#4: Homework

Political Anarchism With The Government

            The two words together form political anarchism.  They mean together “The theory or doctrine that all forms of government are oppressive and undesirable and should be abolished. 2. Active resistance and terrorism against the states (www.thefreedictionary.com/Anarchism (political).  This is the best way I found to understand the words written by Michael Benton in his work called “My Understanding of Anarchism.” I have a hard time understanding the different sides of government as far as political parties, and how they try to run how individuals feel the government should operate such as how right-libertarians that want to limit the use of government in most things and rather have the private sector operate these things.  The left- libertarians want more autonomy in to someone’s life to control.  People changing things with the government are a type of anarchism that political parties use to their behalf to better themselves or how they feel the government should run.  People who believe in anarchism also feel that the government should be in place, but with a smaller amount of authority.  I also like how Mr. Benton stated “liberty = individual responsibility + consensus decision making + cooperative learning + participatory economics.”  This helped me better understand how someone feels about the word liberty.  Liberty to me means the freedom to choose.  I clearly have a limited knowledge of how this word can mean to someone else.  Philosophy is another word that I did not fully know what it meant until reading the article by Wikipedia called “Political Philosophy”.  The article says that philosophy is the study of something such as politics, justice, or legal code.  I thought philosophy was the thought process for a higher education level.  I was wrong until I read this article.  I still do not have a full grasp of government, but after reading this, and taking a test last class, I feel more knowledgeable on what types of government there are here in the United States. 

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Assignment 3

Brian Grindle

ENG102 MW

Professor Benton

August 26, 2012

            Wow! Having to combine three separate articles in to one is a bit challenging to me.  Two writings I have combined, but I have never done three.  Wikpedia has an article called “Age of Enlightenment” has a reason why science, rather than religion, should be used to decide how we perceive how human beings should live for the future to better ourselves.  It was a good article, but the RSA Animate were far more appealing because they showed visual learning, vocal learning, and perception of how something is or can possibly be.  Matthew Taylor states in his animate “21^st Century Enlightenment” that education helps us to perceive things.  Really appealing to me was how he states that a person should “not buy a self-help book, but rather find happier friends.”  I liked how he stated that in an environment that encourages us to prosper and learn is far better than one that is bland and dismal.  Oh wait, this sounds more like what the gentleman Sir. Ken Robinson had stated in his animate called “Changing Education Paradigms”.  The animate thru Mr. Robinson had quite a bit of seriousness in his wording, and it had a good amount of comedy to keep your attention to it such as the ADHD plague mentioned in The United States that gets worse as you go farther towards the Atlantic Ocean via land.  He said how we should not dope our children up with medications, but should promote them in school, and not have as many outside influences to do such as the electronics like computers, numerous television stations to watch, and other like items.  Found to be neat was the word aesthetic. I have heard it before, but had not known the meaning.  I looked it up to see at full life potential according to the dictionary.  I got to see something I had never noticed. 

Assignment 2

Brian Grindle

ENG102 MW

Professor Benton

August 21

                                                Assignment 2

            The writing of Douglas Rushkoff in his article “Why We Listen to What ‘They’ Say” shows a lot of criticism of a group of people who state something in a meaning such as advertisement.  The word they is used quite often to show what the groups opinion is or the person.  As the article goes on, you will see it go from the word they to actual types of groups like advertisers.  An example of this is a mall clerk.  A female may unbutton her shirt a little more for the appeal of the male shopper.  She may provoke the male shopper in to buying one more thing by per communication along with appearance.  Other than examples such as this, the article by Douglas seemed long and boring to me.  I got half way thru reading the work before I began to get bored with it, but this type of reading was not to my appeal.  Mentioned in the words was also how the CB radio was going out due to the way communication has changed over time.  I disagree with this due to knowing many individuals who use this type of communication that is not monitored as strict as other types like the internet.  He also mentions how organizations use types of ads that go out of the traditional manner.  I see this in ads witch is why I investigate a product before ever buying whatever it may be.  Such an example is a pair of shoes.  I will see an ad for sneakers, and if the footwear seems appealing, I will look up the company to see how long the product has been out.  Then the task of asking people about the sneakers if they have the same pair to see how they like them comfort wise.  If all is good with the product, then I will purchase a pair.  Mr. Rushkoff mentions how people will just jump at something to buy it due to the advertising strategy, and I have seen this first hand with people that buy something for the way it looks or who wears it.  He also seemed to boast on himself by the number of books he has written.  Books are outstanding to read, but I got the impression that he was a little too on himself with the way he said people came to him and read his books on the strategies that are changing and business aspect at telling us to get something.  I will not read this article again, and I would not recommend it.  To someone else the writing may have appeal, but to each his own.

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Assignment 1

Brian Grindle

August 19, 2012

Professor Benton

ENG 102 MW

            Terrorism is a theme word used by Michael Ryan in his work called “Summary: Theory for Beginners”.  In his writing, Michael divides his work in to 15 sub categories that are called 1- Culture is nature, 2-Words make things, 3- We know what we know, 4-Learn Arabic, 5- Reality is a fabrication, Not all stories are true, 7- Power is belief, 8- You are not who you think you are, 9- You have to learn to be yourself, 10- Capitalism isx bad for you, 11- Effects are sometimes causes, 12- Identity is difference- and is therefore contingent, 13-We all live in the past, 14- The world is all there is, and 15- Nature is culture.  All of these separate parts of his writing show a specific cause and effect such as in section two on page 162 that says we associate the word terrorism with violence in the group of Islamic radicals.  He states that the word we presume is meant for Islamic people, but the culture is not all bad.  They have a charity called Islamic Relief.  The group “strives to alleviate the suffering, hunger, illiteracy and disease worldwide without regard to color, race, 9or creed and to provide aid in a compassionate and dignified manner” (Ryan 163).  What Michael is trying to show is that the Islamic culture is not all “bad” as some people make them out to be.  They care for one another and other people as well.  They have some bad sects like any culture does, but we presume that all of them are bad.  Another presumption is the abbreviation hood.  Most people presume it is talking about a bad, shanty location where people live, but it is an abbreviation for any neighborhood.  Most people here in America presume it is talking about a shanty location that is full of poor people and drugs.  Again, this is how the mental aspect of humans can take over.