WEEK #5

Post #1 "Nietzsche and the Myth of Eternal Recurrence"
This video was very trippy. In this film it said something about if a demon crept on you and told you that "this life that you live now and have lived it, you will have to live again and again, times without number. There will be nothing new in it, but every pain and joy and every thought and sigh and all the unspeakably small and great in your life must return to you, and everything in the same series." I thought about my life and through each years of it. Have i made any impact yet on this world? Why am i here? It just made me think about what i would like to do and accomplish before i die. There are so many things i would like to do. This just made me realize how precious life is and iam sure others are thinking about this also. It just makes me think about if i toke back some of the things i did, would things be different? This was the interesting part of the video, throughout the video this topic was just stuck in my head. I didnt really pay attention to most of the video other than thinking about life.

Post#2 Flame On
This film talks about the controversial topic of homosexuality. They gave a list of historical figures who accomplished alot but were gay. such as Socrates, Plato and Alexander the Great. The arguement for homosexuality was very interesting and a very good one. Basically what this film was trying to prove was that anybody can accoplish alot even if there gay or not. This topic is a very controversial topic these days, or gay marriage. What i think is, a person is either borned straight, or borned heterosexual or homosexual. I think it isnt really a persons choice on being in a group that society tends to show alot of hatred towards. I don't neccesarrily have a problem with homosexuality, i don't normally judge a person by just there sexuality. But society thinks differently. Religion has always went against homosexuality. A person that is borned gay might not believe it since his/her religion taught him/her that it was wrong. They might be very discreet about it and to others. So many famous people on tv today are coming out and saying they are gay, its shocking to find out.

Post #3 why turn vegetarian?
This video was produces by the PETA. It tells the viewers why not to eat meat and also shows clips of animals getting slaughtered and killed in the background. I think this video wasn't really convincing and unargumental. Telling someone to not eat meat, just because "its just wrong" ain't really convincing. Not eating meat can be unhealthy since there is alot of proteins in meat, like chicken and beef. I dont believe killing animals for their meat is being a bad person Plants and furits are alive too. Killing cows and chickens for meat is just part of the food cycle. Telling someone there a bad person just because they kill animals for their meat is really stupid.

Post #4 non-violence
Non-violence is the key to solving alot of issues around the world, wellaccording to Gandhi. He says that violence never solves nothing, relationshipwise, arguments, etc. I beleive in this and starting thinking and reminiscingabout my childhood where i have encountered violence with others over somethingthat was really stupide and the outcome of it was nothing. Gandhi says thatviolence only brings more issues. He says that non-violence is a surpreme law. Iagree. For example, if someone in a club started a fight with another person,and the cops broke it up, they end up going to jail for the night, did any ofthe 2 solve their problems? no, they ended up in jail also. But lets say if theyverbally diffuse the situation, then both of them walk away satisfied and theissue of being in jail wouldn't have come up. But then theres an argument tothis. What if someone you encountered wants to still beat you up after you triedverbally diffusing the situation, do you fight back or do you lay there beinghammered with punches. In Gandhi's perspective you have to be the bigger man andnot fight back. Ive tried putting myself in this situation and thought aboutwhat i would do. I would probably fight back sense its my self-defense. But ibeleive in Gandhi on non-violence.

Post #5 Sam Harris
Respecting ones religion is something i totally believe in. Someones beliefs is their own personal perspective on God, to disrespect and to make fun of ones religion is really low and i think is inappropriate. This video explains about the bible, and how we if believe in the bible and followed it to a certain extent thatn we would be beating our childrens, stoning them to death, and also killing everyone who believes in God. The video was kind of blunt about this and shocked me kind of. Is it really saying this and putting it out there like this? Religions and our morals should'nt be put together and mix in with each other. Religion may play a big part in someones life, they live, eat, and breath their religion. To moralize what they can and can't do might prevent them from living. Everyone lives a different life and shouldn't be made fun of just because they live that way. The argument about the stakes being high, we choose to conversate or violence. This is very true. When an altercation happens in a bar or club, most of times it leads to violence but other situations like being in a store might lead to a coversation diffusion.