Blog 2

Freedom and survival are both important parts of human life. But, without freedom life has no meaning. Its good to survive, but in captivity I would imagine that survival wouldn’t be all that great. You might still want to survive, to see your family or for a chance at freedom again, but survival would be a hard and dull process. I do not think that I would be able to take not having my freedom. It would be hard to not be able to play when I wanted to and to not be able to go out into the city or town. The inclination to survive in captivity depends on the manner of how ones freedom is taken. If it is like a big-brother type of captivity I think that the will to survive is stronger than if you are slave to someone. In a big-brother situation, while you are pretty much told what to think, and you profession is chosen for you, you still have some freedoms. Your forms of recreation, while not ideal, still exist to some extent. You would still be able to watch TV, and go out of your living quarters to some extent. But if you are a slave, life would be much more difficult. Being forced to work in unappealing, if not life-threatening conditions for most of the day, then having to go strait to a small cramped space to sleep and eat is much tougher to bear. Whether or not survival is desirable depends on several scenarios. The first of them being, how long you have been a captive. If you grew up in one of these situations you wouldn’t know anything else, and while you would have an idea of a better life, the life that you are in wouldn’t seem nearly as bad as it would if you had come fro a life of freedom. The second scenario is whether or not you have something to go back to when you regain your freedom. If someone has a husband, wife or child to go back to if they get free, they are more likely to try and survive. I believe that freedom is more important that survival, and depending on your beliefs death might even be freedom.

Blog 2

Freedom and survival are both important parts of human life. But, without freedom life has no meaning. Its good to survive, but in captivity I would imagine that survival wouldn’t be all that great. You might still want to survive, to see your family or for a chance at freedom again, but survival would be a hard and dull process. I do not think that I would be able to take not having my freedom. It would be hard to not be able to play when I wanted to and to not be able to go out into the city or town. The inclination to survive in captivity depends on the manner of how ones freedom is taken. If it is like a big-brother type of captivity I think that the will to survive is stronger than if you are slave to someone. In a big-brother situation, while you are pretty much told what to think, and you profession is chosen for you, you still have some freedoms. Your forms of recreation, while not ideal, still exist to some extent. You would still be able to watch TV, and go out of your living quarters to some extent. But if you are a slave, life would be much more difficult. Being forced to work in unappealing, if not life-threatening conditions for most of the day, then having to go strait to a small cramped space to sleep and eat is much tougher to bear. Whether or not survival is desirable depends on several scenarios. The first of them being, how long you have been a captive. If you grew up in one of these situations you wouldn’t know anything else, and while you would have an idea of a better life, the life that you are in wouldn’t seem nearly as bad as it would if you had come fro a life of freedom. The second scenario is whether or not you have something to go back to when you regain your freedom. If someone has a husband, wife or child to go back to if they get free, they are more likely to try and survive. I believe that freedom is more important that survival, and depending on your beliefs death might even be freedom.

War

Is war ever a good thing? Is there any cause for which you would go to war?

War can be good or bad depending on how it is looked at. In the sense that people are dying and cities are being razed it is a bad thing. But the side that wins, depending on how they won and how many casualties they have, it can be a good thing, because sometimes they get land and even control over the opposing side’s government. Also in a sense World War II was a good thing for the USA because it gave lots of people jobs and pulled our country out of the great depression. While WW II was in a sense good for the US, it was devastating to almost all of Europe and Russia. Germany controlled most of the countries in Europe and many cities and towns suffered a ton of damage. Not to mention what happened to the Jewish people of Europe. Then on he other side I guess that WW II was a productive time for the Nazis. They came close to taking over Europe and wiped many Jewish families off of the world. So I believe that war is mainly a bad thing but if looked at from a certain perspective, it can be good.
The only time that I would consider going to war would be if the US got attacked on its home soil and needed more people to defend its borders. War is a messy thing and I would rather not have it directly in my life. If I did go to war though I would join the navy or be someone who directs things from a bunker or command center, not necessarily a leader though.