Illegal Immigration

The conservative side of illegal immigrants is that they should not be able to have rights to be in our country. They dont pay the same taxes as we do because they have a social security number. The liberal side of illegal immigrants is that they should be able to live here because they are a person, and they should have every right to be living here, just as we do.

I personaly think that if people want to live in America, then they should be legalized and they should get a green card or something because i dont want anyone to be taking away a job that i would be able to get.

School Prayer

the conservative side of school prayer is that they are all for it. They think that the kids in school should be about to be express their religion thorugh a prayer session. The liberal side of school prayer is that they think that there should be no school prayer. They think that if people want to be religious, then they should do it on their own time.

My person belief about school prayer is that people should be able to express their religion however they want. If that means that they are religous during school, then they should be able to.

gay rights - conservative vs. liberal

For gay rights and marriage, the conservative views are that it should be illegal. the reason that they think it should be illegal is because in the bible it says that marriage should be between a man and a women. Also they think that it is going against everything that god made because when our country was put together, it was all Christianity that put our country together and they thought that only a man and a women be legally bound. The liberal point of view on gay rights/marriage is that if two people are in love, then they should be able and have the right to get married and be together. It doesn't matter what sex they are in love with, they should be able to be together no matter what.

my opinion on this matter is very liberal. i think that if two people are in love, and if it is 2 guys, or 2 women, or if it is a man and a woman, then they should be allowed to do whatever they want, and not be ashamed of that. I also think that they should be allowed to get married and love each other openly.

abortion - conservative vs. liberal

c conservative view on abortion is that it is like murder. Conservatives are pro-life meaning that if a woman gets pregnant then she should keep the baby. even if she is not ready to take care of a baby, then she could give it up for adoption. Also, if you don't want to get an abortion because you don't want to get pregnant, then there are other ways on not getting pregnant, you could use a condom, go on birth control, or just not have sex. Liberals view on abortion is that they are pro-choice. They think that women should do what they want with their body's. If they want to get an abortion, then they should go for it.

My personal perspective is that i am moderate on this topic, i think that women should have a right to choose, but then at the same time i think that women should still keep a child that she is pregnant with. But then at the same time i think that if a woman was raped and got pregnant, then that would be a good reason to get an abortion.

i I think that todays presentation went well for being the first one. I think that the clip for the video and the song was too long because i would have liked to have a longer discussion. also, i think that some of the topic questions were unclear. but all in all, i think that it was a good presentation.

Conservative vs. Liberal

explaining the difference between conservative & liberal viewpoints in America. It would be a good idea to brainstorm a list of "issues" that are pertinent to American culture in the 21st century.

Conservative

• Change is bad
• Morality and responsibility
• Government should not solve Americas problems
• Americans should help each other
• There is always a right and a wrong answer in all situations.
• Abortion is murder
• Euthanasia is wrong, people don’t have a “value worth”

Liberal

• Change is good
• The government will solve our problems
• We are allowed to express anything that we want, however we want.
• Government funded programs
• Open to all

There are many differences between liberal and conservative viewpoints. On one hand with liberals, change is good. But they believe that the government will solve all the problems in the world. People are encouraged to change and to express any belief that they want. If they want to practice a certain religion that they weren’t born as, they can. They can be gay, and express it how ever they want and wont be shunned by any other liberal. But then on the other hand with the conservatives, they believe that change is bad. They think that people should be independent, and with out a government. They always think that there is a right and a wrong answer in any situation. There is a world of black and white, there is no grey areas. They also believe that if a woman has an abortion, that it is murder.

Culture Authenticity

There is nothing really that I would call our generation authentic. I say that because in our culture today, it is mostly about the electronics and that is owned by corporate America. I guess that my generation could call the iPod and the internet our own, even though we don’t really own it; we are the ones that made it popular and so high demanding.
The reason that I don’t think that there is anything really authentic about my generation is that we are all about having the best product or the newest product, we as people are kind of associated with brands, we aren’t really able to define ourselves as individuals because we are so brainwashed with all the ads and stuff that advertisers give us. There is nothing that we can really define my generation as, like we aren’t the baby boomer generation or generation x. There is not a name for our generation yet, but I’m sure that when we are older and there is a new generation, there will be clear signs that we are different and there will become a name to our generation that we can identify ourselves.

buying and selling

"It's a shame that the people who are listening to you the most are only interested in you because they want you and your peers to buy their product."

I would have to agree with this quote because it can be a very true statement. The reason that some people listen to you, is not because they want to know about YOU, they want to know about the products that you and your friends are interested in. I mean i think that this quote is not a good one because it is very true, but there is no way that today in this world that people don't want to get something, and for them to make money. Most of all people want to make money, and by doing this, it is easier to get the product sold, and for them to make more money.