The Burn On Cannabis

I believe that if cannabis is to be completrly legalized, the country would be worse off than it is. We already have problems minding out own buisness, so in our high stupor, there is no saying whether or not we will intervene in things that are worse for us as a whole. Not to mention, that our country is in debt already, and from the states that have legalized cannabis, the money that is made off of it does not seem to be anywhere close enough to even try to make up the debt. So there is the chance that we could fall deeper into debt. As to the claims that pot is not dangerous, the Canadian Press has done research and found that there is a stronger bud being grown and distributed throught the northern continent. That stronger bud is being passed through the communities by kids, of which have double the chances of getting high than adults. For those states who have legalized cannabis, most non smokers worry about those who smoke recreational cannabis in public. They do not want their kids to have access to it, but with it being smoked in public, the kids have open access to obtain the drug and can get a contact high from those smoking it. In some cases, a contact high can be a lot worse than a full blown high. The person who has the contact high may not know it so they get into a vehicle and attempt to drive, or some other kind of danger, and end up killing either themselves or some innocent person who just happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. An article done by the Associated Press, says that though weed is legal, people still drink. I would hope that people would have the common sence not to drink, smoke, and drive, but knowing alcohol and cannabis both effect the mind, people lose common sence. It worries me that people will not have the care to make sure they do not mix the drugs and cause even more serious problems for society. It puts me in a position of fear. I drive everyday, and to think that someone could potentially be drunk, high, and driving could slam into my car scares me. They could very well kill themselves, me, or any passanger that either one of us have in the car with us. My question is, who would be charged and what would the chsrges be? If I got charged and it was not my fault, I would be furious. Though I'm pretty sure most people who would be charged wrongly would be. In my honest opinion,  cannabis should be highly illegal and those who smoke it are not worth my time. It is a filthy thing and I do not wosh to be associated with it.

Legalizing Cannabis

A Michigan Look On Cannabis

Student Crimes

Stats from the FBI

Hong Kong: Entering a Revolution?

The Chinese government has chosen to take away, per say, the rights of Hong Kong, turning it ever so much towards communist views. Hong Kong used to be part of Great Britain, so they were use to a democracy-like government structure.  So needless to say, when the Chinese government started taking rights away from them, there was some protest. As Katelyn Skornia said durning class discussion, "Major revolutions like The French Revoltuion started from college students protesting and dying in protest". Maybe this is how the students of Hong Kong are trying to change things. It has worked for others, so why not them? As of right now, the protest of been calm, hardly any violence. A Huffington World Post by Matt Sheehan says that "there is no hope" in negotiations. All the Hong Kong people want is there right to chose who can be in elections, and if they themselves can be in elections. The Chinese government continues to say no and the people disagree with that. It is the only this they really know, so. Having it removed from their rights is a bit uncomfortable for them. Could protesting start a revolution? Maybe so, but it would be a good thing for the people of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Pew

Hopeful or Dreadful

Ebola Eating

Dogs and Ebola

Provoking The Inner Ideas

 My thoughts of this dispute are that it should not have even been a research topic. Yes, it is a 'big' deal for Disney, but that is Disney not us. It may be relevant to other high officials, but not everyone cares.
 The dispute is pretty pointless and is a battle of who has more proof of who it belongs to. One article said that Disney had been working on ideas for Frozen from 2001 and then brought it out to work on in 2010. Two other articles had completely different ideas. One had said that Frozen was based off a woman's autobiography while the other said it was stolen from a video the woman had created. 
 It boils down to, who had worked on it longer and if there was any previous patent or copyright on it. If Disney had it longer and put more work effort into it, then Disney should own the rights to it. If Kelly Wilson had put more work effort into it then it should be hers. But we do not know who put more work into it so there is no telling who actually owns it. If either one had put some kind of patent or copyright to it, then this dispute would not be happening and it would not be wasting time. Neither one of them can have any intellectual property protection on it because neither one decided to protect themselves when they cam dup with the idea. 
 One thing against Disney, is that they have admitted to using other stories and making them their own. But they usually ask permission before hand and tell whoever they took it form that they are using it. If Disney had taken it from Wilson, then they would have told her and this still would not be happening.
 My personal opinion of the over all research was that it was a waste of time. There were other options to chose from that would better educate students and warn them of what is to come. Two of the other choices, water on Neptune sized planet and Ebola, could inform students of choices in life that can either lead to life or death. Personally, those choices seemed more wiser than looking up a silly dispute about ownership like Frozen. Ebola has proven itself to be life threatening and people should know about how dangerous it is and if there actually is water on another planet, or moon, then we should look up that to see if we a=can potentially live there. Either we look up things that can kill us or keep us alive, or we are ignorant of these things and research a topic that is just blasphemy. 
 I would hope that the next topic we decide to do, the class look at the education value of and chose properly. We are in school to learn, so one would think we would research topics that are helpful to one another and highly educational. Not just a form of getting out of work by doing things that are not educational and simple. In a higher class, like we are in, it only makes sense to do things that are more complex.