Blogging Around

This was my response to Kyle's 360 degrees post about the ethics behind weaponry. He brought up some questions to think about such as how the world would be if weapons were never invented, and whether there is a way to control the use of weapons today.

Kyle-

Your blog post was very interesting. I've seen Iron Man too, and although I can't honestly say I made the connections you did, you've really made me think about the moral questions behind weapons. I personally think we'd be much better off if weapons were never invented, or at least not so advanced. Of course, the ideal situation would be that nobody would have the desire to harm others...but, we all know this is ridiculous. The fact is, weapons do exist, and they have advanced rapidly and will continue to advance, causing more and more destruction. The sad thing is that there is no simple solution. Otherwise, it would have been discovered. People are going to do what they want to do with whatever's available to them, and if nuclear bombs are available, then there's no way of getting them out of the wrong hands. It's just going to happen.

-Kate

My next response was to Emily's 360 degrees post on different thoughts she had about the academy and how it is perceived. It really caught my attention because I had been wondering a lot of the same things!

Emily-

Great point! I wonder about this all the time too! So many people have wrong stereotypes about the academy...I've had people say things as ridiculous as, "Academy kids shouldn't be able to run for class board because they're at South for half the day." Not sure how that relates, but anyways, the point is that people just plain don't understand what the program is! I've also met people for the first time who were like, "I've never seen you before." Jokingly, I reply, "I'm in Academy." The typical response is, "Well that explains it." Seriously, it's almost like we're invisible to the rest of the student body! It makes me angry sometimes, because we're not all the super-intelligent, socially awkward people that others assume we are.

But anyways, great job! You really summarized your thoughts well, and definitely thought about the topic from "360 degrees" :]

-Kate