Pornographic material

I believe the film we watched today is still relevant since there are towns till this day that still outlaws pornography. When I was stationed in Abilene Texas, the community completely outlawed strip clubs, porn stores and even Hooters. The community was funded primarily by the churches and since the major college there was a Christian school they made it clear that there will never be anything offensive and anything promoting sex in that city. There is no longer an issue about appointing a women to the high court since we do have one on the stand today. However, the fact that she is going to have to step down and the person who is going to fill her position so far are only women applicants. I believe that’s wrong not because I don’t believe women could do that job but the position should go to the most qualified. My options on pornographic material is it should still be outlawed for minor’s and have strict laws that prevent minor’s from viewing such material. I do have to agree that it is a form of art and people have the right to express themselves in that manner. With the changes on the internet people are free to view whatever material they so desire. That scares me because one day I’m going to have children and they will be easily exposed to such material. I won’t have to sit him down and talk about birds and bees because his friend already burned a copy of the Pamela tape. That really scares me. I wish they can develop a better system that controls who gets to view such material without compromising people’s own right to privacy.

Illicit

After watching a short film in class today about doing something illicit I have started thinking about the real picture here. I have done allot of things illicit that I never knew what kind of impact I was contributing to with such a small purchase. I have downloaded music on a daily basis and have even bought pirated movies in afganistan. That sort of pops some flags up for me. While I was being stationed in Afganistan I was able to travel to the flea market where the local nationals sold everything from watches, movies , laptops, music and even suites. It makes you think where the US troops really supporting the terriorists groups while being stationed there fighting against these men. Who really knows if one of the local nationals working at the flea market was using the money he earned to buy guns that would later be used against allied troops. I guess you really don’t think to what the man your buying your illegal items from is going to do with your money. Even further how did he get these goods and at who’s cost. I can’t say that I won’t download another video or music file but I can say that I will never buy goods off the street.

Pacific Heights

In the movie, “Pacific Heights” by John Schlesinger, the landlords are given three signs of potential problems with their tenant. The first sign was when the Carter Hayes, Michael Keaton, lies to the landlord about meeting his wife. The landlord asks his wife later about Cater Hayes meeting here and she responds very objectively no. Why would Carter lie is the first question. I think it was to give the landlord some comfort about who he is because if his wife had no problem with him would should he. The second sign would have to the refusal to fill out the application. This document is used to make he would pass a simple background check which would include a credit check. Carter refuses and hands the landlord a slip of references for him to contact later. All of the contacts except one come back false. The only contact that he was able to talk to was his old landlord which told him he was a great tenant and was very adamant about getting Carter’s address. If that was the only contact that I could speak too this to me would have thrown up some flags. Later in the movie Carter shows up to the apt and has already started getting comfortable with is stuff scattered throughout the place. The landlord shows up and see’s him already inside without prior meeting or key to enter. I would have thrown the man out that instance for breaking and entering and trespassing on private property. In conclusion if the landlord would have stuck by the background checks and legal documentation this situation could have never taken place. Instead, the landlord has to hire an attorney and fight in court to have the tenant removed. So far, the tenant can‘t even be served because he is never available.

My own Hammer Doll

If I could have my own doll to wack at it would be my ex fiancee. I would wake up with the hammer still in my hand ready to wack away. The women was the biggest waste of time and money. I would have designed her in the latest fashion,and with a credit card with my name on it in her back pocket because that was really the only two things that mattered to her.

Greed is good

Creed is good. When it comes to are world today, we are driven primarily by greed. Creed is what drives us to be better at any aspect of life. My creed for knowledge has driven me to attend college to further expand my knowledge of audio engineering. I the movie “Wall Street” The main charcter sells personal property “all property other than real property, such as automobiles, clothing, computers, and so on.” Essentials of Buisness Law, by Anthony L. Liuzzo, liquidating the airline of all their planes and land to make a profit for the share holders. The company was in dying need of either new management or selling to company. The greed in the man, made him decide the fastest and safest way to make money with this company was to liquidate it. Creed is what makes are country strive to be better and more powerful than any other country in the world. Sometimes a companies greed will end be costly. As for Microsoft who is going to have to sell of their existing goods “goods that physically exist and are owned by the seller at the time of sale”, Essentials Of Business Law, by Anthony L. Liuzzo, because, they are not making any profit . Some examples are the zune, the Microsoft watch and , Xbox 360. Creed Is sometimes bad because of the way are economy is today. People were taking money that they can’t pay back and are now asking the government for help. All in all, though if it wasn’t for creed we would be living in a third world country like Afganistan. I was deployed their for six months and got to walk around the city that was connected to the base. Those people have nothing, not even a chair to sit on. People die left and right from simple sicknesses. They have to drive to make things better. They are not greedy people and are paying for it. They have to drive to make things better.

Myspace Suicide

“Maybe she did not intend for the girl to kill herself but she did however intend to do the girl harm” Anchor Drive Productions

I agree with him completely. These women had to have had full knowledge of what her actions were going to result hurting this young girl. For that reason I believe she should be punished for contributing to the young women’s death.

“I felt that she was responsible for pushing this young girl over the edge. Whether she knew it or not this girl suffered from severe depression. With further research could this woman also be charged with even more including negligence?” designguru84

To me it’s really hard to blame these women entirely. I know allot of people who make fun or say hurtful things to each other on MySpace. You really can’t say this woman is to blame. I believe the parents should have maybe taken this girl to counseling or just sat her down once and awhile and had a heart to heart. I mean if they just took to sea world or something she could still be alive today.

“Why didn’t the mother accused of driving Megan to her death just leave it alone? Whatever happened to the good ole days when we all grew up dealing with things person to person? Mano y mano” Flip Beats Productions

I agree why can’t people talk to one another or just learn to deal with their problems. It seems now a day’s people always look for the easy way out. The girl should have talk to her mother or better yet the mom should have seen the signs of her suicide. We just don’t have good old fashion family ties anymore.

“I couldn't really decide a suitable punishment for this woman, because I really can't describe fully the matter at hand, and I was not there to witness what has happened, what has been said, and what lead the thirteen year old girl to kill herself. These are my feelings on this case.” BarnhurstDesigns

I can’t either. This is the first of its case and it’s really hard to say if posting rude things on the internet can be an accessory to murder. I believe she contributed to it but so did the fact she didn’t have milk with her cereal. I mean if we go down this road we could lose are freedom of speech on the internet. I’m not saying what the women did was right at all but just we should but all the blame on this one woman. Maybe we should just take away all her privileges with the internet and have strict probation for her that limits her to no contact with minors not even her kids.

In the movie “Used Cars” my group which consisted of: Anthony, Theo, Michele and, Jesus found a list of laws broken throughout the movie. The list is as follows:
False Advertising
Slander
Conspiracy
Assault and Battery
Bribery
Destruction of Property
Tampering with Witnesses
Contempt of Court
Under aged Minors driving.
Speeding
Attempted Murder
Endangerment of a Minor
Misrepresentation
Sexual Harassment
Gambling
Perjury
Reckless Driving
Leaving the scene of an accident
Driving the wrong way
Tail-Gating
Unregistered Vehicles

Grand Theft Auto Killings

The lawsuit concerning a young boy who shot two police officers and a dispatcher; tries to prove the manufacture of the game along with the stores are to blame. The young man was sixteen at the time of purchasing Grand Theft Auto from a his local stores. The game is rated M which means no one under the age of 17 is legally able to purchase it. According to the parents the boy played the game nonstop and was brain washed by its violent content. The boy was brought in for driving a stolen vehicle to the police station where he murdered three men. I believe that the stores are liable in the response of them allowing a 16 year old to purchase the game. It’s hard to prove that the violent content of the game had anything to do with the boys random demonic actions. To me it comes down to poor parenting. The parents should have monitored what their son was playing. If they could have at least spend some more time with him and taught him Morales he could still have a life. Instead they want to point the finger on someone else because it’s too hard to just say we should have been better parents. I think the store is at fault for selling the game but not for murder. The manufacture of the game did their part on protecting themselves by putting a M rated stick on their games.

Myspace Suicide

The case that involves two parents of a MySpace user who takes her own life is a clear case of defamation. The parents of a young teenager took her own life after receiving hate messages from women who impersonated a young boy. The women who sent the victim hate mail has said, that she created the account so that she could monitor what children were saying about her daughter. Apparently she meet the young victim and over the course of a few weeks became friends with her online. Apparently telling the young child he was new to town and didn’t yet have a number for her to call her on. The young child was told over and over by her parents that she shouldn’t get so involved with someone she didn’t even know. The parents explained that their child had been suffering from depression and poor self esteem. So when this new friend who was really a women came along, the child suddenly felt she had someone to talk to. The older women suddenly turned on the child sending offensive comments about her character. I believe this a example of Defamation (“the harming of a person’s reputation and good name by the communication of a false statement”, Essentials of Business Law, by Anthony L. Liuzzo pg. 45). Her statements were made on a public website that is easily seen across the world. It would also be Libel since (“libel is the spreading of damaging statements in written form-including pictures, cartoons, and effigies(likenesses)”, Essentials of Business Law, by Anthony L. Liuzzo pg. 45). It’s very sad to see that some would feel no remorse for an act like this. Legally I don’t think there is a way to directly prove that the defendant was the cause of the young ladies death. I do however believe the comments she wrote were libel and played a key role in her suicide but still cannot directly say it was the sole cause.

Why I should have gotten a lawyer

What I think about lawyers is really I don’t know that much about them. I have been in trouble with the law twice and each time I should have used a lawyer but did not. The lawyer my cousin used when he was driving down the 95 high on weed and pain killers was great. Even though my cousin hit someone and kept passing out during questioning he only got wreck less driving even though he obviously deserved a DWI. When I had my little run in with the law I did not use a lawyer and got the worst punishment. I was eighteen years old and stole a 10 t- shirt. Well because I was still living with my parents and only had one job I tried to handle it myself. So what ended up happening was I could not pay off my fines and I could not afford to attend work that was to cover the jail time since it cost 150 bucks. I was sent to serve five days in Ventura county jail. I was in shock I thought I could just go back there and work something else out with the judge but nope I had to now serve jail time. I ended up telling my parents because I could not think of a place that I would be for five days. Maybe they would have believed camping, but no I had to tell them just in case something happened to me. It started off bad since my mother insisted on dropping me off and after I was behind the metal door with all my new inmate buddies they made jokes about it saying I wish my mommy could have dropped me off. After being in a holding cell for 32 hours I got moved to my cell block. As soon as we all got in are holding area the next cell erupted with blood splatting against the windows. In the end I should have gotten a lawyer.