Monday, October 20, 2008
Fear in U.S.
I found Bowling for Columbine very interesting to watch. It was really surprising when Moore went to the leader of the NRA to ask questions about rallys he held in cities that just had killings caused by a gun and he couldn't answer. I also learned that even though Canada has so many guns, and is a prime hunting country, they have so very few deaths caused by guns there. In the US, we have over 11,000 deaths caused by guns. I think the reason for that is fear. US media and news has filled their citizens with so much fear in every news story. The news channels purposely try to find the story that sounds most dangerous to people. This may be a major cause of fear in the US and could be the reason there are many deaths caused by guns. It was funny how so many people, mostly adults, would say that child shootings were caused by Marylin Manson music. When people can't find the cause of a problem, they make quick reactions to make them feel safer.
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Everything is done out of fear. Look at the government's laws. The drinking law is 21 b/c they are afraid that lots of teens will abuse that law. Isn't it being abused right now. Look at the voting law, 18 years old, yet many teens earn a salary and are taxed, yet they can't vote, b/c the gov't fears that they won't know what their doing. Yet 50 percent of the voting public doesn't vote, and 40 percent of those who do, do it based on superficial criteria. It's a big problem.
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