Response-ONE....Laura's Crazy Blog!!

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This a response to Lauras Blog on Smoking....Check it out...and feel free to respond back to my post whether you disagree or not!! :D

I think that the media plays a big part in changing our opinions on things. When we look at people on the street smoking we think of how digusting it is, and how rotten they look when smoking, and that's not even talking about the smell of the smoke. However, when looking at it on the 'Big Screen' we see the glamorous side of smoking, and therefore we DO find it sexy. Many celebrities do not even smoke, yet when playing some roles in films or being plastered on the front of glossy magazines, we can see that smoking looks cool AND sexy. When in the pubs and clubs however the smoking gets to your eyes and the smell gets into your clothes, so why would anyone fin this sexy? The media therefore plays with us in allowing us to think that smoking is sexy as we see all the bad boys lighting up their cigarettes. I do not like when people smoke, however, i have to admitt smoking is VERY SEXY on guys in the movies!!

Is Carrying A Knife As Bad As Using A Knife?

If you carried a knife and did not use it on someone is this 'Being Bad'?


Is being able to carry a knife, mean that your able to use it?
Or is it just to gain street cred?


Knife crime is rising in numbers, many people carry knifes and many people are the victims of knife crime.



http://www.sayno2knives.co.uk/Facts.html

This is a website that says NO TO KNIVES!!


"These are just some of the facts. Knife crime affects everyone, no matter who you are. Do not think, just because you are a girl, or your over 30 that you will be excused from it."-this is very true, as anyone can become a victim of Knife Crime!


To carry a knife gives a person temptation to use the knife, as if they were to get themselves into a fight they would have a weapon to defend themselves. Some people just carry knifes as part of gangs earning themselves what they call 'street-cred', as they think to carry a knife they become cool, and they have a lot of power and strength within their gangs.


But how does a knife give you strength and power? If you need to use a knife to defend yourself then you do not have any strength as the person using the knife will be seen as weak. To have strength is physical, and to have power is to have confidence in the ability to control other things around you. How is carrying a knife giving you power? If you were to get caught with a knife then you would get arrested and be given a sentence. 'Back in the day' a knife was nothing and you did not get arressted for it, however, in modern day society carrying a knife is a serious offence.



So is carrying a knife as bad as using a knife i ask you.....


I think it is...it's the same as using a knife, because either way you will be getting a bollocking from the police, and get slammed into a cell. As they say 'if you can't do the time....then don't do the crime'.

Smoking.............

"Obama Health Good but Struggles with Smoking"

http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/-/1068/871270/-/u5f9ey/-/

What a GREAT example, even the President of the United States can't stop having a cheeky fag. Although in the article above it says he's trying to quit smoking it's adamant that any long term smoker is bound to find it difficult when trying to give up smoking.

I find the idea of smoking repulsive, it's a horrible smelly and disgusting habit that turns people's insides rotten and also helps stain their hands and teeth. Who in their right mind would want to smoke? World wide around 1.35BILLION people smoke, and as the world population in 2009 stood at 6.8BILLION people, this means that 20% of the population smokes.

This is a very good website for some facts and statistics on smoking.....

http://www.quitsmokinghub.com/blog/2010/02/2010-smoking-statistics-us-and-worldwide/

Smoking is not only digusting, but it can cause DEATH. Yes even though that 5 lettered word is closely linked to smoking, smokers still do not get the message. Even on the carton of cigarettes it clearly states 'smoking kills' so why smoke? It would probably take a serious health scare for people to even consider cutting down on smoking or packing it in all together. This i really do not understand as there are SO many ways to STOP SMOKING, and there are SO many support groups that people can join, yet people still 'SPARK UP'.

Not only is smoking BAD for people's health....it's also BAD for their bank balance. If you quit smoking and saved the money that you would normally spend on buying your cigarettes do you realise how much money you would save? You would probably save enough money to buy a SEXY sports car, a new home for you and your family where you would actually enjoy it without the fear of dropping dead after having a smoke.

If i was a smoker, which THANK GOD i'm not, i would give myself a BIG SLAP so that it would make me realise what a FOOL i am for wasting my money and destroying my health on 'FAGS'.

I just don't get it.....why do people smoke? If it's to kill yourself won't it be easier just to jump off a building, or get hit by a bus? At least it wouldn't be slow and painful!!!

I hope that enlighted you on my opinion of smoking....IT'S BEING VERY BAD!!!!!!

Week12!

For Week 12 of the Module, I think we should go somewhere that's fun and will provide us with a fun day out. We should go somewhere like Alton Towers. Alton Towers is a fun filled family day out, with beautiful gardens for everyone to look at and obviously to strike a pose in front of. However, although Alton Towers is a place where families go on day trips, there are plently of bad things that we could find. I bet we could spot ten things that are classed as ‘Being Bad’. There is probably people smoking where they shouldn’t be, drinking where they shouldn’t be, peeing when they know they shouldn’t be, and if were lucky we may even get front row action at a sex show!! Alton Towers would be a great place for us to see what we’ve been learning about in the module.