Bandits and outlaws

I think that last week’s lecture on bandits and outlaws was funny but also interesting. When someone says the word outlaw i think of words like crooks, gangsters, desperados or gunslingers. When someone says the word bandit or outlaw i think of people like about Robin Hood Bonnie, Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd and Jesse James.
In my opinion i don’t think that all outlaws are villains. Take Robin Hood for example he is known for
Stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. From watching the film and the T.V program on BBC1 Robin Hood He was never portrayed as a villain but as a hero to the viewers.
On the other hand when someone says the world bandits i think dangerous, heartless criminals. For instance Bonnie and Clyde they did not care about the people that they killed.
Bonnie and Clyde were suspected of numerous killings and was wanted for murder, robbery, and state charges of kidnapping.
They met in Texas. Bonnie was 19 and married to and locked up murderer; Clyde was 21 and unmarried. I was so sucked they i read this. I thought to myself why would someone get married to a killer. Then i thought maybe she found this exciting or maybe she was alone and she had nobody to love her and crime was the only thing she thought she can turn to or maybe crime was the only think she was good at.
http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/clyde/clyde.htm.

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Vandalism.

Vandalism is an illegal, anti-social activity that creates a negative impression of an area and contributes to people's fear of crime.
Vandalism can range from dropping a small piece of litter on the street through to arson and other obvious acts of vandalism.
Vandalism includes: graffiti, dumping of refuse, smashing of windows and bus shelters, abandoned vehicles, or interference with road signs http://www.newham.gov.uk/YourEnvironment/GraffitiAndVandalism/WhatIsVandalism.htm.
I can stand it when i see young people vandalising brand new bus stops or when they start writing things on bus windows. Things like name tags or something like “Katie love Jack forever and ever”
In my opinion i think that vandalism is wrong. Some people say that graffiti on walls is art but they don’t think about the people that have to clean it up or how much money it’s going to cost to remove the damage that they have done. If people love art that much and they love expressing their feeling then get an art book.

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/info/500012/environmental_enforcement/846/vandalism/1.

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Is tanning bad for us?

The first indoor tanning beds were developed in 1906 and actually had nothing to do with getting the perfect tan. They were developed by a medical research company named Heraeus. The main purpose of this tanning lamp was medicinal. It was initially used on patients with diseases like rickets and other calcium deficiency disorders to see if the increased sunlight would help to develop stronger bones and enhance the body's ability to produce calcium. As time progressed, it became clear that Heraeus was onto something big with its invention of artificial tanning beds.
In my opinion i think that sun bed tanning is wrong. According to medical research tanning can course skin cancer. People always say “o it will never happen to me “but sooner or later it will happen to do if you don’t stop using the sun bed. What upsets me is that people never think they will get cancer from a sun bed and they carry on tanning and tanning until it does happen to them and that’s when they wish they never done it in the first place. The people who do carry on sun bed tanning they have no one to blame but themselves because they knew the risks but they went on and did it anyway. http://www.londonancestor.com/suntan/tan-bed.htm.

Sun beds are very popular with young people but you need to be over sixteen to use one. Around 25% of young people aged 16 have used a sun bed at some time. It is recommended that the following people avoid sun beds completely: Those with very fair skin, those who burn easily or who tan badly, Those who have had skin cancer or have a family history of the illness and Those using medication that could make their skin oversensitive to UV light. When using a sun bed you run the risk of getting: Certain types of skin cancer, premature aging or wrinkles, Eye damage, a reduced immune system. http://www.connexions-direct.com/index.cfm?catalogueContentID=308&pid=105&render=detailedArticle.

Girls Aloud member Nicola Roberts challenges the nation's obsession with tanning with a positive message. A documentary was shown on BBC about the dangers of sun bed tanning. In this documentary there was a man called Tom who felt the need to inject himself with tanning-aid drugs in order to seek the perfect colour. He looked ridiculous and orange. The funny thing was that he knew how dangerous it was but he didn’t care because he wanted to look good. When i sore this documentary i was shocked that some people who do anything just to look good. Nicola asked him to stop tanning for a month he did and he looked so much better. In my opinion i think that he went back to tanning because of the way he was act he didn’t look happy without his tan. http://british-tv.suite101.com/article.cfm/nicola-roberts--the-truth-about-tanning.

Coming to a conclusion according to the BBC news website A Cancer Research UK report, commissioned by the government, found 6% of children aged 11 to 17 had used a sunbed, with the figure rising to 11% in the north of England. I think that people should think twice about tanning and the risks that come with it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_east/8455142.stm.

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Plastic surgery is it right?

There are many reasons why people have plastic surgery. Some think that they will feel better about themselves and more confident, some say they want to look better, some say they want to look younger.
In my opinion i think that people should only have plastic surgery if something was seriously wrong with them. For example if they were in a car accident, if they had a broken nose ect. I think that it’s wrong when people have plastic surgery just to look good or they think that plastic surgery is going to make them a better person. I don’t understand why people think that plastic surgery would make them a better person. I feel that it’s not going to change anything about who you are its only going to change the way you look .they are still going to be the same person they were before the surgery but “plastic”
Plastic surgery is wrong because God made you the way you are for a reason. Why change it?
The thing that upsets me the most about plastic surgery is that most people who have it the first time don’t just stop there they want more and more until they are addicted to it. It’s like they would want a nose job and after that they would look for something else that they want to prefect and they will have more and more until they are completely satisfied.
The other thing that upsets me about people who have plastic surgery is that some say something stupid like “ i don’t like my nose i want my nose to look like jerry Springer’s” ha-ha why would you want you have your nose looking like someone else’s don’t you want your own nose.. Well obviously not!
I think that plastic surgery sends out the wrong message to people especially to young people. More and more young teens want to get plastic surgery because they want to look like there favourite celebrity , they have seen air brushed pictures of perfect looking people in magazines and they want to look just like them or because they are getting picked on about the way they look.
I think that people need to look at someone like Jocelyn Wildenstein, Michael Jackson and Pete Burns. I don’t think that some people understand that plastic surgery can go wrong even with celebrities and they have money to get a good plastic surgeon.
Things can go terribly wrong with plastic surgery it can even lead to death for example Donda West, mother of the celebrity rapper, Kanye West she had heart problems buts still went on and had plastic surgery. The stupid thing was that instead on getting plastic surgery n one place she got plastic surgery in several different places and that is what cursed her death.
Coming to a conclusion i think that people need to think carefully about getting plastic surgery, and how it is going to change their life not only physically but emotionally and mentally and is it right for them is it the right thing to do. Don’t just do it because you want to look like someone or because everyone is doing. I want people to also understand that plastic surgery can also go wrong even if you have the best doctor and a lot of money so THINK!

http://news.makemeheal.com/plastic-surgery-gone-wrong/850

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Under age sex

There are lots of teenagers out there that are having under age sex. They know that it is wrong and illegal but it doesn’t stop them from doing it. In my opinion i don’t think that teenagers care as far as they are concerned its their body and they can do whatever they want with it.
I don’t think that some teenagers know the consequences of having sex under age. For example the girl could get pregnant. You always hear stories of young teenage girls who get pregnant their rather didn’t know that they were pregnant or they didn’t think they could get pregnant at such a young age. I remember the story that was in the news about a 13 year old Schoolboy Alfie believed he had become Britain's youngest dad after 15-year-old girlfriend Chantelle Stedman gave birth to daughter Maisie in Eastbourne, East Sussex. But the DNA showed that he was not the father. When i read this story i was gob smacked because the young boy didn’t even look 13 he looked about 8 years old. The first thing that came into my mind was what is a 15 year old girl doing with a 13 year old boy. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4DSGI_en-GBGB346GB346&q=dad+at+13+not+the+father&meta=&aq=0&aqi=g4&aql=&oq=dad+at+13+&gs_rfai=.

The law believes that when a girl is under 13 she is not mature enough to consent to sex. So even if a 12-year-old girl willingly has intercourse, as far as the law is concerned, she has not "consented" to it because legally she is not able to.
The implication of the rule is that anyone who has sex with a girl under 13 is committing what is termed "statutory rape". There is no defence to this charge even if a boy says the girl was willing or that he thought she was older than she was, it would not matter.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/e-cyclopedia/437789.stm.

I think that having sex under that age of 16 is a hard topic debate about i am not for it but i am not agent it ether. Way back in the day young girl could get married at a very young age and start having a family. This was seen as normal. The law has changed over time and so have people’s expectations of how we should act in the society. In my opinion i think that it is a person’s choice to choose when they are ready to have sex. On the other hand this all depends on the young person’s mentality are they mature enough, they having sex because all their friends are having sex and they don’t want to feel left out or are they having sex with the other person because they mean something to them.
In my opinion i also feel that there is a lot of expectation for boys to have sex at an early age. For example if a boy has sex at the age of 14 his friends would think that he is cool and he is a man. I also don’t think that his parents would be that disappointed they would probably just ask him if he used protection and to be careful. But on the other hand if a girl had sex at the age of 14 her parents would be angry they would probably want to find out who the boy is and tell him to keep away from her or they might even tell the police because she is under the age. Also if a girl has sex at 14 she is classified as a hore but a boy would be classified as a man.


Coming to a conclusion i think that both teenage boys and girls are under a lot pressure when it comes to sex. I also think that there should be more sex education classed tort at schools so that young people know more about teenage pregnancy and STI.

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Is gambling a sin?

There is a lot to say about this topic. In my opinion i think that gambling is a dangerous game to play. I have seen it on T.V programmes when people talk about their gambling addiction and how it has ruined their life. You hear about people losing their homes, families or even their friends because they have a gambling addiction.
The Bible does not particularly condemn gambling, betting, or the lottery. The Bible does warn us, however, to stay away from the love of money.
Gambling is a difficult topic because if it is done in moderation and only on occasion, it is a waste of money, but it is not necessarily evil. People waste money on all sorts of activities. Gambling is no more or less of a waste of money than seeing a movie, eating an unnecessarily expensive meal, or purchasing a worthless item. At the same time, the fact that money is wasted on other things does not justify gambling. In my opinion i think that money should not be wasted on gambling. On the other hand people know what they are getting themselves into when they start gambling they know that there is a possibility that they might not win so if they go through with it then it’s up to them because the already know the consequences.
Coming to a conclusion in my opinion i think that people who gamble need to think twice before they do it because. People who gamble say they get a buzz out of it. When they win they get more and greedier so they bet more and more money until they win. Some gambler when they carry on playing so they can win even more money instead of being happy with what they have got.

http://www.gotquestions.org/gambling-sin.html

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Is swearing good for us.

When i was young i was always told that swearing was bad and whenever i would ever i would swear my mum would tell me “you wash your mouth out with soap”
Swearing can be rude, crude and offensive. It can reflect a bad attitude that looks bad on your image and your relationships. People might perceive you as an abrasive person who lacks character, maturity, intelligence, manners and emotional.
Everyone swears some more than others. In my opinion i don’t think there is anything wrong with swear if you’re having a laugh with your mates but if you are swearing at someone you don’t know then they would take it offensively. Or even if you are having an argument with someone u do no and you swear at them they might take it offensively.
Most of the time people swear because they have hurt themselves. According to research swearing is often used as a form of stress relief and anger management, and may actually be an under-appreciated way to blow off steam.
According to Keele University swearing triggers your body’s natural “fight or flight” stress response and actually increases your tolerance to pain.
An exercise was carried out that involved 64 people who were asked to put their hand in a tub of ice water while first repeating a swear word and in the second experiment reaping a common word used to describe a table. Researchers found out that “Swearing increased pain tolerance, increased heart rate and decreased perceived pain compared with not swearing”
Coming to a conclusion everyone swears we probably shouldn’t do it because it’s rude but on the other hand when we swear we do feel good after well i do anyway but hay .
http://www.sixwise.com/Newsletters/2009/July/22/Is-Swearing-Good-for-You.htm.

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