Resonse to Sam's smoking blog

After reading Sam's blog i realised just how dependant people become upon smoking. As a non-smoker it never occurred to me how much people long for their dose of nicotine and how quickly and unaware they are of becoming addicted. To me becoming addicted to smoking is a weakness and one that is both expensive and disgusting. (no offense to smokers i just don't see the attraction myself)




http://samsphilosophyblog.blogspot.com/2010/04/smoking.html

Tattoos and body modification

Tattooing and body modification can we a wonderful work of art when done by a professional in the right environment but more and more people insist on going to dirty, not-so-good places just because they are cheaper. Isn't it worth paying that bit extra knowing that you will get what you want in a clean and safe environment?

People have been piercing, tattooing, scaring and modifying their bodies for thousands of years from tribes in Kenya to todays mainstream culture. Since the move into mainstream culture we have heard more and more stories about 'bad' experiences when it comes to modyfying the body.

One 13 year old girl decided to pierce her own naval and ended up perforating her intestine. She ended up in hospital with a nasty infection and her mother was found guilty of child neglect. All that just for a bit of metal in her belly.

http://www.creationtips.com/bodypiercing.html

Bandits and outlaws

Bandits and outlaws..outcasts from society. But just because they are social rejects does that make them 'bad'. In most cases the answer would be yes but there is one legend of an outlaw who did good...

Robin Hood

He stole from the rich to give to the poor and over throw the rotten prince John.
Of course all this is just a legend, a story made up so that Disney would later on make it into a film in which Robin Hood was a fox or Kevin Costner got to prance around in tights.(this is starting to sound like a blog on bad cinema now.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlaw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJAfXaziIwM

Swearing

I was taking orders at work today and i polietly said "hi, can i take your order?" and recieved the reply of "i want a f##king cheeseburger" so i stood there and in my head i thought "you'll get a f##king slap in a moment mate" but instead replied "doe's that complete your order?" like a very polite young lady.

It made me think though why is it acceptable for someone to swear at me when i'm just doing my job? And why shouldn't we be allowed to swear back? I say tooth for a tooth (well a f##k for a f##k)

If you feel that you swear way to much then here are some simple steps to make you f##king stop: http://www.wikihow.com/Stop-Swearing

Prostitution

While driving home today from uni i saw a lady who i believed was a prostitute. She had the look about her, the fishnet tights, the short skirt little vest top (ok so i've just described something that could possibly walk out of planet on a saturday night but i'm sure this woman was a prostitute.) and at first yeah i thought "ewww dirty slag" but then i sort of felt guilty (i do this from time to time, like when i laughed at the fat man dancing in WS1 then immediatly felt bad as i realised how much he was enjoying himself) as i thought to myself "i wonder what makes her do that for a living?"

Prostitution is seen as being bad. The women are thought of as slags and the men that pay them are thought of as dirty old men. Yet what if the woman sells her body so that she is able to pay for food, clothes and the house for her children. Surely selling her body makes her less 'bad' than being a bad mom?

Also if prostitution is bad then why is it legal in the Netherlands? Surely it must not be bad if it is a legall and regulated.In Amsterdam the 'red light district' is a popular destination for international sex tourism, and as they say 'sex sells'.

On the whole i do not believe prostitution is bad but that does not mean i'd go out there and sell my body (i probably wouldn't get paid much anyway :S)


Here's what society has to say about prostitution: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime-victims/reducing-crime/prostitution/

response to chloe's blog on drugs

While reading Chloe's blog on drugs i realised how my attitude to drugs is wrong. I tend to think that smoking cannabis, although wrong, is sort of acceptable. I work at a local fast food restaurant in Willenhall and i can guarentee at least once a week i will be greeted at the window with a strong smell of 'weed' and a mouth full of smoke. Yet i accept it as it occurs so regularly. However, if i was greeted at the window by a man with a needle sticking out of their arm full of heroin i think i would be appauled and more than likely report it to a manager so they can take furthur action by calling the police. But isn't that totally wrong how i accept people smoking cannabis and yet wouldn't accept someone taking heroin? why do i believe one is less 'bad' than the other? I think this is because of the way society treats these drugs.

As Chloe points out in her blog both drugs are illegal and neither should be classed as being more 'bad' than the other as both drugs are wrong to take.

Drugs

Fancy looking like that when your older?
The woman used to look like your everyday, well kept, not hard on the eye woman. However, after only four years of drug abuse the picture above shows how she changed.

Drug abuse does not only affect you physically but also mentally. Many drug user's often become schizophrenic later on in their life. Many drug addicts loose their home, friends, families, jobs and all respect.

However are drugs always bad? can they ever be helpful?

During the Vietnam war many soldiers took drugs such as marijuana, opium and heroin to escape from the anxiety and stress of combat. Surely taking drugs in this case in not neccessarily bad seeing as it was an escape from the horrors the soldiers had to endure.

Marijuana is also used amoungst some cancer patients who believe that it sooths the pain more then their prescribed morphine.It is also said to stimulate hunger in aids patients and prevents alzheimer's.

So in conclusion are drugs bad?
Yes if in the wrong hands.


More information on drugs can be found at: http://www.talktofrank.com/

Masturbation

“Don’t knock masturbation its sex with someone I love.” (Woody Allen).
From the prehistoric wall paintings to the Masturbate – a – thon’s, masturbation is portrayed as the primary form of sexual activity. Since written records began there has been reference to the sexual practice of masturbation. Old religious records from Egypt show that male masturbation was the most popular creation myth. It was believed that Atum the sun god proceeded to masturbate and the culminating ejaculation formed the river Nile, upon which civilisation depended. Similarly, in Mesopotamian literature, Enki “stood up full of lust like at attacking bull, lifted his penis, ejaculated, and filled the Tigris with flowing water.” Sigmund Freud studied the theory of sexuality and noted that during their earliest infancy children knew that by touching their genitals they would obtain pleasure.

In the nineteenth century it was believed that ‘wankers’ would have health issues such as “insanity, seminal weakness, impotence, dysury, dorsalis, pulmonary consumption, dyspepsia, dimness of sight, vertigo, epilepsy, hydrochondriasis, loss of memory and death.” People were advised never to partake in the sexual activity and only have sexual intercourse to satisfy their needs. If a person was addicted to masturbation then they were advised to take “cold baths, douches, cold hip baths several times a day, moderate and cooling diet and drinks.” As well as “hard mattresses with little clothing.” It was believed that masturbation was self-abuse and most considered the subject anything but gentle and would characterise it as heavy handed.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masturbation
http://www.scarleteen.com/article/how_do_you_masturbate

Response to Siobhan's post on lying with integrety

I agree with Siobhan that lying is very complex and as such we can not make a universal rule that tells us when we can and can not lie. I do however believe that lying for the “right reason” is not necessarily wrong and nether is telling the occasional white lie. I also believe that it would be very hard to agree as to when we should draw the line on lying and rule it as being bad.

Like Siobhan I agree that it is possible that not everyone can tell the truth all of the time. Sometimes their life may depend on not revealing something and lying instead to cover up the truth.


http://shivcoz.blogspot.com/2010/02/lyingwith-integrity.html

Lies

While standing in the queue at Tesco today I overheard a couple having an argument (I didn’t catch the whole argument so I have no idea what they were arguing over) and the woman uses the usual line of “don’t lie to me, do I look stupid?!?!” and it made me wonder what he was lying about.

Now lets face it everybody lies, from little white lies like “your bum doesn’t look big at all” when clearly it’s the size of a small country or great big stinking lies like “I went to the pub with my mates” when clearly you’ve been having it away with that girl from the office. But just because everybody does it does that make it right to lie?



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n03a7cLf0M

Is smoking cool?

Is smoking cool?

In 1950’s America cigarette smoking was the epitome of cool and glamour. No Hollywood Icon was seen without one. On screen beauties such as Audrey Hepburn gave sex appeal to the cigarette. Due to this by the late 1950’s 80% of the UK’s adults were hooked. Smoking was cheap, glamorous and extremely sexy.

However, like everything that we enjoy we are always told it is bad for us. Cream cakes make us fat, alcohol slowly kills our liver and smoking gives us lung cancer. Suddenly smoking went from being the epitome of cool to a shunned and disgusting habit.

Smokers are now made to go and stand out in the cold, huddled around their fag ends for warmth. Social smokers are long gone as no one wishes to stand out in the cold just to speak to their smoking companions.

So all in all smoking is no longer cool but a dirty habit for old men coughing up their lungs or 16 year old girls trying to act older.

http://www.ninjapirate.com/smoking.html

http://www.smokingiscool.net/home.htm

Week 12 Field Trip

So for week 12 i think we should all purchase cheap tickets to Amsterdam (the ultimate city of sin) and experience most of the topics in our module guide first hand as we can hire prostitutes legally and smoke as much weed as we like. :)

ok so maybe not....

How about we all just go on a session in Wolverhampton City where, let's face it, we shall see most of the sight's Amsterdam has anyway and it will be a lot cheaper :)