COD, WOW, HALO to be... or not to be?

I do not think there is an issue with violent video games. These video games can convey a somewhat realistic portrayal of real happenings. People, especially kids are able to learn from this, and can have fun whilst doing so. The violence factor is not going to be eliminated by removal of video games, like COD and Halo. Whether from movies, television, books... you name it, we are all still exposed to it on a day to day basis.

 Though these games have a M for Mature rating, kids of all ages are seen playing. That is their parents decision, and these kids retain information through this violence seen everywhere anyways, and a video game is not going to change that. If video games are banned, then why not movies such as 300, Saving Private Ryan, Jarhead, and all the other war movies?


 Kids can learn about real war through these games, because they are dynamic, and realistic as possible. It will give people some real perspective. Sure, there is no reset button in real war, but there is no reset button at all in any aspect of our lives, and everyone understands that. As long as teenagers know and understand this, I do not see a problem with video games. 


I have numerous friends that play COD and Halo, and WOW just for fun, in no way are they influenced by these games. It's really all just for fun, it gives them something to do, and provides an adrenaline rush.  I really do not think any of the teens playing this game are going to go out at go on a massive massacre. Honestly... think about it. It's really just not going to happen. If there these games were influencing kids negatively, then there would've bee some action taken already. 




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Dogfight

After playing the "Dogfight" game, a pilot in that sort of situation would be praying to keep himself safe, and get him out of there alive. A pilot would've been scared, and his mind would be focused on shooting the opponent, and just avoiding their fire. This is a stressful thing to have to do, when I played the game, I died just about every 30 seconds. In real life, these pilots must've had to be extremely skilled, or they were going to go down in flames.

Voldemort FTW!

In the series of Harry Potter movies, imperialism is portrayed blatantly, through Lord Voldemort, suppressing muggles, or non-magical folk, and mudbloods. Voldemort and his followers, Death Eaters, strive to ridicule, and rid the magical world of anyone who is muggle born, because their blood is "impure" hence, the name mudbloods. Their viewpoint is that "magic is might." The muggles in these movies, who are subject to humiliation, and even death, would represent the nation who is weak, and cannot fight Lord Voldermorts wrath, because they to not possess magical qualities, and are unable to fight for themselves against his powers. Voldemort, and the Death Eaters are the reigning nation, because they have all the power with one flick of their wand. They can kill and destroy easily. Throughout the movies, we see The Dark Lord ridiculing muggles and mudbloods, who in his eyes are unworthy of magic. For example In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Lord Voldemort, in the form of a memory and acting through a student, unleashes the basilisk, and aims to harm muggle borns who attend Hogwarts. Also, In Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, in the begging of the movie, Death Eaters are wreaking havoc upon cities, destroying bridges and harming muggles. Though, most of the instances where impearialism is strongly portrayed are in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. One of the many instances is, when at the Malfoy Mansion, Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters are sitting around a table, with the Muggle Studies teacher, Charity Burbage, from Hogwarts levitated above them, she is being mocked for enlightening students about muggles, and after this, she pleads with Severus Snape to help her. Voldemorts followers laugh at her, and with a flick of his want Voldemort kills her, and sends his snake for her dinner. Here, we see that Burbage has no strength against Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters. Another Example is,Voldemort infiltrates the ministry of magic, and there is a statue that depicts muggles who are holding up a floor for where a wizard is standing. The statue's wordings are "Magic is Might" Clearly, this shows that magical folk are better than non magical folk. Also, they institute questioning for witches and wizards who are muggle born to prove that they didn't "steal their magic," because this is what the Dark Lord and Death Eaters believe. If they are proved to be muggleborn with no wizarding blood, they will be locked up, and tortured. Therefore, many witches and wizards have to flee, and go into hiding. For example, when Harry, Ron, and Hermione go into the ministry transformed into other people, and liberate those who have been in questioning. Ron is transformed tells his "wife" to "get out of the country and take the kids with her." Muggle Borns and muggles alike are no match for Lord Voldermort and his Followers. There is a very Strong foundation of Imperialism throughout the Harry Potter films.

This job blows, literally.

Work Is treacherous, It has been said that five hundred lives were lost for every mile (about fifty miles) of the length of the Canal, or a total of 25,000 deaths. Everyday that I continue to fear my life,and hope that I am not one of the unfortunate who are killed in this backbreaking job. We could be crushed by falling trains, rock, suffocated by gases, blown up by boxes of dynamite we must carry on our heads, or just from physical exertion.  We work for numerous hours in a humid, hot climate. Also in addtion to this, we have out breaks of diseases, such as Malaria, Yellow Fever, dysentery, typhoid, dengue. These conditions are terrible. I just want to go back to my family. I truly hope God is looking over me and takes me home to my family soon. My life is in danger here. 

Tweeting away as the Americans take over!

Queen Lil's 
Hey guess what? I'm about to restore power to the throne and rights to the Native Hawaiian people. yayyyyy (: !
01/14/1892 1:05 PM
Queen Lil's 
The Royal Hawaiian Band is soundinggg beast! (: 
01/14/1892 2:00 PM
Queen Lil's 
UGH, their challenging my new constitution. Whatev's I GOT THIS.
01/15/1892 12:00 PM
Queen Lil's 
USS Boston has arrived... ehhh :/ don't really know what to do about this. 
01/15/1892 12:30 PM
Queen Lil's

Thanks to all who came out to support me <3 means so much 

01/16/93 5:02 PM

Queen Lil's
Troops are marching through downtown. I'm not liking this. What do I do?:/
01/16/93 5:02 PM
Queen Lil's

Doyle has been offered presidency. 

01/16/93 5:20 PM

Queen Lil's

America has annexed us. Stevens recognized the provisional government.

 01/17/93 9:20 AM

Queen Lil's

Just yielded my authority...Now, to avoid any collision of armed forces and perhaps loss of life, I do, under this protest, and impelled by said forces, yield my authority until such time as the Government of the United States shall, upon the facts being presented to it, undo the action of its representative and reinstate me in the authority which I claim as the constitutional sovereign of the Hawaiian Islands.

 01/17/93 11:20 AM

Queen Lil's

Alright guys this is the end but, I am confident that the American government will restore me to the throne.

01/17/93 7:24 PM

Chocolate aint' so sweet after all.

“society as a whole is more and more splitting up into two great hostile camps, into two great classes directly facing each other: Bourgeoisie and Proletariat” Marx's idea, conveys a perfect utopia, where when something is wrong, it's fixed and every thing is self sufficent. Within Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, these two classes, the Borugeoisie and the Proletariat, are distinguishable and recognizable. The Bourgeoisie, Willy Wonka, is the higher power. It's his factory, and what he says goes. The Proletariat, are the Oompa Loompa's, servicing to factory, doing all the work, and are under the rule of Wonka. The Bourgeoisie, Willy Wonka, is the higher power. The factory itself represents a utopia. If you have ever seen the movie, when the doors open and there's the chocolate river and all that candy. You know it looks just perfect. 

SOA ftw?... I think not!

"Hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans have been tortured, raped, assassinated, “disappeared,” massacred, and forced into refugee by those trained at the School of Assassins."


I do not believe The School of the Americas should be allowed to operate any longer. Though the civilians that are trained may be trying to over throw communist leaders, their methods are horrendous. Innocent blood is shed for no reason at all. The SOA was originally based in Panama, yet the " Former Panamanian President, Jorge Illueca, stated that the School of the Americas was the 'biggest base for destabilization in Latin America.'" Ergo, the SOA was thrown out of Panama, and moved to Georgia. Clearly, the graduates of the SOA are wreaking havoc upon numerous Latin American countries. These countries include, Guatemala, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Bolivia, Haiti and many others. The SOA should not be allowed to train citizens who are native for these countries, to go back and act inhumanely towards their own people. What if someone was to train American Soldiers to come back and wage war against our citizens? Yeah, that's what I thought... wouldn't be so great would it? The SOA is an inhumane organization, and should not be allowed to continue training these men.