Why did they go to such extremes for their right? If they're dead they can't exercise their rights so why were they willing to go that far? In how many ways were their rights restricted by the English?
Was everything they did to send a message to England or did they do some of it to send a message of strength to Ireland? Was it worth it?
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Research
I'm am particularly interested in the Hunger Strike that happened in Northern Ireland. I found it fascinating that they went to such an extent to protest their punishment and I am shocked that they lived so long without food. I think that they were deprived of the rights in article 5 and 9 in the International Declaration of Human Rights and seemed to be exercising their rights in article 19.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922211,00.html
http://www.mazeprison.com/intro.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/3/newsid_2451000/2451503.stm
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1858068,00.html
I wonder why they decided to go to those lengths and how they lived so long?
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922211,00.html
http://www.mazeprison.com/intro.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/3/newsid_2451000/2451503.stm
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1858068,00.html
I wonder why they decided to go to those lengths and how they lived so long?
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Lingering Thoughts on Maus II
I am really interested in why it was written as comics. I know it was written by a comic artist but it is interesting because each group was depicted as a different animal. I found it really disconcerting that something so horrible was depicted in a somewhat comical format. It stuck with me a lot better than any other book I had read about it. I tend to find second-had accounts fascinating and they stick with me much more than any other way that things are depicted. Especially if they are written as novels or in some why that is not really fact heavy. I'm not entirely sure that I like it written as comics. It definitely disturbs me.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Congo Today
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8530000/8530686.stm
Many children in the Congo are being accused of witchcraft and the number is growing. There is little sense of family and community so sometimes the children's family will try to burn them or throw them out if they are accused of witchcraft.
Why is there still thought of witchcraft today? How would a stronger sense of community and family change the lives of the children who are accused?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/world/africa/04congo.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=democratic%20republic%20of%20the%20congo&st=csehttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/world/africa/04congo.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=democratic%20republic%20of%20the%20congo&st=cse
Even though the UN is in the Congo and trying to keep peace, there is still a lot of rape and murder going on. Around 200 women were raped and many people were killed in a village that had UN peace keepers just down the road.
Why is the UN failing to keep peace and stop the rapes and murders? What could the UN and other countries do to help the problems in the Congo?
Many children in the Congo are being accused of witchcraft and the number is growing. There is little sense of family and community so sometimes the children's family will try to burn them or throw them out if they are accused of witchcraft.
Why is there still thought of witchcraft today? How would a stronger sense of community and family change the lives of the children who are accused?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/world/africa/04congo.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=democratic%20republic%20of%20the%20congo&st=csehttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/world/africa/04congo.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=democratic%20republic%20of%20the%20congo&st=cse
Even though the UN is in the Congo and trying to keep peace, there is still a lot of rape and murder going on. Around 200 women were raped and many people were killed in a village that had UN peace keepers just down the road.
Why is the UN failing to keep peace and stop the rapes and murders? What could the UN and other countries do to help the problems in the Congo?
Friday, September 17, 2010
lingering ideas
The idea about Leopold's childhood and how that was reflected in his actions in the Congo and how he treated his children and his family life was really interesting and it would be very cool to delve into that a little more, looking more closely at his childhood and how he treated his children and trying to figure out why he did the things he did and the psychology behind it.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
pages 33-60 because my blog likes me now
"However, although he tossed a few phrases of it into his speeches now and then, he never bothered to learn Flemish, spoken by more than half his subjects." (33)
Stanley's bloody progress down the river became part of local oral history, sometimes taking on the elements of legend, for the range and accuracy of his rifles seemed supernatural to those who had very seen such weapons. (54)
If we take a step back and look at Leopold at this moment we can imagine him the political equivalent of an ambitious theatrical producer. (46)
Stanley's bloody progress down the river became part of local oral history, sometimes taking on the elements of legend, for the range and accuracy of his rifles seemed supernatural to those who had very seen such weapons. (54)
If we take a step back and look at Leopold at this moment we can imagine him the political equivalent of an ambitious theatrical producer. (46)
Friday, August 27, 2010
current events practice
What's being discussed in this article?
The article is discussing the debate over an Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan, Park51. Many people believe that this is too close to ground zero and that it is the Muslims fault so we should not let them anywhere near ground zero but other people say, our Constitution says they can build a mosque because of freedom of religion and speech so they should be allowed to build a mosque. It is a heated debate because many people are very sensitive about the issue of 9/11 because it was a horrible event but extremists were responsible no the entire Islamic faith so we shouldn't punish those who have the same religion but different political views of the 9/11 hijackers.
When did the event happen? (Is this breaking news or something that's been analyzed and discussed for a while?)
This is a fairly recent event. The debate has been going on for a while because it is such a sensitive subject and people do not want to seem cold and uncaring for what happened on 9/11 or cold and mean to Muslims because the United States was not built on those principles. Right now there is a debate over it, so the debate is being analyzed and discussed and has been for a few weeks but no one knows when a decision will be made on allowing or not allowing the mosque to be built.
What questions do you have that would help make this article make more sense to you? What more do you need to learn about to be able to report on this event?
I would really like to know when the idea of the community center or mosque was first proposed and what the original reaction was. It seems weird to me that the very freedoms we pride ourselves on are the ones we want to take away from some of our citizens simply because they share the same God as the extremists who attacked us on 9/11. I really want to know what the basis of their argument is.
The article is discussing the debate over an Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan, Park51. Many people believe that this is too close to ground zero and that it is the Muslims fault so we should not let them anywhere near ground zero but other people say, our Constitution says they can build a mosque because of freedom of religion and speech so they should be allowed to build a mosque. It is a heated debate because many people are very sensitive about the issue of 9/11 because it was a horrible event but extremists were responsible no the entire Islamic faith so we shouldn't punish those who have the same religion but different political views of the 9/11 hijackers.
When did the event happen? (Is this breaking news or something that's been analyzed and discussed for a while?)
This is a fairly recent event. The debate has been going on for a while because it is such a sensitive subject and people do not want to seem cold and uncaring for what happened on 9/11 or cold and mean to Muslims because the United States was not built on those principles. Right now there is a debate over it, so the debate is being analyzed and discussed and has been for a few weeks but no one knows when a decision will be made on allowing or not allowing the mosque to be built.
What questions do you have that would help make this article make more sense to you? What more do you need to learn about to be able to report on this event?
I would really like to know when the idea of the community center or mosque was first proposed and what the original reaction was. It seems weird to me that the very freedoms we pride ourselves on are the ones we want to take away from some of our citizens simply because they share the same God as the extremists who attacked us on 9/11. I really want to know what the basis of their argument is.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Which News Worthy Events do You Rember From Your Lifetime?
I remember: President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky; 9/11; Iraq war; last combat troops out of Iraq; Afghanistan war; Columbia space shuttle; VA Tech; Cardinals winning world series; Obama winning election; butterfly ballots in Florida; Bush beating Gore; Bush beating Kerry; An Inconvenient Truth; Obama Health care passing; the Recession; Katrina; Haiti Earthquake; Gulf Oil spill; Miners trapped in Chile
My parents remember: JFK and RFK and MLK killed; Nixon v. Kennedy; Nixon resigning; Watergate; Woodstock; Fall of Saigon; Man on the Moon; Cuban Missile crisis; Eisenhower winning president; Iran Contra; Gang of 4; Glasnost; Rogue River catching fire; Fermi plant meltdown; Mount St. Helen's erupting; First Earth Day; Disco; The twist; the Hustle; The time warp; the rocky horror picture show; Jaws; Expo 67; 6 day war; Israeli- Egypt peace accord; LBJ deciding not to run; Beatles coming to US; Vietnam war; color TV; Air raid drills; Altamont; Love Canal; First person and American in space; Apollo 13; Jimmy Carter losing; Gordy How inducted into the Hockey hall of fame; Tigers winning the 68 world series; Iranian hostage crisis; Roe v Wade; ERA failure; Draft Lottery; AIDS becoming and problem; Electronic ovens; Walkman; murder of Olaf Palmer; Berlin wall falling; Detroit riots; Falklands war; Rwanda; Israeli massacre in Munich; Gay pride Parades; Arthur Ash wan US open in Tennis; Oakland Earthquake during Athletics world series; Columbine massacre
My parents remember: JFK and RFK and MLK killed; Nixon v. Kennedy; Nixon resigning; Watergate; Woodstock; Fall of Saigon; Man on the Moon; Cuban Missile crisis; Eisenhower winning president; Iran Contra; Gang of 4; Glasnost; Rogue River catching fire; Fermi plant meltdown; Mount St. Helen's erupting; First Earth Day; Disco; The twist; the Hustle; The time warp; the rocky horror picture show; Jaws; Expo 67; 6 day war; Israeli- Egypt peace accord; LBJ deciding not to run; Beatles coming to US; Vietnam war; color TV; Air raid drills; Altamont; Love Canal; First person and American in space; Apollo 13; Jimmy Carter losing; Gordy How inducted into the Hockey hall of fame; Tigers winning the 68 world series; Iranian hostage crisis; Roe v Wade; ERA failure; Draft Lottery; AIDS becoming and problem; Electronic ovens; Walkman; murder of Olaf Palmer; Berlin wall falling; Detroit riots; Falklands war; Rwanda; Israeli massacre in Munich; Gay pride Parades; Arthur Ash wan US open in Tennis; Oakland Earthquake during Athletics world series; Columbine massacre
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