He mentions Star Trek some, assuming we know some about it. He mentions evening Mass, which lets us know where he is coming from religiously, Catholic. He mentions that he should be with his wife in Indiana, helping his wife with various chores. He feels guilty, that he should be with his family, instead enjoying himself at a Halloween party. He relates the Prime Directive to politics, mentioning that it is like the United Nation, while taking a swipe at Bush himself. It seems like they think America should take more of a “Prime Directive” view of the middle east and leave them be, to grow and advance as they see fit. I like how he makes connections and dissimilarities between himself and Captain Kirk. He mentions Abu Ghraib, which instantly sickens me. The horrible things we did to those prisoners. How inhumane can we get? How cruel? Apparently very. His use of the “f” word emphasizes the passion in which his cousin has when he says he can’t wait to bomb Iraq. I’m disgusted that someone would dress up like Graner and imitate his abominable acts against those prisoners. He mentions the pictures on the internet from Abu Ghraib and that they no longer disgust us as they should, but that we have to work to make them do so. That’s sick on our part, to look at these photos and not be disgusted. Men covered in excretion, hooked up to wires, being tortured, being paraded around nude like some mistreated dog. It sickens me to think that humans are capable of such acts of cruelty and indignity. His mention of recreating Christ’s death reminds me that man has always been this cruel; his cruelty just takes different shapes and forms. The Romans crucified, nailing you to a cross, causing extreme pain, and eventually, when you can’t stand the pain any longer, you suffocate because you can’t get air to your lungs, because breathing requires you to support your body on the nails driven through you, and I can’t (nor do I want too) imagine the pain it must cause. He mentions the bumper stickers that his neighbor has on his car, how they are anti-war and anti-religion. It makes me wonder why you would not support a war that supports the freedom of other humans, so they can have a shot at life, a decent one, based on what they make of themselves, just like you have. But, that’s just my own opinion on the matter. Other people have lost loved ones to the war, and I can see how that might make them anti-war. But it should make them proud of those lost ones, who stood up for a cause that is just.
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A couple of things: your post is only 456 words - 544 short of the assigned amount, you did not demonstrate a real reaction to the actual text. You simply summarized.
I did summarize some, but I also gave my reactions. I talked about being disgusted by the fact that sick, disgusting images don't disgust as like they should. And I mentioned my reaction to the bumper stickers and the anti-war stuff. That was my way of defending the war, and honestly how I typically attack others stands, but trying to be subtle, and not come right out and say I think your stand is crazy. I kind of like the guilt trip approach more. Or at least I did here. As far as the words go, I just suck at writing, period. When you asked us the longest paper I've written, that was the one assignment I could write a lot and have fun with it. It was a short story, and I made up a story to go along with one of my favorite video game series. I'm not good at meeting length requirements. Once I get past what I naturally come up with, I make up crap and lie, which I prefer not to do. I'll continue to work on length though. I'm amazed about how some people can go on and on and still make sense and not stumble around and get off track.
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