Sunday, December 7, 2008

PLN 16 "Suspect sought in Greeley shooting"

I read "Suspect sought in Greeley shooting" By the Denver Post, and it is about the chase for a large bald man who allegedly shot another man in the leg and torso. I think what matters in this article is the affects shooting somebody has on the shooter, and weather the affects are similar to shooting someone in a war time stuation. Reading this article made me think, Are the affects of shooting someone in war the same as just shooting someone on the street? While i think that most solidiers killing other soldiers in justified because its kill or be killed, where as on the street most killings occur out of hate for someone else. I think that It probably aaffects soldiers to kill people more, because soldiers realize that the enemy that they are fighting are just like them, forced to fight by other people, and when they take a life it also sticks in their head forever. I think on the street that killers are blind with rage and do not realize the magnitude of their actions until its too late. This relates to the world because wars and killings happen all the time, and while the enemy may be different in different countries, the toll it takes in a soldiers heart must be similar. Tjis also relates to me because reading the book "All Quiet on the Western Front" has really opened my mind abvout the affects that war has on people.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

PLN 15 "Man found dead of gunshot had been shoveling snow"

I read "man found dead of gunshot had been shovelling snow" by the associated press it is about a 46 year old man that was shot dead on his driveway while he was shoveling snow, i think what matters is why someone would commit a crime like this? The man that died was going outside to clear his driveway of snow and insted he ended up dead. Any crime like this makes me wonder why crimes need to happen, and why people need to kill other people. This matters because there are so many people around the world that lose their lifes for no reason all over the globe, and it makes me wonder how great a world with no crime would be, but i know that this could probably never happen. This connects to the world because there are senseless murders like this being committed like this everyday in every part of the world, and i think that it is tragic that this kind of crime cannot be eliminated. This also connects to me becauser it makes me think of a song by Underoath called "Its Dangerous Business Walking out your front door" it is a song about car crashes and other things that you do everyday that could kill you and this is a man that walked outside expecting to come back inside in 15 minutes, and never did.