? I guess it was just interesting to take it from the prisoner’s point of view because it’s really easy to see and side with the victim. Going back to how I said that I just assume that these murderers are different and must have something mentally ill wrong with them or be heartless…because all you see through the media is the bad. I’m sure that most of them have done something good and great with their lives and have helped someone. Or maybe they were always messed up..and being in prison has helped them change and want them to do everything possible to try to undo what they have already done (and what can’t be undone.) So maybe that’s why they want to donate to charities and help other people out. It may help them mentally to know that they were different before..and they messed up before..but now they are better people. This may help them live their everyday life knowing that they have changed and have done other good deeds for other people..even if it is just a simple task of listening to an inmate’s problems and being there for them..or giving away their phone time to an inmate who wants to have more time to talk to their daughter on the phone on her birthday.
And you always hear stories of people getting away with things and then doing it again (like sex offenders and prob murderers too if they somehow got off the hook the first time). There also are the feelings of the family and friends of the person who has been killed, and they most likely want the person locked away forever or have the death penalty just to have justice served.
It’s kind of crazy..that I read that letter..and felt bad for him. Like I want to free him right now. I guess I just always assumed that these people are different..and heartless.. but really maybe they aren’t..maybe it was just a mistake..But at the same time.. I’m thinking..he’s a murderer...right? But what is the definition of a murderer? All you have to do is kill once and you are (like punching the guy at the bar for threatening you ..and then he dies..and it was a mistake..but you’re a murderer)? Or is a murderer someone who continues to kill..or would if they could…or isn’t that a serial killer?
I really did enjoy reading that. It was cool to see the view of an inmate because usually you only hear what the media has to say…or once they are locked up you don’t hear anything and can make up what they are going through in your own mind. To me, I was always relieved to hear someone was locked up. This is mostly because I hate the death penalty but do not want these people on the streets if they have caused harm to someone. And that’s the problem. I’m sure there are people who have committed crimes who really aren’t mentally ill and out to hurt everyone or other people (even though I know that there are people like that and they deserve to be locked up)..but what happens is..if you murder someone..we can’t just say “oh that was just a mistake he or she won’t do it again.” ..and then let him or her back in our society..because if it does happen again…it could have been prevented.
However, I really hope that they will ban all games that have to do with rape, especially where the only way to win, is to rape. I can picture little boys now saying “Yes! Yes! I raped her! I won!” It’s also sad that you can download this game on the Internet. I’m not going to lie, I’m a little bit curious to see this game and how bad it really is. But I’m not going to download it (ha), but I’m still curious to see what little boys in Japan are playing. Once something is on the Internet, it’s hard to get rid of, so I’m sure even if they banned this video game from the stores, people will still be able to find it online.
I actually have had an incident where a guy was stalking me while I was driving and drove over the curb just to take the same exit as me and got out of his car at the next light and tried to get me to get out of my car. I had to call the police and it was really scary. So any video game that encourages that type of behavior or rape, I’m not a supporter of. The last thing we need is more rapists in the world. But then again, we also don’t want killers as well. And I am a supporter of the games that kill. So really it doesn’t make sense that I would be totally against the raping games. Because if I’m not supporting the raping games, then I shouldn’t support the killing games a well. It’s weird how some cultures except some stuff and think it’s totally normal and others find it offending. I’m sure there are a lot of things that we do and have in the US that Japan does not agree on.
Ok this is interesting. It’s scary that they would create a video game where the only way to win is to rape the girls. And it’s also scary that there is more than one of this type of video game meaning that in Japan, it’s probably normal. However, I wonder how mad everyone would be from the US if there were a lot of games like this out and we were used to it. It seems ok to have a bunch of killing games that we let our children play. It goes back to the one question that everyone argues about. If your kids play a killing video game, will they grow up and think its ok to kill? Just like would these people who play this raping game think it’s ok to rape women? To me, this is a scary game. Every girl has a fear of getting raped or being attacked. Wherever I go, I always have to be couscous of my surroundings and we learn to not trust people. It’s kind of sad.
To me, it was similar to not really getting say..captin crunch cereal..but a knock off version. I am not black, but I was taught that being blond hair blue eyed (something you can’t control) was better to be. In second grade, I was scouted out for acting. I was sent into New York to meet with a Manager and audition for her. After I was done auditioning, she told me that my “look” wasn’t in. And that being blonde hair and blue eyed was in. I will never forget that she told me the only thing I could do is an Olive Garden commercial. Of course telling a young kid this is going to hurt them. I remember crying and asking my mom why I looked the way I do. It is definitely society and it is sad that it is affecting these young children.
I bet if I was faced with a blond hair blue eyed baby doll, and a brown hair brown eyed baby doll, I would have said that I wanted to play with the blond hair blue eyed baby doll… and I bet I would have said that it was the nicer doll as well. In fact, I’m almost positive I would have done that because I always wanted to have the blond hair blue eyed doll growing up. And I wanted the blond Barbie. My mom always told me that she would try to buy me the doll that looked like me and this is probably so I would feel comfortable with who I am although I never asked her exactly why she did that. Even still, I wanted the blond doll. It is probably because of the media and the way our society is. I would watch TV commercials and the doll that the little girls were always playing with in the commercials were the blond hair and blue eyed ones. I wanted the main one, not a substitute/ not as good one.
That video is really sad. The fact that these little kids who have not been on the earth for that long believe that the white doll is more appealing to play with and the “nicer” doll, is upsetting. It really shows inequality. You would think that little kids would want to play with the doll that looks like them. Especially because I remember playing with dolls when I was little, and when I played, I always (as well as my friends) pretended that I was the mother of the baby. So that fact that they wouldn’t want their baby to look like them, is really sad. Unfortunately, I have to say that I was a victim of this as well growing up. Probably not as bad and not as much hurt as these black girls were going through but I can relate in some ways. I am a white girl. But I don’t have blond hair and blue eyes. I’m Italian and Greek and have dark features with dark brown hair and brown eyes.
I bet that Sam probably has talked about periods in his other classes too. I also want to make a comment about any guys who had to leave yesterday because Sam was talking about this. Didn’t they ever have a girlfriend? And if so, I’m sure they have had conversations about her period. I’m sure he heard her complain about her cramps or feeling moody. So I feel like the people who were offended and wanted to leave were just doing that mostly for show. I mean how old are we? Ok, I guess there may have been some guys who were really grossed out and couldn’t take it anymore. But I just find it a little doubtful. To what this girl said into the flip camera, I agree with her. I’m happy to get my period (for the most part ha). It means that we can reproduce.
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