Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Maus Seminar Response 1
My closing thoughts on this seminar are that Art Speilberg wrote this book in comic form in order to disturb the audience, and hammer his point on inhumanity/violence into the brains of the audience.
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Sovereignty Free Write
1. I noticed that my thinking changed when discussing terrorists, and the harboring of them. Initially I thought that it was the countries write to harbor terrorists, but after realizing (reminding myself) that terrorists are ideological, and that the country harboring them might be holding the same ideology, or even the terrorism highly, as well as the fact that terrorists are a national security threat really swung my views.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Congo News
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/10/01/congo.atrocities.un.report/index.html?iref=allsearch
The congo has been in a state of war for 15 years after the rwandan genocide involving the hutus and tootsies. This article summarizes the fact that the U.N atrocities/human rights report, recently released in september has shown that over 21 militant groups have implemented rape, and murder of innocent civilians into their tactics, and that the war is no way slowing down.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11108589
This article is a summary of the events leading up to the state that the congo is in now, as well as a brief commentary on the recent U.N human rights report. The article states that the congo, being rich in natural resources, and humans has been foughtover and abused by various rebel or government militant groups since the days of king leopold. Rebels and corporations that gain control of the resources are exporting them and mining them with little benefit to the congolese people, and at the cost of what the U.N says are genocidally proportional death tolls.
The congo has been in a state of war for 15 years after the rwandan genocide involving the hutus and tootsies. This article summarizes the fact that the U.N atrocities/human rights report, recently released in september has shown that over 21 militant groups have implemented rape, and murder of innocent civilians into their tactics, and that the war is no way slowing down.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-11108589
This article is a summary of the events leading up to the state that the congo is in now, as well as a brief commentary on the recent U.N human rights report. The article states that the congo, being rich in natural resources, and humans has been foughtover and abused by various rebel or government militant groups since the days of king leopold. Rebels and corporations that gain control of the resources are exporting them and mining them with little benefit to the congolese people, and at the cost of what the U.N says are genocidally proportional death tolls.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Awnsering Questions About Africa
Was it a good decision for Stanley to explore with men who had no experience as travelers? Why or why not?
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To what extent were Leopold and Stanley similar?
Stanley and Leopold were similar in several respects. First they both had a vested interest in the African continent, and exploring it for different but aligned reasons (Stanley wanted to chart rivers and routes, while leopold wanted the land and resources that came with that). Another way they were aligned was in their views on violence, and its relation to the african people, for they both, however discreetly, used violence openly to attain their will. One example of stanleys open expeditionary vilolence can be seen on page 49 of hochschild, where they discuss the fact that stanleys expedition probably openly killed hundreds of people.
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To what extent were Leopold and Stanley similar?
Stanley and Leopold were similar in several respects. First they both had a vested interest in the African continent, and exploring it for different but aligned reasons (Stanley wanted to chart rivers and routes, while leopold wanted the land and resources that came with that). Another way they were aligned was in their views on violence, and its relation to the african people, for they both, however discreetly, used violence openly to attain their will. One example of stanleys open expeditionary vilolence can be seen on page 49 of hochschild, where they discuss the fact that stanleys expedition probably openly killed hundreds of people.
Friday, August 27, 2010
Events I remember(Olen Berthold)
1. I vividly remember waking up that morning in february, knowing that one of the things I was passionate about, the space shuttle was going to re enter the earths atmosphere that day. I grabbed my bowl of cereal, sat on the couch, and intensely watched and listened to the reporters voice on channel 5, they announced that there would be radio silence for a few minutes upon reentry and then the crew would call in to confirm safety. But after 10 minutes passed, then 15, then 20, it became clear to me that there was a problem. I watched intensely for the rest of the day until the news showed on last horrifying image of a fireballing shuttle in 3 pieces, falling swiftly to earth, and on board I knew were 7 brave souls who had just given their life for exploration. I vividly remember that day.
2. Another even I vividly remember as if in a daze were the 9/11 hijackings and the destruction of the world trade center. I remember walking into my third grade classroom, and seeing that my teachers, and the entire class were gathered around the small hanging TV and wondering how such a terrible accident could happen. about 30 minutes later, my class of 3rd grade watched live as a second united 727 smashed into the second tower, and then my teacher turned the TV off. all of us were so confused, and later that day my mom and dad told me it was ok and that nothing like that would happen to me. It would take two days for the magnitude of what happened to sink in.
3. Just last year, most of the polish defense department, including the polish first lady departed on a russian aircraft bound for a conference in russia. It crashed shortly thereafter and killed the entire crew and pasengers (the polish government). This event clearly stuck in my head for no other reason than that it was an international tragedy, and it sparked the anylytical part of me that so often comes out to question all things. and walking into the article I read with a sort of questioning bias aginst russias diplomatic intentions.
2. Another even I vividly remember as if in a daze were the 9/11 hijackings and the destruction of the world trade center. I remember walking into my third grade classroom, and seeing that my teachers, and the entire class were gathered around the small hanging TV and wondering how such a terrible accident could happen. about 30 minutes later, my class of 3rd grade watched live as a second united 727 smashed into the second tower, and then my teacher turned the TV off. all of us were so confused, and later that day my mom and dad told me it was ok and that nothing like that would happen to me. It would take two days for the magnitude of what happened to sink in.
3. Just last year, most of the polish defense department, including the polish first lady departed on a russian aircraft bound for a conference in russia. It crashed shortly thereafter and killed the entire crew and pasengers (the polish government). This event clearly stuck in my head for no other reason than that it was an international tragedy, and it sparked the anylytical part of me that so often comes out to question all things. and walking into the article I read with a sort of questioning bias aginst russias diplomatic intentions.
Event My parents Remember
1. When I asked my dad what events he remembered from his childhood, he gave me two, monumental events that happened during his grade school and highschool years. His first was a memory of him being in his home room at kirkwood middle school and the whole class watching a small TV as the first man, neil armstrong, won the space race aginst the soviets and Stepped onto the moon.
2. his other memory of a significant even, was the day that the vietnam war ended during his early highschool/late middle school years, and he was relieved because he had at that point already been entered in the draft. or signed up for it.
3. The even my mom always says she vividly remembers was the space shuttle challenger explosion on liftoff in the 1980's while she was a student at mizzou, she says that she first couldn't believe her eyes and ears at the news coverage, and later, after finding out that one of the passangers was a teacher and mother, and not simply a brave endeavorer.
2. his other memory of a significant even, was the day that the vietnam war ended during his early highschool/late middle school years, and he was relieved because he had at that point already been entered in the draft. or signed up for it.
3. The even my mom always says she vividly remembers was the space shuttle challenger explosion on liftoff in the 1980's while she was a student at mizzou, she says that she first couldn't believe her eyes and ears at the news coverage, and later, after finding out that one of the passangers was a teacher and mother, and not simply a brave endeavorer.
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