Step 1- Read all the comments from the previous assignment.
Step 2- Choose one comment which is thoughtful.
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First, paraphrase the comment you are responding to: For example: “Mr. Johnson Mei thinks that…”
Then, write a question about the chosen comment. The question must be: clear, sincere, useful and be the sort of question which leads to more questions. The question you write must complicate the comment’s argument, make the reader of the comment you are questioning think deeper. Stir up some intellectual trouble.
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I found Ms. Jennifer Ferd comment interesting. She says that people take advantage of their freedom and do wrong things, and that is true. For example, freedom of speech. Sometimes people take this easily and have a peaceful protest. Other times people take it too far and protests can get violent, like destruction of property, injuries, and deaths. My question for Jennifer is, What is doing things wrong and abusive to you. What do you consider a crime?
ReplyDeleteMr. Aparicio said that his definition of freedom is being able to have the same rights no matter your religion, gender, or nationality. He said that freedom is being able to do whatever you want.
ReplyDeleteI have a very good question for Mr. Aparicio. If you can do whatever you want, what if things go out of order? Your scale isn’t balanced. You have too much freedom. There is a very good chance for things to go out of hand, if people could do whatever they want.
I thought that Ms.Walsh's comment was very interesting. Ms.Walsh said that if you are in control of your actions and nobody else can control what you do, you're free.
ReplyDeleteMs.Walsh, I have a question for you. How are you in control of your actions when we have the police and government by our side? Also, what about the people in jail? How are they free? They cannot control their actions. If people would be in control of their own actions the world would not be what you think it would be.
Mr. Timucin Altan said, “I believe that everyone has "inalienable rights" but not to the degree of anarchy. Freedom is bounded by the potential of harming the "greater good".” While this definition is thoughtful, it also left me with questions. If you say that everyone has inalienable rights, then how can you limit that? Anarchy aside, no restrictions can be made on something that is promised and guaranteed to you.
ReplyDeleteI thought that Cynthia Lee’s comment was interesting, she said that her definition of freedom is that the moment a life is born into this world, freedom would be granted to that life. If that is her definition then when a baby is born does he or she has freedom if he automatically becomes a slave or what if he or she is born and dies, would he be free?
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ReplyDeleteMs.lee thinks To me, freedom is when you don’t need to obey or doing something against your will. Your heart, will and pride are the things that will control your actions, not when somebody is controlling you like a puppet. The moment a life is born into this world, freedom would be granted to that life. This is what I believe.
ReplyDeleteMs.Lee you say you everyone doesn't have to obey if they don't feel like it. What you are saying is that we don't have to follow the laws
I found that Mr. Chase’s definition of freedom agrees with mine and others. I may not have mentioned it in my web log, but I still agree. You should be able to do what you want to do unless it affects someone’s life for the worse. If you something, and it doesn’t hurt anybody, you should be able to do it. If you are hurting somebody, it should be stopped. He also states that “People who own slaves are not free but rely on others to live through life.” I agree. If you take away freedom from somebody, you don’t have freedom. Mr. Chase’s definition of freedom agrees with mine.
ReplyDeleteMs.Lee thinks that freedom is when “you don’t need to obey or do something against your will. Your heart, will and pride are the things that will control your actions, not when somebody is controlling you like a puppet. The moment a life is born into this world, freedom would be granted to that life.” This definition has caught my interest. Does “you don’t need to obey or do anything against your will” mean you don’t have to follow the law if you don’t want to. Don’t you think that this is too much freedom because if you don’t need to obey anything, will there be any order in this place?
ReplyDeleteI think Ms. Lee’s definition of freedom is interesting but Ms. Lee says “freedom is when you don’t need to obey or doing something against your will. Your heart, will and pride are the things that will control your actions, not when somebody is controlling you like a puppet. The moment a life is born into this world, freedom would be granted to that life.” I disagree because if there aren’t any rules then wouldn’t people do things like crimes and then get away with it? Everybody would do something bad and when it continues nobody will do anything about it. Freedom isn’t all about having rights to do anything without anybody forcing you to do anything, freedom is when you have a little right but you still have some rules/laws. For the most part the definition agrees with my definition.
ReplyDeleteMr. Ogorodnik thinks that the Christian New Testament comes closets to his beliefs because its freedom to not be under someone’s rule/command and not to be a slave to someone. He believes the Christian New Testament disagrees with the Euripides because the Christian suggest never being or owning a slave. The Euripides say that freedom is in their blood. They also rule the barbarians not the barbarians to rule the Greeks. Mr. Ogorodnik 21st definition of freedom is “being able to do whatever you want as long as it does not hurt, or insult someone around you or breaks the law.” My questions for you Mr. Ogorodnik are….. Can people steal just because its not the law and its not hurting or insulting someone? What if someone hurts or insults someone, do they receive a consequence? Do you know what the law is? What if there is no law, do you have any proof?
ReplyDeleteMs. Walsh thinks that when we have control on our actions and when nobody else can control you, you're free. Ms. Walsh, I have a few questions to ask you. If we think that our laws right now is unfair, should we break the law? If so, police and other people will come. How can we control our actions? How do we expect to defend our laws, if we are not even willing to follow them?
ReplyDeleteMs. Formey thinks that freedom is when you aren’t a slave and you are free of working. Also, you can be who you are without other’s judgment and have dignity. What I found most interesting about Kyla’s comment was the part on working and slavery. Around the world, some people still hold others hostage and use them as slaves. This hasn’t changes over the years and neither has the fact that people are working. My small question is: When you say working, do you mean for another person against your will? If not, then I wouldn’t fully agree with that statement because we still are working everyday, wouldn’t you agree? As school children we have no choice but to remain in school, and work. We must work or we will be punished (in some countries even physically). So my big questions are: Why do we have to work (children and adults)? Why can’t we just leave and be free to do whatever we want during the day? What, or who, is stopping us?
ReplyDeleteMr. Johnson Mei, stated that he thinks freedom is : "People should have equal power and the right to do anything. It’s like you can do anything you want and you won’t be under anybody’s rule. Freedom also means that you don’t have to fight for your rights and you already have rights". I disagree with Johnson's description of freedom, because he wrote that we don't have to fight for freedom. Freedom is not a gift you get as you are born. You cannot just lay around doing nothing and get freedom. If everyone had freedom, then the world would be in distress. People can be shooting, and killing who ever they want to with "the freedom they already have". Freedom is something to fight for. A person that takes freedom as granted for crime or anything other than doing something good for the world, doesn't deserve freedom. Freedom is for people who need it and deserve it. Freedom doesn't come free, you have to deserve it and fight for it.
ReplyDeleteParticularly, I challenge the opinion of George Ogorodnik, who, in my own words, thinks that freedom is the right not to be a slave, not to be oppressed or have people having too much authority over you.
ReplyDeleteMy question to you, George, is this:
How do your ideas about freedom relate to the most common interpretations of the word? In other words, what higher authorities would be fit to take and give freedom, and how much freedom can be given or taken from whom?
After reading all the comments, the comment that I found most interesting was Ms. Kyla Formey’s. She believes that freedom isn’t being free of work that is freedom to be who you are. She thinks freedom is not being judged by others and to have dignity. I agree with her because if you are overworking and being bossed around and don’t get to be who you really want to be, then you really don’t have freedom. I agree with Ms. Formey when she said that Jesus died for us to have to freedom and to be able to do what we want and what our heart tells us to do. I do have some questions for Ms. Formey. So what do you think is really stopping people from being free? Why do you think people aren’t just free already and they have to earn it? I really want to know what is stopping all these innocent people from being free (in your opinion).
ReplyDeleteMs.Dianna’s definition for freedom was definitely interesting. Dianna’s definition for freedom is,
ReplyDelete“When people are telling you what to do and bossing you around, you don’t have freedom. When you have your own say of something and can do whatever you want without someone stopping you, you have freedom. Everyone deserves freedom and if you don’t have it, you should fight!”
Now that is very interesting but I have one question, if anyone can do whatever they whenever they want wouldn’t there be utter chaos? Think about it people swinging of trees screaming and running around… isn’t that a tad much? Though I do like where you’re going with this and your intensity is outstanding I still think you phrase that better.
Ms. Lee your ideas on freedom posed one major question. When you said "Your heart, will and pride are the things that will control your actions, not when somebody is controlling you like a puppet." I thought about it for a moment. What if your heart is curupt and twisted, and you wanted to kill everyone you see? What if your will and pride is based on spite, and you comit crimes. But my major question is it sometimes nesesary to puppet people?
ReplyDeleteAfter reading all of these posts I believe that Ms. Formey's post was very interesting. I think this because she believes that freedom isn’t being free of working hard or being free of slavery freedom is who you are, and what you can become in life. She thinks freedom is not being judged by others. If you think that having respect of yourself is good enough for you to have respect for yourself then why does any other people’s opinion matter? A question I have for you is in your opinion what does freedom really mean to you personally? Does your opinion seem similar to a famous speech about freedom? Ms. Formey this piece of writing you posted was truly amazing.
ReplyDeleteAfter I read all of the comments I’ve came very ‘fond’ of Mr. Rosendo’s comment. This is because he said that he agreed with Rosa Luxemburg, German socialist (circa 1900). "Freedom is always freedom for the man who thinks differently.”Though his comment was very thoughtful i disagreed with him for that reason. I also disagree with Mr. Rosendos comment on freedom is when people do what their hearts desire because you can follow your heart but not to the full extent because of laws made there to keep us in reality.
ReplyDeleteIn my opinion, Ms. Cynthia Lee’s comment was the most thoughtful. Ms. Lee thinks that fighting and war cause death and sorrow, but fighting is necessary when it comes to freedom. I agree with Ms. Lee. When it comes to freedom, you have to fight for it and not just accept what it is. If freedom is truly something that you have a passion for, and yearn for freedom, then it is something you need to fight for, whether it causes death and sorrow or not. I also agree with Ms. Lee when she states that freedom should be given to everyone in the world, not only to one single mortal. Unfortunately, freedom is not like that. Freedom is not something that everyone in the world has. Of course it should be that way. It would make this world a happier, more peaceful place. Many wars taking place right now are for freedom.
ReplyDeleteI do have a question for Ms. Lee, though. When she says that freedom is disobeying the laws or doing something against your will, how will the country stay in order if the people are doing things like breaking the laws? There has to be some limits and boundaries to the things you can do. Freedom is not an open opportunity for you to do reckless and unsafe things that could hurt others.
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ReplyDeleteI found Mr. Vladimir Leontyev's comment to be very interesting. Mr. Leontyev agrees with Martin Luther King Jr. and he thinks that people must fight for freedom and the fighters always win.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree with you because I don't think every person that fights for their rights is strong enough to win. There are people that are mentally and physically unable to battle for their rights of freedom and even if they have a strong belief for freedom and peace, they might not always win the fight for freedom. So my question to you is, what makes you think that fighters will always win the battle that they are fighting?
Ms. Emily Kauffman thinks that Franklin D. Roosevelt, United States president (1941) quote about freedom comes closest to hers. She believes that freedom that there is more then one part about being free, and that there is freedom of speech, religion, expression, and freedom in America. She wrote that this is what makes us extremely lucky to be in America. Well Emily why do you think foreign countries are jealous about America? Are they jealous about all the freedom America has? Why do you think that America is all about Freedom and letting your voice be heard? Do you think that America’s “too much” freedom is the cause of any bad events?
ReplyDeleteMs. Lee’s definition is of freedom is”To me, freedom is when you don’t need to obey or doing something against your will. Your heart, will and pride are the things that will control your actions, not when somebody is controlling you like a puppet. The moment a life is born into this world, freedom would be granted to that life.” I disagree to Ms. Lee’s comment because just because it is dangerous to not to obey with the law. Most of it is for safety. Do not go off and saying you don’t need to obey because you should or someone’s future might end the next thing you know or will be in the hospital. But they should not obey some orders and give a little more freedom when need. So in conclusion I don't fully disagree with Ms. Lee.
ReplyDeleteThe comment from the last web log that interested me the most was that of Mr. Yu. Mr. Yu said “My 21st century definition of freedom is that everyone have equal rights and is not treated any differently than one another.” In other words Mr. Yu thinks that everyone deserves the right to be free. My question to Mr. Yu is; if everyone should be treated equally, then how come criminals are imprisoned, how come they are treated differently than us? If everyone should be treated the same, then why are people still taking away others’ freedom?
ReplyDeleteGeorge Ogorodnik twenty first century definition of freedom is “Being able to do whatever you want as long as it does not hurt, or insult someone around you or break the law.” One question I have is what if this freedom to do whatever you want hurts the environment because you can litter or pollute the Earth? I think people need a little more order or they will forget the boundaries of not hurting people. Order will keep people from getting hurt. People also need a lot of freedom so they will not revolt against the government. I think freedom and order should be equally distributed.
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