Declaration of War.

The tones of the Germans and the United States were very different in the Declaration of War. The Germans declaration of war came of as more agressive. The United States wanted to be neutral they did not want to be in war with anyone. United States Declaration of War was more clam. The United States was not very interested in getting involved in the militant disputes of the Europeans.They were mostly focousing on their own goverment as well as their freedome and their people. As for the German side they constantly repeated repeated "Statedwar, united and blockade" which gave of bighint that they wanted to be at war. They wanted the U.S. to bring the battle to them because all they wanted was to be as war with the U.S.

Games games games !

War video games for our generation play a big role in many teens lives. Talking about war shooter games and how they are a big controversey portraying the violence of war. These video games are made to recreate scences of war. I know that they are made to entretain teens, as well as show them a little bit about the way war really is. But the only people that really know the way war is are the soilders that have actually fought in war. There is a big debate on wether or not games that portray war should be allowed to exist. Many people would argue that the games diminish the violence that actually occurs in real war. Some games for example are, Call of Duty, and the new version, Black OPS. These games seem to be very popular among teens, my little brother has both games and he always looks foward to getting home to play. I asked him why he likes those types of games so much and he told me helikes them because he gets to shoot people and he likes all the types of guns. These game have TONS of violence, the main point of it is to kill people. Many people may say it is just a game but in my opinion these games do influence teens, it doesnt neccesarily mean that since they play and kill in the game they are going to go out in real life and kill people but they will have a some what more violent point of view. I think it makes them a little more aggressive.

First of these games are made to kill people, if you die then you get more lives. In reality war is not like that, once you die at war you are dead. You dont get more lives, you also dont get to switch guns when ever you want. "There is no reset button" in real life! Soilders in real life may get wounded in war, lose a leg or an arm. They dont only physically get effected but they are also mentally effected. War does have an affect on soilders they are mentally traumatized. Instead when you play any of the video games, you dont get wounded, you dont loose body parts and you are not mentally traumatized, you just turn of the game and keep on living your life.

I dont think that those war games shouldnt exist but i think they should be more realistic, actually show teens how war is. Offcourse there will still be a reset button but somehow they video game companies can limit the violence and make the games a bit more realistic.





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WWI Casualties...

After watching the clip from Gallipoli i saw a lot of unpleasent things. From deaths to destruction everywhere. During WWI soilders did not have it easy , knowing you are always at risk is not something easy to live with. Always being afaid of what may happen next. In the video i saw destruction from the massive artillery such as guns and cannons as well as barbed wire and fires. In the clip i saw many soilders dead or injured. During the was the medical assitance the soilders recieved was not half as good as what they recive today. Back then there were not that many doctors and nurses, most were not so experienced. The tools we have today were not invented back then so when a soilder was injured their wounds would get infected instantly from all the germs going around, all their tools were not sanitized. Being treated at the scene of the even made it hard for everyone to be taken care of instantly. Soilders would get cuts from barded wires and their wounds would get infexted.
During WWI the greatest number of casualties occured, all these casualties had a big effect on all of society. If soilders died at war, more than one person would be effected. For example , the sons and daughters of the soilders, if their father dies at war sometimes even their mothers also went to war, the kids would be left with no parents , no one to take care and watch after them, they would have to be raised with other family members. Or in other cases if the father dies, the mom would become a single mom trying to support the family on her own,she may work very had and might still not even make enough money to support everyone. That is were crime starts becoming a problem because the families or individuals themselves do not have enough money and will start doing anything to get money. That not only impacts individuals but it impats society as well, having so many criminals doing anything possible to get more money. All the casualties effected families as well as all of society.

From weeks... to seconds...

Reading the letters from all the soilders and then thinking to yourself how tough it is to go to war and have only one way to communicate with others, it is very eye opening. It makes me realize how greatful i shold be for technology we have now a days. Way back when the war began many soldiers went to Europe or other countries we have fought in to serve their country. That was what was expected of them,the people being sent were young males who have not even gotten to live their lives. It may have been a teenager straight out of high school who never left home, or someone who may have recently got married or who just had a baby. There were no excuses, they all had to go. Being at war, they were able to write to their families once it a while. They had to write everything they had on their mind everything they wanted to tell a loved one and everything that had been going out in their lives. Then send it, but for the letter to arrive it would take weeks. Just imagine the soilder writes the letter, it arrives weeks later when thesoilder may be at risk of dying at war. Now a days we have text messaging, email, and instant messaging. If i want to tell a friend or family member somthing i cant do it within minutes, even seconds. Instead of feeling alone at war, having no one to talk to i can just send a text message and have someone to talk to instantly. Looking back at the time where all they had were letters and the hope of it arriving on time seems hard. Comparing the way things were before to how technology is now, we should all be ggreatful for all the great advantages we have.

Wait, what?

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Missile, It’s a Contrail! Wait, what?

This was one of the biggest news on all the news channels not too long ago. The concept of yellow journalism is to catch the readers attention and exaggerate or lie about their stories. During the Spanish American War yellow journalism was very common and till this day is still is. The journalist that write these articles know how to get the readers attention. They exaggerate the words and add some lies in order to either make it move believeable or to make it more interesting. The headline above is a good example of yellow journalism and how gullible people are. Fox news was one of the main channels to blow this story out of porportion along with many other news channels. Now a days most of these yellow journalism sotries are mostly seen on television, but it doesnt change wether it is on tv or on newspapers. Back then during the Spanish American War this was very popular in society but they did not had tv news to hear these articles from. The exaggerated headlines during that time was used to get more people to buy newspapers. In conclusion till this day and for many years to come yellow journalism will be used among society.

Imperialism within the toys !

In this picture we see the stronger group of toys opressing a weaker one.

One of the best movies , that is not only entertaining but also interprets the meaning of imperialism is Toy Story 3! Throghout the movie there is confrontation between good and evil. At the beggining of the movie we experience the good toys moving into the day care with other toys, as the movie goes on the evil toys reveal and there is a stronger group of toys opressing a weaker one. The weaker toys are the toys that just moved in to the day care. The leader of the stronger group is the big bear. At first he introduces them to all the toys and makes the day care seem like it is a dream cometrue for all toys. In reality that is a lie, the bear wants to make the weaker group of toys miserable, so he sends them to stay at the worst side of the daycare where they wont be treated good. At night the stronger force is watching the whole place to keep everything in "order." The big bear pretty much has control over the whole place and all the toys. In imperialism one dominant nation has control of a number of countries. In this case we can classify the bear and his possy as the dominant nation and Andy's toys as the smaller countries. He pretty much has control of everything. The bear is doing everything he does because he is jelous he wants revenge so he decided to take over. The weaker group tries to fight against the stronger group and they outsmart them. Toy Story 3 is a very good and easy example of how imperialism works, and it is interpred in a very understandable way. Imperialism is not a fun way to live. Being controlled by one person is not something anyone looks foward to, not being able to do certain things because the stronger group says so. the toys dislike that aswell so they do everything they can to leave the day care. In the movie we experience all the confrontations and obsticle the weaker groups goes through in order to be free, and no live within the conditions of the evil toys. Not only do we experience imperialism withing the groups but just like the Americans do to train people to overthrow or fight in other countries the evil group in the movie gets Buzz one of the toys from the weaker group and they program him to be on their side and fight against his own people.

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SOA!

I stongly disagree with the United States being able to operate such an organization and train people in the practice of the coup d'etat. First of all the organization is not made for a good cause. All the latin americans that are trained at the SOA used their skills to cause war against their own. Good latin americans such as educators, union organizers, religious workers, student leaders, and others are targeted and use their potentials for bad. Istead of being good people they torture, rape, assassinate, “disappeare,” massacre, and force into refugee people of their own kind, that is wrong in not one but many ways. These people that are trained as soldies to do bad things instead of good and help others. Although the SOA is not such a good school and many Americans and Latin Americans may not agree with all the things they do, the Unites States has too much power to even care what others have to say. I do not agree with the United States being able to have such organizations.