Icons pt. 5

Vigilantism

"We must all fear evil men, but what we must fear most is the indifference of good men" Father McKinley, Scene 1, Boondock Saints. Vigilantism, is someone who stands up for the poor and innocent when the government fails to- and someone who upholds the law in a righteous manner by taking it into his or her own hands. The Boondock Saints really showed this by the two McMannus brothers going out and killing all of the mobsters and gang bangers in South Boston.

I've always idolized vigilantes because they stand out from a world where indifference is so common, where people just sit and watch while someone gets brutally murdered and don't do so much as call the cops. Much like the Batman series, none of the civilians want the presence of a vigilante. But I feel like a vigilante is necessary in modern day society where the police take 20 minutes to get to a scene where someone is being beaten to death or where a rapist or murderer is being let out of jail just to go back to doing what they did before. With a handful of vigilantes collaborating in one city crime rates would go down allot. Though vigilantism is illegal it has been recorded back to the 1800's with acts like the Boston tea party and the underground railroad.

A good vigilante is one who is not lead by their emotion, but by their logic, and have to have a good sense of morals. One who is lead by their emotion might kill an innocent man because of a heat of passion or because of some personal conflict with them. So therefore a vigilante who is lead by their emotion is corrupt. A vigilantie with a bad sense of morals might kill a man who is not deserving of death or let a deserving man go.

In Boondock Saints, Joe Yakavetta, a big mob boss is on trial for the death of countless numbers of people, possession and distribution of many drugs, and other criminal activities. There is not enough evidence for him to be convicted under the court of law, so he is going to walk. The Boondock Saints come in, mid trial, and publicly execute him. One life may not be worth another, but how about one life being worth 6 or 7 people? I think that person is deserving of death. I strongly support the Boondock Saints and any other vigilante doing some good out there, and I myself might possibly become one.

Icons pt. 4

"We must all fear evil men, but what we must fear most is the indifference of good men" Father McKinley, Scene 1, Boondock Saints. Vigilantism, is someone who stands up for the poor and innocent when the government fails to- and someone who upholds the law in a righteous manner by taking it into his or her own hands. The Boondock Saints really showed this by the two McMannus brothers going out and killing all of the mobsters and gang bangers in South Boston.

I've always idolized vigilantes because they stand out from a world where indifference is so common, where people just sit and watch while someone gets brutally murdered and don't do so much as call the cops. Much like the Batman series, none of the civilians want the presence a vigilante. But I feel like a vigilante is necessary in modern day society where the police take 20 minutes to get to a scene where someone is being beaten to death or where a rapist or murderer is being let out of jail just to go back to doing what they did before. With a handful of vigilantes collaborating in one city crime rates would go down allot. Though vigilantism is illegal it has been recorded back to the 1800's with acts like the Boston tea party and the underground railroad.

Joe Yakavetta, a big mob boss is on trial for the death of countless numbers of people, possecion and distribution of many drugs, and other criminal activities. There is not enough evidence for him to be convicted under the court of law, so he is going to walk. The Boondock Saints come in, mid trial, and execute him. One life may not be worth another, but how about one life being worth 6 or 7 people? I think that person is deserving of death. I strongly suport the Boondock Saints and any other vigilante doing some good out there, and I myself might possibly become one.

Questions

1. I added alot of points about vigilantism to my revised draft such as the example in the last paragraph or at the end of the second paragraph.

2.

3. I got rid of a lot of fuzz in my picture and changed the backdrop a little bit as well. My next steps will be to add more of a heroic look to it.

4.

Icons!

1. The McManus Brothers (Boondock Saints)

The McManus brothers are icons to me because even though they are fictional, I totally believe in their ideals and view on justice and how they take justice into they're own hands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boondock_Saints

http://www.apsu.edu/oconnort/3410/3410lect04a.htm

2. Vigilantism

I really idolize vigilanties because if theres one thing I hate, its indifference, and if theres one thing vigilanties arent, its indifferent. They take the law into theyre own hands and make life better for all of the good, deserving people in the world.

http://www.apsu.edu/oconnort/3410/3410lect04a.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigilante

Summer School, Blog #1

Some of my goals for this summer school session are:

• Get an A
• try to be more interested in the subject
• get better as a writer
• try not to procrastonate
• read at least one book

Id really like to learn more about Jack the Ripper because it seems like an interesting story and he is a very famous killer. Also there is alot of refrences to his story and name in alot of music I listen to. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbl0v1VGQ80

Farmers Market

Interview with Rachel:
Q:Why do you choose to shop here?

A: Because I want to live more sustainably, and there's good food.

Q:When did you start coming here?

A:One year ago

Q:Do you garden at home? Why or why not?

A:No because i have a really small backyard

Q:What would be your advice to get others to do what you do?

A: Just to come down to the farmers market as much as possible

Q:What was your reason for your first visit here.

A:Because i was interested

Q:Anyone else in your family go here?

A: Nope

Blog Post:
What struck you about the location you visited? Was it what you expected, or very different?
The Farmers market was alot smaller than I expected, just one row of a few different farmers and that was it.

Which items were cheaper than you expected? Which were more expensive?
Alot of the fruits were cheaper than I expected except for the apples and pears, those were pretty expensive.

Do you think you will start going to a farmers market more often?
To be honest I don't really think i will because the whole experience was a bit of a hassle for me, and it just wasn't that memorable as I expected it to be.

How do these locations fit into our essential questions of “Why Don’t People Live More Sustainably?” and “How Can I Convince them to do So?”
This location fits in very well with living sustainably because going to one of these events and getting locally grown and organic foods helps out the environment alot. As for convincing something to do so, I could just say that everything may be a bit more expensive, but the food is better, and healthier for you, plus you are helping a good cause.

Dialectic Journal

Quote:

"Again, I stress that this is a defect of the system itself and not of

the teachers, whose overriding obligation is to 'get through the material.' You understand that, in spite of

all this, yours is the most advanced educational system in the world. It works very badly, but it's still the

most advanced there is."

Response:

This quote really made me think and reflect on the american educational system. To me it really makes me think about how the school system generalizes on a bunch of different ideas and topics, even if it is not what the student would choose to study as a career. And the fact that schools go over so many topics so quickly doesn't let the ideas sit and ferment in the student's minds so it doesn't stay in their minds so its almost like a big waste of time until college. Of course Ishmael discusses this and makes a very interesting point when he says that culture is keeping kids in school so they can spend more money on consumer products. It's almost like the american education system is a big conspiracy.

Time Travelers Pillar

The assignment was to make a painting relevant to the pillar of civilization we were assigned. We were given one square on the physical pillar that we could paint in. The steps to get to the final product were to first look up or create a picture relevant to our specific pillar (mine was religion in the Mayan civilization). Next step was to sketch out a to scale size sketch of what we had to paint. After we got that approved we were finally able to paint. I think what I learned through this assignment was how to put detail into my paintings and also how making a sketch of what i was going to paint first really helped. The one challenge I encountered was that i picked a drawing that required a lot of detail and precision to look good. I overcame this by using a very small brush. One thing that I would change would be giving us more time to be able to paint the pillar. This could very well help me later when I want to use painting as a creative outlet.