. although they are "in charge" they seem to be mostly for show and have some sort of government under them. lastly, free speech is one huge thing that defines America. free speech is the ability to say whatever you want, when you want, how you want. now, it has rescrictions. if your speech causes harm or fear for another person, such as if you threatened to bomb the White House, then that is not allowed. but free speech allows you to speak out against the president, or a teacher for that matter, and not be punished. it's a free country.
The three terms I have chosen are hate crime, big business, and serious literature. To me a hate crime is a wrongdoing performed against someone based on their religion, race, orientation, or origin. I do not believe that the burning of a country's flag can be considered a hate crime because it is protected under the 1st Amendment (freedom of speech). When I think of big business, I think of corporations known worldwide such as Microsoft and Coca-Cola. I am not sure that college sports qualify. I do agree with the book's example of serious literature, though. Graphic novels are not something that should be taken lightly. Maybe outside the classroom it can be taken lighter, but not while they are being studied for the literary content and these comments are disrupting the learning frame of mind.
The three words that I chose to define and elaborate upon were free speech, big business, and marriage. I feel as if the most important term among the three is free speech. The term freedom of speech has been a staple in our society that is sometimes taken out of context. It seems as if more often the term of freedom of speech has gravitated to an idea of a “loophole” in society. Many of times when individuals find themselves in a predicament they say that there words and actions can be backed by their right to freedom of speech, which is not always true. When I think of big business the first thing that comes to mind is Wall Street. With the poor economy big business has been scrutinized by the media lately. Finally marriage is a term that I believe has been used quite loosely in the past few years. For hundreds of years a marriage was between a man and a woman, but as society has changed, so have the parameters placed upon marriage. I believe that a marriage should be between only a man and a woman.
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