Why Fight the War

I agree with comments Bennett makes in his article “Why We Fight”. I also agree with Aquinas three main criteria for determining if one could initiate war. The three reasons were: whether war is declared by a legitimate sovereign; whether it is for a just cause (avenges wrongs or rights an injustice); and whether the belligerents “intend the advancement of good, or avoidance of evil”. I think that if a country is going to go to war for either of these reasons than it is okay. For example, when September 11th happened a lot of Americans wanted to go to war to get back at those who harmed us. So the war against terrorism was just back then, but I think that know, so many years later it needs to end. I know that many other people would agree with me when I say that. I also agree with the fact that they should not harm prisoner of war. The also shouldn’t harm innocent citizens. Finally I agree with the fact that in some cases if no action is taken, that evil may expand. Such as in Darfur nothing is being done to stop the genocide, so it is getting worse.

Al Gore

I think that we has people who live on this world really need to take a listen as to what Al Gore is trying to say. He is a respectable person in the country and you can clearly tell that global warming is of great concern to him. As should it be to all of us. The "inconvenient truth" about the world is not only are many countries in war right now, but as a whole we are in danger. The CO2 is raising and is burning our atmosphere, which can cause great danger to our planet. Not only are we dumping waste less CO2 into the air but we are cutting down trees in mass quantities that it just making matter a whole lot worse. Al Gore tells us, with scientific proof that if we don't start to act now that the world will undergo greater catastrophes than hurricane Katrina. we will experience them all over in the Atlantic, and the Pacific. Al Gore believes that people are failing to listen to these warnings because they think that there is no way that anything could happen to the earth in our generation. People think that it would take for ever for us humans to complete ruin the ozone layer, have the earth fry, ice caps melt, and have it be the end of the world. And although they are probably right, it won't happen in our life time, we should all try and think about the future and what we are doing to harm it. I know that i do not want my children, or even my children's children,dealing with something as horrible has hurricane Katrina or things even worse.

Where Am I Really From?

I think that the testing is really neat. For many years whenever some one asks what ethnicity I am I usually say half Cuban, half mutt. I know that my grand parents came over from Cuba, and that my mom was born here. My dad basically says that he is Italian, Irish, German, and basically everything else from Europe. But I have always wondered exactly what he is, and how much I truly am Cuban. I think that this testing is a really cool thing because he helps people find out where they really came from. I also think that it can, I don’t want to say hurtful, but I guess shocking would be a better word. Say for example me, my whole life I have been telling people that I am half Cuban, if I found out that I was anything less than that, I would be upset. It would be very interesting to know but I would be upset because I enjoy the reaction that I get from people when I tell them that I’m Cuban. DNA testing is something that I would like to do because it would finally help me know where I truly come from.

Your Gamete

I feel bad for those families who cannot have children on their own. Personally I do not know what I would do if I was unable to have children when I was older. But this reading helped me realize that having someone donate one of their eggs to someone else is a lot more difficult than it seems. Knowing that my child is not going to look like me, but another woman would crush me. And I would have no idea what to say if one day my child asked me why he or she doesn’t look like me. But if I wasn’t able to have babies I probably would adopt one because what’s the point in trying to make something where it can’t happen, when you can save a perfectly normal child.

Facebook: why i love it response

Facebook is a good tool that I love to use. I think that it is a good tool that can easily be used to keep in contact with people. For example, I have a friend who I was very close with that moved away to Costa Rica four years ago, and I haven't seen her since. It has also been three years since the last time I heard her voice. Facebook is basically the only way that I stay in contact with her now. Not only is it free, but I get to see how much she has changed through her pictures by simply looking through them. I believe that Facebook is the new MySpace. Personally I used to be on MySpace all the time, leaving wall post to my friends here and there, leaving messages to people. But once I got Facebook two years ago, I barely ever go on MySpace now. Facebook, as sad as it sounds, has helped me become better friends with people. For example, say I meet someone at a party or something, and say they friend request me. I may message them and then we would start talking, exchange numbers, and start talking. Most likely we will try and meet up again at another party or something. I just find Facebook to be a great way to interact with people, stay in touch with others, and meet new friends. Although talking to people is always better in some cases it can save you money. Instead of buying a phone card, you can simply send your friend a wall post, Facebook chat, or a message.