YAY!!!
I want a blue star this time.
Great answer, gotta go!
-bob
Thursday, October 25, 2007
Pre-reading answer
Wow Galen, very impressive! Good job, you get another sticker. :)
Here's my pre-reading answer for "Can a slave live a dignified and honorable life?"
Yes, I believe that a slave can live a dignified and honorable life. But I believe the bigger and more important question to be, “Can the master live a dignified and honorable life?” Yes, I am sure that the master is considered to be dignified, in some cases, but honorable? How can anyone live an honorable life when they are smothering another’s? The slave has no rights, no freedom whatsoever. It lives to serve the master.
With that last line in mind, you would assume that the slave does not live a very dignified and honorable life; rather, you would think that it leads quite a wretched and meaningless one. But I disagree. Compared to the master, a master who is so obsessed with wealth that he is willing to diminish another’s life in the process, the slave’s life is far more dignified and honorable. The slave will have to overcome so many more hurtles and hardships in his/her lifetime. Hurtles that the master, sitting in his too-big house, surrounded by luxuries, cannot even begin to contemplate. The master’s spirit, from a lack of hardships, will grow weak. But the slave’s spirit, having been confronted with those hurtles, and then having to overcome them, will grow strong.
This is why I believe a slave can live a dignified and honorable life. In comparison with the master’s, the slave’s life I certainly view as superior.
Here's my pre-reading answer for "Can a slave live a dignified and honorable life?"
Yes, I believe that a slave can live a dignified and honorable life. But I believe the bigger and more important question to be, “Can the master live a dignified and honorable life?” Yes, I am sure that the master is considered to be dignified, in some cases, but honorable? How can anyone live an honorable life when they are smothering another’s? The slave has no rights, no freedom whatsoever. It lives to serve the master.
With that last line in mind, you would assume that the slave does not live a very dignified and honorable life; rather, you would think that it leads quite a wretched and meaningless one. But I disagree. Compared to the master, a master who is so obsessed with wealth that he is willing to diminish another’s life in the process, the slave’s life is far more dignified and honorable. The slave will have to overcome so many more hurtles and hardships in his/her lifetime. Hurtles that the master, sitting in his too-big house, surrounded by luxuries, cannot even begin to contemplate. The master’s spirit, from a lack of hardships, will grow weak. But the slave’s spirit, having been confronted with those hurtles, and then having to overcome them, will grow strong.
This is why I believe a slave can live a dignified and honorable life. In comparison with the master’s, the slave’s life I certainly view as superior.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Thucydides pre-reading question answered
Hey I chose "Is it honorable or stupid to carry on a fight against overwhelming odds?
Is honor more important than life itself?" as my pre-reading question, and here is my answer:
Hypothetical situation: you’re the people of the original 13 American colonies, and the revolutionary war is just starting, you are hopelessly outnumbered, and everyone says that it is crazy to fight the British.
You are faced with a decision of whether to fight, and probably lose, or surrender, and give up on your hopes for America.
You decide to fight.
Is your decision honorable, or stupid?
I believe that it was honorable, because you are fighting for what you believe in, and what you think is right.
However, there is an underlying web of stupidity, because any fighting is stupid, and many may die because of your decision, maybe even yourself.
Back to the present, we are fighting a battle against overwhelming odds, no not the fight in Iraq, or the war on terror, but the battle to stop the genocide in Darfur.
Honorable or stupid? I would say, very definitely honorable.
Is honor more important than life itself? Because everyone is different, and has different values, you must decide that for yourself.
Is honor more important than life itself?" as my pre-reading question, and here is my answer:
Hypothetical situation: you’re the people of the original 13 American colonies, and the revolutionary war is just starting, you are hopelessly outnumbered, and everyone says that it is crazy to fight the British.
You are faced with a decision of whether to fight, and probably lose, or surrender, and give up on your hopes for America.
You decide to fight.
Is your decision honorable, or stupid?
I believe that it was honorable, because you are fighting for what you believe in, and what you think is right.
However, there is an underlying web of stupidity, because any fighting is stupid, and many may die because of your decision, maybe even yourself.
Back to the present, we are fighting a battle against overwhelming odds, no not the fight in Iraq, or the war on terror, but the battle to stop the genocide in Darfur.
Honorable or stupid? I would say, very definitely honorable.
Is honor more important than life itself? Because everyone is different, and has different values, you must decide that for yourself.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
thucydides pre-reading question
Hey guys, I've chosen "Can a slave live a dignified and honorable life?" for my pre-reading question for the Melian Dialogue. Just though I'd let y'all know...
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Ode To A Tissue
Hey all, here is my amazing, beautiful, exquisite, seemingly trivial Ode To A Tissue, enjoy. Haha.
Ode To A Tissue
Tissues are devoid of any embellishments, and, at first glance, are seemingly lacking in appearance. I sometimes think that they are suffering from a severe case of nostalgia, in which they are longing for the days when they were pretty, quaint, little handkerchiefs, with peoples’ names lovingly hand-stitched into their corners. Alas, over the years, tissues have become reduced to rather plain, white, paper products.
Although, upon examining this square piece of interlocking fibers more precisely, you will come to find that a tissue is anything but ordinary. In fact, I find the modern-day tissue to be quite extraordinary, in its own right. The tissue has equal length and width, but hardly any depth. It has a very shallow and narrow crevice running down its middle, but never in the exact center. After usage, many other creases run across its surface, forming a complex assemble of crisscrossing lines and dashes. It has come to my attention that tissues crumple quite easily, and tear, as well. The fibers lose their grip on each other extremely quickly if you apply water to the tissue. Therefore, it makes sense that when you blow a large amount of snot into the tissue, or cry into them, the tissue will react accordingly. This leads me to an issue that concerns me greatly: tissues are very sensitive and delicate objects, and people need to be aware of that fact.
Therefore, I applaud the ingenious individual, who, when faced with the troubling and annoying situation of a nose full of snot, smartly chooses to dispose of that gross substance, not into wimpy tissue, but into a hefty handkerchief.
Ode To A Tissue
Tissues are devoid of any embellishments, and, at first glance, are seemingly lacking in appearance. I sometimes think that they are suffering from a severe case of nostalgia, in which they are longing for the days when they were pretty, quaint, little handkerchiefs, with peoples’ names lovingly hand-stitched into their corners. Alas, over the years, tissues have become reduced to rather plain, white, paper products.
Although, upon examining this square piece of interlocking fibers more precisely, you will come to find that a tissue is anything but ordinary. In fact, I find the modern-day tissue to be quite extraordinary, in its own right. The tissue has equal length and width, but hardly any depth. It has a very shallow and narrow crevice running down its middle, but never in the exact center. After usage, many other creases run across its surface, forming a complex assemble of crisscrossing lines and dashes. It has come to my attention that tissues crumple quite easily, and tear, as well. The fibers lose their grip on each other extremely quickly if you apply water to the tissue. Therefore, it makes sense that when you blow a large amount of snot into the tissue, or cry into them, the tissue will react accordingly. This leads me to an issue that concerns me greatly: tissues are very sensitive and delicate objects, and people need to be aware of that fact.
Therefore, I applaud the ingenious individual, who, when faced with the troubling and annoying situation of a nose full of snot, smartly chooses to dispose of that gross substance, not into wimpy tissue, but into a hefty handkerchief.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Frued pre-reading question
Is War or Peace the more natural human state?
When someone hurts you, what is your first reaction, before conscious thought occurs, before any thing else happens, what is your first instinct?
For the majority of us, it's to strike back, and try to hurt the person who has hurt us. This is the first thought, and is made by that dark side of us, that part of us that has many names, but is just one thing: evil.
Conversely, there is the other side of us, the peaceful side, the side that comes in when we stop following our primal instincts, and start thinking about what we are about to do.
This side of us will instead of returning the hurt, this side of us will seek to know why the person hurt us, and to help them.
So I believe that the question, "Is War or Peace the more natural human state?" is much to simple a question to answer simply by saying "war" or "peace". I think that you must first define the human being as either being the dark side of us, the good side of us, or a mixture of them both. For the dark side, war is the more natural state, for the thinking side of us, peace is the more natural state, and for a mixture, which we are, the answer is both.
This is because every human being is different, and has a different mixture inside them of dark and light, good and evil, yin and yang, and both are necessary.
Without the evil, we would not be able to take risks, and would be back millennia developmentally. And without good, we would have no compassion, and would be at eternal war.
And that is why I believe that neither is the more natural state.
When someone hurts you, what is your first reaction, before conscious thought occurs, before any thing else happens, what is your first instinct?
For the majority of us, it's to strike back, and try to hurt the person who has hurt us. This is the first thought, and is made by that dark side of us, that part of us that has many names, but is just one thing: evil.
Conversely, there is the other side of us, the peaceful side, the side that comes in when we stop following our primal instincts, and start thinking about what we are about to do.
This side of us will instead of returning the hurt, this side of us will seek to know why the person hurt us, and to help them.
So I believe that the question, "Is War or Peace the more natural human state?" is much to simple a question to answer simply by saying "war" or "peace". I think that you must first define the human being as either being the dark side of us, the good side of us, or a mixture of them both. For the dark side, war is the more natural state, for the thinking side of us, peace is the more natural state, and for a mixture, which we are, the answer is both.
This is because every human being is different, and has a different mixture inside them of dark and light, good and evil, yin and yang, and both are necessary.
Without the evil, we would not be able to take risks, and would be back millennia developmentally. And without good, we would have no compassion, and would be at eternal war.
And that is why I believe that neither is the more natural state.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Hello world.. or is that too simple?...
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