Thursday 6 May 2010
Response to Karrie-Ann’s on incest.
I found this topic interesting because different people have different opinions about this topic. I am not saying that incest in right buy many years ago like in Egypt people would sleep or marry a family member. So why do the society frown upon incest? I think it’s because of science for example if you had sex with you brother and you had a child the child would most probably come out deformed because of the parent share the same DNA. It’s because of society that people’s views on incest have changed. What do you think?
Response to Karrie-Ann’s on alcohol
I agree with you when you said that this lecture was very interesting. I also agreed with you when you said that some people start drinking at a young age. In my opinion I think that young people start drinking mostly because of peer pressure and he have to drink to fit in with their friends. I do not think that people think or know much about the effects of drinking, and the people that do no about the effects i do not think they care because people always say it will never happen to me i can control my drinking.
Wednesday 5 May 2010
Response to Angela Rollins blog on the film Kids
I agree with you when you said that the director Larry Clark may have wanted to show parents how children act in real life by making this film. I found it shocking as well that there were hardly any parents in this film. It made me wander maybe if parents knew what their children were getting up to they would be able to stop it.
Response to Angela Rollins blog on Masturbation
I think that is lecture was embarrassing but also funny. I agree with you when you said that masturbation is a private thing. I also agree with you when you said that people’s views of masturbation has changes think that people are more open to talk about it now than they were back in the day.
Response to Angela Rollins blog on drugs
I agree with you drugs are still a big problem in this country even though they are illegal. I think that that it is a good idea to show people the effects of drugs but on the other hand there are still going to be some people who just don’t care, I do not think people understand the dangers of taking drugs. Even with the law some people still don’t care. I do disagree with you when you said t would be better if drugs were illegal and people could see that effects of the drugs from others. Drugs are illegal for a reason and this reason is because they are dangers and if they were legal then people would think it is ok to take them. The people that take drugs know that it is wrong may be that’s why they do it who knows there are many reasons why people take drugs.
Tuesday 4 May 2010
Littering.
I hate it when I see people in the streets littering on the floor when they can just put the unwanted item in the bin, simple. Prosecutions for littering are brought about under section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 http://www.pkc.gov.uk/Planning+and+the+environment/Waste+and+recycling/Litter+and+flytipping/Litter/Littering+Offences.htm.
People who carelessly drop litter in a public open place are committing a criminal offence (apart from where it is allowed by law or done with the consent of the owner or occupier of the land).
The average fine is about £100 plus any costs the court awards. However, a person convicted of this offence could be liable to a maximum fine of £2,500 (a level 4 offence on the standard scale) in my opinion i think paying a large amount of money for littering is a bit over the top. People should not litter but there are other people out there who are committing worse crimes.
Throwing litter from vehicles onto public land is also a littering offence under section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.If the registration number is taken the registered keeper's identity can be obtained from the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency by the police or the local authority. In my opinion i think that throwing litter from your car into public land is just disrespectful and stupid do not see why people cannot put their rubbish in the bin. It’s only going to take a second.
http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/Recyclin.nsf/WebFullList/6C69D3C81CF266B080256ECF003465D3?OpenDocument
coming to a conclusion people are still going to be littering even though they are not supposed to do it. In my opinion i do not think that people will or are going to take this law seriously because people do not see this harmful in anyway.
People who carelessly drop litter in a public open place are committing a criminal offence (apart from where it is allowed by law or done with the consent of the owner or occupier of the land).
The average fine is about £100 plus any costs the court awards. However, a person convicted of this offence could be liable to a maximum fine of £2,500 (a level 4 offence on the standard scale) in my opinion i think paying a large amount of money for littering is a bit over the top. People should not litter but there are other people out there who are committing worse crimes.
Throwing litter from vehicles onto public land is also a littering offence under section 87 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.If the registration number is taken the registered keeper's identity can be obtained from the Driver Vehicle and Licensing Agency by the police or the local authority. In my opinion i think that throwing litter from your car into public land is just disrespectful and stupid do not see why people cannot put their rubbish in the bin. It’s only going to take a second.
http://www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/Recyclin.nsf/WebFullList/6C69D3C81CF266B080256ECF003465D3?OpenDocument
coming to a conclusion people are still going to be littering even though they are not supposed to do it. In my opinion i do not think that people will or are going to take this law seriously because people do not see this harmful in anyway.
Monday 3 May 2010
Truancy AKA bunking off school.
Am sure we have all done it before.
What is truancy? This is an unexcused absence from particular class or the entire school. These absences are against the law because they do not have a formal approval.
Why do Students Play Truant? There are many reasons why students play truant for example: to escape bullying at school, bad relationships with teachers or other instructors, the truant has no interest in school or taking holidays.
http://www.teenissues.co.uk/TacklingTruancy.html
The Guardian states that Nearly 230,000 pupils were classified as persistent absentees, meaning they missed more than 20% of school.
There are Consequences of Truancy. According to the Guardian in 2008 government statistics showed that the number of parents jailed for failing to shop their children playing truant has trebled in the past five years.
According to the Guardian the statistics, obtained by the Liberal Democrats, reveal seven parents were imprisoned for the offence in 2003, while 22 were in 2006, the latest available year.
In total, 71 parents were jailed between 2003 and 2006 for not stopping their children persistently avoiding school. Since 2000, parents have faced jail sentences of up to three months for the offence in England and Wales.
In my opinion I think that it is a bit drastic that parents are jailed just because their children are not attending school, for example some parents don’t even know that their children are truanting from school. Even if they did know that their children were not attending school they cannot make their children go to school if they don’t want to go to school parents cannot watch their children twenty four seven. I think that if parents are getting blamed then so should schools. May be f schools had a better system them students would not be truanting.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/nov/27/truancy-absent-school
What is truancy? This is an unexcused absence from particular class or the entire school. These absences are against the law because they do not have a formal approval.
Why do Students Play Truant? There are many reasons why students play truant for example: to escape bullying at school, bad relationships with teachers or other instructors, the truant has no interest in school or taking holidays.
http://www.teenissues.co.uk/TacklingTruancy.html
The Guardian states that Nearly 230,000 pupils were classified as persistent absentees, meaning they missed more than 20% of school.
There are Consequences of Truancy. According to the Guardian in 2008 government statistics showed that the number of parents jailed for failing to shop their children playing truant has trebled in the past five years.
According to the Guardian the statistics, obtained by the Liberal Democrats, reveal seven parents were imprisoned for the offence in 2003, while 22 were in 2006, the latest available year.
In total, 71 parents were jailed between 2003 and 2006 for not stopping their children persistently avoiding school. Since 2000, parents have faced jail sentences of up to three months for the offence in England and Wales.
In my opinion I think that it is a bit drastic that parents are jailed just because their children are not attending school, for example some parents don’t even know that their children are truanting from school. Even if they did know that their children were not attending school they cannot make their children go to school if they don’t want to go to school parents cannot watch their children twenty four seven. I think that if parents are getting blamed then so should schools. May be f schools had a better system them students would not be truanting.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/nov/27/truancy-absent-school
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7hHLELNHsfx34Y4n5ThwyTu5pGZd4V9lQdnAp5dfASttlVY7M5vsIjgMn7slyj9sQiOL73KxdrFq-HaaAiJZnCzarWt-Wr-JEwUtHN7_S0buZQxcsTYu_RLyBXQVESCzQ6Ir51XhOeLN/s320/Truancy.jpg
Sunday 2 May 2010
Would you ever wear fur?
I used to love garments that were made out of fur or leather. I did not really know or care where it came from. All I was interested in was the fact that it was fashionable and it looked good. Two weeks ago I was watching this television program on BBC three called blood sweat and luxuries which looked six young British teens who swap their luxury lives. They travel to Ethiopia working in a factory were animals were killed and then their skin is used to make shoes, leather, fur ect. I was very shocked after watching this show. The program showed the whole process from the animals getting killed to making the leather or fur . I felt sorry for these animals that were getting killed, but on the other hand animals are still getting killed weather it’s for fashion or humans eating them. So is killing animals for luxury reasons OK? Because either way animals are still getting killed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s7xwb.
Lots of animals are killed for their fur, including minks, foxes, rabbits, sables, chinchillas, beavers, lynx, seals and racoons.
http://www.ad-international.org/fur/go.php?ssi=19
I was reading an article from the BBC news website it stated that in 2006 Pete Burns a Big brother contestant announced that when he went into the Big brother house he was wearing a fur coat which he said was made from gorilla skin. Biodiversity minister Jim Knight said: "Gorilla skins belong on gorillas, not on reality TV show contestants." If this was true Burns would be in a lot of trouble because gorillas top the list of critically endangered species and trading in any such species carries a penalty of up to five years in prison and an unlimited fine.
The government banned fur farming in Britain in 2003 but it can still be imported from other countries. In spite of the ban, the fur trade is worth up to £500m a year to the UK, according to the British Fur Trade Association (BFTA).
Mink and fox are among the most popular furs in the UK. Dog and cat fur is legal in Britain, although members of the BFTA do not handle them. Responding to concerned animal welfare charities, the government has announced there is no hard evidence that dog and cat fur is sold in the UK, although admits it is difficult to establish whether such skins are entering the country.
Coming to a conclusion i don’t think people who wear fur really care where it comes from just as long as it looks good on them. i also think that it is a good thing that the government banned fur farming in the UK even though people are still going to be wearing it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4603032.stm
The link at the bottom looks at people opinions about wearing fur.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s7xwb.
Lots of animals are killed for their fur, including minks, foxes, rabbits, sables, chinchillas, beavers, lynx, seals and racoons.
http://www.ad-international.org/fur/go.php?ssi=19
I was reading an article from the BBC news website it stated that in 2006 Pete Burns a Big brother contestant announced that when he went into the Big brother house he was wearing a fur coat which he said was made from gorilla skin. Biodiversity minister Jim Knight said: "Gorilla skins belong on gorillas, not on reality TV show contestants." If this was true Burns would be in a lot of trouble because gorillas top the list of critically endangered species and trading in any such species carries a penalty of up to five years in prison and an unlimited fine.
The government banned fur farming in Britain in 2003 but it can still be imported from other countries. In spite of the ban, the fur trade is worth up to £500m a year to the UK, according to the British Fur Trade Association (BFTA).
Mink and fox are among the most popular furs in the UK. Dog and cat fur is legal in Britain, although members of the BFTA do not handle them. Responding to concerned animal welfare charities, the government has announced there is no hard evidence that dog and cat fur is sold in the UK, although admits it is difficult to establish whether such skins are entering the country.
Coming to a conclusion i don’t think people who wear fur really care where it comes from just as long as it looks good on them. i also think that it is a good thing that the government banned fur farming in the UK even though people are still going to be wearing it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4603032.stm
The link at the bottom looks at people opinions about wearing fur.
people’s http://www.createdebate.com/debate/show/Is_wearing_fur_morally_wrong opinions
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