This week I wanted to take a break on all the censorship talk and instead talk about what has been happening in the news lately. As you all may have heard, the United States recently bombed an airfield in Syria, one that was under control of President Bashar Al-Assad. This was in reaction to a recent chemical attack on a city nearby the airfield. There are people from both the left and right criticizing and praising president Trumps attack. I don’t know what the right answer is, but I can see where both sides are coming from. I believe that a big factor to this dilemma is establishing whether it was Al-Assad who bombed the city or if it was indeed the rebels as some are claiming. However that is neither here nor there, what I found interesting was that the United States warned Russia ahead of time, before the bombing. It’s pretty obvious that this was done in order to minimize the backlash that could have been from Russia, but I am curious if this also had something to do with the “Rules of War”. For some reason, governments around the war have collectively come together and decided that there are some acts so heinous that they must not be outlawed. This idea has good intent behind it and if everybody was as nice as they claim to be then maybe it would work. However, in my honest opinion I seriously doubt any organization follows these rules, at least not when the world isn't watching. Should countries really be constrained against an enemy that is holding nothing back from them? I don’t know, but let me know what you guys think in the comments.
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4/24/2017 10:47:54 am
Actually Jose, a lot of countries do have 'rules of war', though they're usually to do with acts such as the willful killing of civilians and destruction of their property -
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5/20/2017 11:23:50 pm
I think it is really interesting to see what was okay to be aired on tv years ago to what is on today. With censorship many shows have pushed the envelop and push what is okay to be in tv. One of the shows to push what is okay and desensitized people is southpark.
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4/27/2017 03:55:34 pm
Jose, this topic interests me and, like you said, it's nice to have a break from all the tech stuff and look at what's going on around the world.
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Eliasar Gandara
5/3/2017 07:00:26 pm
Hello Jose,
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Martin Almaraz
5/18/2017 06:54:37 pm
Hello Eliasar,
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Jose Cortes
5/20/2017 10:11:19 pm
Thank you Eliasar, and you bring up an interesting idea with these profiles you speak of. I think that keeping a profile of someone can get a little scary especially if your government is known for corruption.
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Darren Chan
5/3/2017 07:33:40 pm
After reading this post, I started to think about things that are related to this. I started to think of programs that run to evaluate peoples present and past just like they did in the Captain America 2 movie. Technology like this could be very useful and yes I do agree there are many good people out there, but the hard part is to distinguish the good and the bad.
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Pearce Reinsch
5/5/2017 07:46:40 pm
I get where you're coming from when you say we shouldn't hold back, these people are doing horrible things with reckless abandon. But, we should not stoop down to their level. If we are able to contain their abhorrent activity with precision and restraint then those are the actions we should take.
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Jose Cortez
5/20/2017 10:14:18 pm
I see where you are coming from Pearce, but I hate the idea of restricting our military even if it means saving more american lives. Perhaps it is best to approach this with utilitarianism and take it case by case.
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Gabriel Zapata
5/14/2017 05:05:08 pm
I understand your point Jose, but how can a country who protects "Peace, and freedom" display a feat that shows the opposite. The first and only step should be discussion not violence, unless provoked. The waste of US tax payers money for a 'fireworks' display is not good use period.
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Martin Almaraz
5/18/2017 06:56:06 pm
I agree with your point that this was a poor use of our funds to simply show a fireworks display. I think that the message could have been better received if the initial warnings would have not been sent out though.
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Samuel
5/15/2017 04:45:05 pm
It is arguably unethical under any circumstances to hurt somebody. Practically, I realize that situations like these have no easy answer. At least in that point, we have a very similar understanding of the bombings. However, I do not support President Trump's actions in Syria.
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Martin Almaraz
5/18/2017 06:57:29 pm
The bombings themselves could be justified, but I honestly do not know the answer. The only saving grace that anyone has in this dilemma is that there was a warning that was sent initially.
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Jose Sanchez Garcia
5/20/2017 10:45:53 pm
It is good to know that the countries have created something that talks about what is acceptable to do during war and what isn't. It is great that they highlighted certain things like this as humans by nature are animals .
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