blog comments

Blog Comment 1:

Comment on Spencer Harringtons blog,

Hey bro, very good blog. It was interesting reading about grafitti and the question of who decides what is art and what is vandalism. I have seen some murals around the city and agree that some graffiti is actually quite nice. But on the other hand you have people who grafitti other peoples property without prior permission like on shop windows or house fences which i think is unacceptable. I think that deciding between what is art and vandalism is quite ambiguous. Maybe if the companies or owners of the properties want to have the graffiti art on their buildings i dont see why people could have a problem with it as it is their property and choice. I definately disagree with property vandalism though. Very interesting topic you have chosen of which you have presented very well. No grammar or spelling mistakes that i can see either. Keep it up..

Blog Comment 2:

Comment on Alejandras blog,

Hey Alejandra, awesome topic you have raised. I am completely for raising the standard of living for ALL people and not just the select few. I was reading the other day that it is said that all the money the United States spends annually on military weaponry could potentially feed the continent of Africa for 1000+ years. If only the US tax payers were aware of where their taxes are spent ae. Think of all the schools, roads and hospitals that could be built as well as feading all the starving people in the third world. But i guess they wont even do that for their own Native American population. Here is a link to the article i read about the superpowers spending on military weaponary annually.

http://www.top10stop.com/social/politics/which-countries-produce-the-most-arms-and-military-equipment-top-10-list

Thanks, Chris

 Blog Comment 3:

Comment on Roxy’s blog,

Hey Roxy, interesting topics you have chosen. The gaming one made me think especially as youth are more vulnerable to games but then again cant the same be said about music or television? i guess the risk has been somewhat minimised as they have age restrictions on them depending on the content so helps make the games less acceptable to younger viewers sort of the same as the alcohol age restriction. Even though having an age restriction in place does minimise the risks and negative effects involved with either gaming or alcohol use, it doesent end the problem altogether. Im not sure what your stance is towards the issue but what is your view towards the topics you have chosen? Thanks.
Chris

 

Blog Comment 4:

Comment on Hassan’s Blog,

Hey Hassan, very interesting topic indeed. I found the article by Daily Mail UK saying that men will always cheat despite loving there partner and been convinced they will never leave them rather generalised as i think that not all men are the same and hold different moral and religious based values. Would you prefer Polygamy instead? that way man can have more than one partner. :D Thanks..

Blog Comment 5:

Comment on Jennet’s blog,

Hey Jennet, a nice start with interesting topics. Arent we supposed to pick one topic of which we have a particular viewpoint either for or against? I found the article about the forest fires rather interesting and thought provoking as i never would have thought that a nations fnanacial situation or percentage of cases of abuse amongst the population could be linked to the recent increase of forest fires worldwide. I would have thought that the climate was a trigger especially in places like Australia. And as for the article about the Norwegian Anders Behring Breivik recieving a 21 year prison sentence for killing 77 people is not much even for a single murder let alone 77. The article about the Ivory trade in China was quite interesting also, and is amongst many other animal cruelty cases happening in the world. Im sure the Chinese also use the tusks of the elephant for medicinal pirposes also but not sure. Keep up the hard work :)

 

Blog Comment 6:

Comment on Abdul’s blog,

Salam Abdul, very interesting yet controversial topic you have chosen, i was reading an article a week or so ago done by researchers in the NZ Herald about cannabis usage among teenagers and how it lowers there overall IQ and affects their still developing brains. I quote from the article "The study of more than 1000 New Zealanders found that those who took up cannabis in adolescence and kept using it more than once a week had an average decline in IQ of eight points when measured at age 13 and again at 38. Those who began using cannabis as adults and stayed the course did not suffer the same decline. In other words, the brain of a teenage cannabis user appears more susceptible to the effects of the drug than the adult brain". Overall i guess everything has both positive and negative effects on humans, same with alcohol how it also can be used for medicinal uses or as an antiseptic for wounds but then again the negative effects far out do the positive ones. Some of the articles you have chosen show medical benefits of cannabis usage e.g cancer patients, so maybe they can legalise it only as a prescription rather than being accessible to the whole public(like other drugs such as methodone). I have put a link below for the article in the NZ herald.

Link to NZ herald article: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10830922

Thanks, Chris

Blog Comment 7:

Comment on Kowhai’s blog,

Hey Kowhai, the link about World of Warcraft blocking gamers from Iran due to US sanctions quite interesting and in my opinion rather absurd that they would block gamers due to a political issue. Also the topic about same sex marrige will be interesting to see your summaries on the issue. The gay marriage issue is quite a hot topic on the news recently and in terms of the gap between the rich and the poor is also a worldwide issue of which is controversal. What are your viewpoints towards the 10 links you have chosen? Thanks